Cigarettes After Sex
by Cigarettes After Sex
  • Record Label: Partisan
  • Release Date: Jun 9, 2017
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
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  1. AllMusic
    Jun 15, 2017
    60
    Overall, chronically anti-romantic moments are eclipsed by sweet, somnambulant melodies that may not quicken the pulse but often hypnotize nevertheless.
  2. Uncut
    Jun 6, 2017
    60
    Arguably, they are a little one-paced and some looseness would not have gone amiss--but the candid, striking honest lyrics about sex and love bear the strain. [Jul 2017, p.26]
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  3. The Skinny
    Jun 6, 2017
    60
    Cigarettes After Sex ends up overstaying its welcome. Most of the tracks retain the same languid pace, drifting through slowly like smoke lingering in the air.
  5. No Ripcord
    Jul 19, 2017
    40
    At once droll and melancholic, Cigarettes After Sex struggles to earn the aural beauty it desperately seeks.

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User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 90 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 79 out of 90
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 90
  3. Negative: 3 out of 90
  1. JamesRood
    Jan 3, 2018
    10
    For me : easily the best album of 2017. it's an absolutely magnetic album which i can't stop listening to.
    cigarettes after sex managed to    For me : easily the best album of 2017. it's an absolutely magnetic album which i can't stop listening to.
    cigarettes after sex managed to record an album in which all the songs sound exactly the same but at the same time each one of them is a unique and beautiful gem.

    the incredibly slow and melancholic tempo combined with Greg's hypnotic voice immediately draw you to a dim lit bar, clouded by thin smoke, where it leaves you to ponder about long lost love affirs.

    the album has some incredibly touching and sincere moments : "it's so sweet knowing that you love me,
    though we don't need to say it to each other, sweet.
    knowing that i love you and running my fingers through your hair, it's so sweet"
    exemplifies love, long lasting relationships and companionship perfectly, especially in the special atmosphere this album has.

    other moments offer a different perspective on love and sex : "Well I know full well that you are
    The patron saint of sucking cock
    Señorita, you're a cheater
    Well, so am I"

    or just about craving so bad for someone : "And on the Lower East Side you're dancing with me now
    And I'm taking pictures of you with flowers on the wall
    Think I like you best when you're dressed in black from head to toe
    Think I like you best when you're just with me
    And no one else..."

    this is a album beautifully written and performed album which is different then anything else i have heard in a long time.    … Full Review »
  2. Copperknob
    Jun 12, 2017
    7
    Cigarettes After Sex is a band that was recommended to me which I decided to give a listen to their brand new self-titled album. Straight offCigarettes After Sex is a band that was recommended to me which I decided to give a listen to their brand new self-titled album. Straight off the bat the track ‘K’ presents their story-telling lyrics (“Think I like you best when you're dressed in black from head to toe, Think I like you best when you're just with me”) with a soft simple beat, clean bass guitar and acoustic strums (reminding me of Arctic Monkeys ‘AM’) that sounds like a band playing softly in a restaurant (that they reference a dinner date in a restaurant)

    The track is about a no-string attached friend becoming his lover, later separating and wanting her back which presents the lyrical emotional theme about love, lush and loss as the lyrics on ‘Each Time You Fall Inlove’ continues the dialogue with his lover leaving and taking his money.

    Their whole album keeps these stories being told with the vocals being easy to listen to as nothing important happens with the instrumental. The only thing that would happen is the tempo being slightly faster in the track ‘Apocalypse’ but keeping the same key as the track before ‘Sunsetz’.

    Only problem I have with this album is after the track ‘Sweet’ it can start getting a little repetitive and boring as the tracks “Opera House” and “John Wayne” isn’t anything breath-taking.

    Overall this album isn’t for everyone, doesn’t contain tracks you can dance to or have a fun time but I personally love the feel, the lyrics and the nice clean bass is a easy-listening album when walking or laying in bed overthinking about life.

    Good: Apocalypse, Sweet | Least: Opera House, John Wayne    … Full Review »
  3. HectorPonceSkel
    Jun 24, 2017
    10
    That music more sentimental, is one of the best albums to know how to stop anxiety and obsession with another person, and if it is possible toThat music more sentimental, is one of the best albums to know how to stop anxiety and obsession with another person, and if it is possible to relax about having sex.… Full Review »
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