Citrus
by Asobi Seksu
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. AllMusic
    80
    Citrus is as good a shoegaze record you will ever hear, regardless of release date.
  2. Pitchfork
    83
    This is electric music in every sense of the word-- amplified, processed, and imbued with a neon glow.
  3. PopMatters
    70
    While Asobi Seksu recordings have yet to fully capture their live excellence, Citrus is still an accomplished noise-pop album, one that suggests there is plenty of new life yet to be found in exhuming shoegaze.
  5. musicOMH.com
    90
    There's plenty of pop tunes here, but there's also enough self expression and leftfield rambling to make this an album of real interest.
  6. Under The Radar
    70
    Finds gossamer dreaminess in layers of guitar noise and static... and a giant scope of influences that trun from the usual Ride/Slowdive/My Bloody Valentine touchstones to The Velvet Underground and Brian Reitzell. [#13, p.83]
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  7. Drowned In Sound
    90
    Asobi Seksu are a band possessing talent and ability far beyond their years and with Citrus they have fully realised their potential in a particularly short time. It is difficult to see how they will be able to better this sophomore release, but you wouldn't bet against them having a few trump cards left up their collective sleeves.
  8. Tiny Mix Tapes
    80
    If this isn't the album you are blaring out of your car all summer long, you aren't having enough fun.
  9. Prefix Magazine
    80
    One of the year's best guitar-rock albums.
  10. cokemachineglow
    83
    Nearly everything about Citrus is so accomplished, refined, and downright transcendent that it could very well stand alongside Loveless as a modernized shoegaze staple.
  11. Stylus Magazine
    83
    Citrus is an outstanding record because it doesn't fixate on what makes great shoegazer music but what makes great pop music.
  12. Delusions of Adequacy
    80
    Where Asobi Seksu's first album seemed rushed, a little too experimental, and at times too loud, Citrus brings the right amount of noise, swirling affects, and sound balance.
  13. The Boston Phoenix
    70
    Although Citrus allures with its dizzying waves of sound and airy melodies, the band never let those elements become tangential or spiral off into cul-de-sacs of pointless theatrics.
  14. Neumu.net
    80
    Although Loveless and Psychocandy are obvious reference points, this album actually succeeds most on its charming, candy-colored pop songs.

Awards & Rankings

75
#75 Best Album of 2006

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User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 34 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 34
  3. Negative: 1 out of 34
  1. MerrittM
    Jul 14, 2006
    7
    I saw them last night. I got real drunk and don't remember much.
  2. Roryzilla
    Jul 30, 2023
    9
    It seems to me that a lot of people don't like the record because some people compared it to loveless. I'm not even going to compare it toIt seems to me that a lot of people don't like the record because some people compared it to loveless. I'm not even going to compare it to loveless because I think this album is so good it can stand as a brilliant album all by itself. Every song on this album is brilliant, it's true shoegaze pop joy.… Full Review »
  3. SethC.
    Oct 30, 2007
    10
    Simply the most enjoyable album of 2006.
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