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Generally favorable reviews- based on 598 Ratings
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Positive: 404 out of 598
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Mixed: 82 out of 598
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ContraYour Score0 out of 10User ScoreGenerally favorable reviews- based on 598 Ratings
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MikeKJan 14, 2010really messy. it seems as if they rushed this one. there are some ideas here, but overall the pieces are inchoate and end up as crap. stark contrast from their pristine, string-flourished debut. i;'m dissapointed in the group for not putting more effort into the songs.
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Mr.TJan 18, 2010I don't actually think it deserves a 0, but it certainly doesn't deserve a 6. Overrated hipster dribble.
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chrisjJan 15, 2010If you are wearing big plastic neon colored sunglasses and a v-neck you will love this album. If you like music that is unique and thoughtfully composed, you will be confused as to why this is getting so much hype. Does it deserve a 0? no, but i'm giving it one anyway. Suck it.
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Contra establishes that his band has chosen another path, celebrating the world's contradictions, contraindications, and contradistinctions with a new pop sound made up of old pop sounds that aren't the same old pop sounds.
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Contra is a solidly entertaining, well-constructed album, and if people take to it, the tendency to mock the band will, I think, fade, simply because it doesn't have obviously unfashionable moments to feel uneasy about.
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If Vampire Weekend was Rushmore, Contra is their Royal Tenenbaums: brainy, confident and generally awesome.