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Universal acclaim- based on 33 Ratings
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Positive: 29 out of 33
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Mixed: 4 out of 33
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jakewAug 27, 2006I also love it, fuck pitchfork
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nazatAug 25, 2006i love it fuck pitchfork
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May 15, 2017Great album and a definite classic (pun intended) with amazing tracks such as Loud Pipes, Gettysburg, Lex, Kennedy. There is not one bad song on this album.
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LawrencePSep 4, 2006Pitchfork really needs to stop trying hard. This is a fun, exciting and funky ride.
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DanAug 26, 2006What I love about Classics is (like Ratatat's s/t album) how I have a different favorite track everytime I listen to it. To me, this is a perfect follow-up album; retaining the duo signature sound, but diversifying it and exploring new territory, all the while remaining catchy and satisfying.
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Jan 7, 2015This album is great. Most of the songs a fantastic (Gettysburg, Nostrand, Loud Pipes, Kennedy, and pretty much every song!) This album is all around fun to listen to. This is definitely one of the best albums of all time. It's not getting a 10, but let me tell you, it is VERY close to one.
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Dec 18, 2018You know an album is good when you can listen to the tracks one after another and it runs smoothly. Classics does just that. I feel like it brings me to a weird but comfortable zone.
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robertgSep 3, 2006I 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.
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Nov 8, 2013Pitchfork is being too hard on this one. This album offers a lot of great songs, like Loud Pipes and Wildcat.
Definitely an 8. Not a nine, but very close to it. Very. -
PaulGOct 1, 2006Classics 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.
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SteveS.Sep 20, 2007
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EvanSSep 4, 2006The most luscious soundtrack for the to-be-made indie film.
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JBoneSep 15, 2006I really liked the sweet classical melodies and song structures of their first album, but this album mistakenly thinks you can trade better production values for worse songwriting. Having said that, this album would be alright as background music in a trendy clothing store or something.
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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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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.
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While sometimes Classics sees the group straying from their conceptual center, it’s never without Ratatat’s unmistakable identity and indelible gentle humor.