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Chemical Chords - Stereolab
  • Band Name: Stereolab
  • Record Label: 4AD
  • Release Date: Aug 19, 2008
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Metascore
72 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.2 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 6 Ratings

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  • Summary: Tim Gane and company release their latest album, mixed by Joe Watson.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Filter
    86
    Chemical Chords is yet another kaleidoscope that hits you as ear candy upon first listen, but like most Stereolab records, further inspection reveal a playground for the mind. [Summer 2008, p.97]
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  2. The A.V. Club
    83
    They're editing, giving simple ideas more impact by reducing their exposure, preventing a "Saturday Night Live" skit from becoming a "Saturday Night Live" movie.
  3. Mojo
    60
    They return with an eleventh album on which they seem to have distilled every good idea into these 14 short, smart songs. [Sep 2008, p.106]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. DavidF
    8
    This is a real treat, and easily their best since EMPEROR TOMATO KETCHUP - if not their best ever.
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  2. SeanN
    8
    Stereolab is going the distance, and so am I.
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  3. KurtC
    6
    Being a fan of Stereolab for 12 years now and bearing two tattoos in honor of them, I am very disappointed with 'Chemical Chords'. It's their biggest mis-step in my opinion. As every review has touched on, there is no new ground covered here. The songs sound uninspired and like clones of one another. Two songs even begin the exact same way with the same drum fill. I couldn't believe that I had to struggle to make through my first listen of the album! I didn't enjoy it at all. A major let-down especially coming after their last true album, 'Margerine Eclipse' which was magnificent and probably their career's pinnacle.… Expand
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