Confection
by Sébastien Tellier
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5.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 4 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4

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  1. clem666
    Apr 5, 2021
    5
    This could have been a great concept album as I saw the two first tracks were about Tellier's grandmother death. In overall the first five tracks were interesting, with cool variations and highs and lows. It compiles amazing instrumentals with classic singing from Tellier mixing french and english.

    I found that track 6 ('Waltz') was totally garbage: it destroyed everything Tellier    This could have been a great concept album as I saw the two first tracks were about Tellier's grandmother death. In overall the first five tracks were interesting, with cool variations and highs and lows. It compiles amazing instrumentals with classic singing from Tellier mixing french and english.

    I found that track 6 ('Waltz') was totally garbage: it destroyed everything Tellier constructed just before. I sounds childish, unstructured and overly shrill and experimental. The rest of the album seems to recreate what this track annihilated by using the same structure, beats and themes.

    The subjects adressed appear to be truly redundant. As I speak french I believe that I got the entire message, and its all about love, love and boring love. Lyrics are parsimonious and often sound incomplete and evasive. If it have its charm it quickly becomes dull even for this album which lasts only 35 minutes. Tellier also found attractive to craft concept-songs like 'L'amour naissant' or 'Curiosa' that decline itself in 3 and 2 tracks respectively. Not that huge and interesting anyway. To prove his total lack of originality and inspiration he also created similar titles like 'Delta Romantica' and 'Le delta des amours' which are almost synonyms. And it goes the same for 'Coco' and 'Coco et le labyrinthe'. Just copied and pasted the few ideas he had. In overall as disappointing as repetitive.    … Collapse

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Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Mojo
    Jan 23, 2014
    60
    An unusual 35 minutes, then, but Confection makes the perfect background for an evening of sophisticated seduction. [Feb 2014, p.95]
  2. Q Magazine
    Jan 7, 2014
    60
    Another French fancy, then, though one likely to appeal only to those with more rarefied tastes. [Jan 2014, p.127]
  3. Uncut
    Dec 6, 2013
    70
    A restorative step, perhaps, and we await his next move with interest. [Jan 2014, p.78]
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