Classics - Ratatat
  • Band Name: Ratatat
  • Record Label: XL
  • Release Date: Aug 22, 2006
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69 out of 100

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8.4 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 21 Ratings

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  • Summary: Anyone disappointed by the last Daft Punk album might enjoy this funky, largely instrumental second album for the New York duo.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Paste Magazine
    80
    Achieves a slinky grandeur surpassing that of its terrific debut. [Sep 2006, p.75]
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  2. All Music Guide
    80
    Outwardly it's a fun album, triumphant and full of majestic refrains and riffs... but there's still something in it,... that makes it somehow all very sad.
  3. Stylus Magazine
    75
    While sometimes Classics sees the group straying from their conceptual center, it’s never without Ratatat’s unmistakable identity and indelible gentle humor.
  4. Pitchfork
    60
    Classics is more varied in texture and tempo and tone than its predecessor. But aside from "Lex", a pretty obvious "Seventeen Years" rehash, and "Wildcat", which samples actual fucking panther roars, there are no curtain raisers, just a whole lot more suggestion.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. jakew
    10
    I also love it, fuck pitchfork
  2. nazat
    10
    i love it fuck pitchfork
  3. robertg
    8
    I like this album alot more than the critics. This may make my top 15 of the year. Really good and it doesn't sound like anything else out there. Tacobel stand is a great song and one of the strongest album closers of the year.… Expand
  4. PaulG
    7
    Classics is one hell of a fun album to listen to. However, despite all its subtle charms and not-so-seemingly-active production processes (even though we all know they're there...), it does seem to dwindle in interest holding capabilities quite dramatically towards the end. Though "Nostrand" is one of the sweetest tracks I've heard this year. Lovely.… Expand

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