Crystal Castles
by Crystal Castles
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 121 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 109 out of 121
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 121
  3. Negative: 5 out of 121

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  1. diegonelli
    Sep 21, 2015
    5
    Incredibly boring, I was falling asleep! I mean, the music isn't bad... but it bores you 56 min of listening just [same] sounds. The only songs I like are Vanished and Alice Practice. I'll listen to their next albums anyways.

Awards & Rankings

90
#90 Most Discussed Album of 2008
33
#33 Most Shared Album of 2008

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. AllMusic
    80
    It's clear that Kath and Glass are already looking for more ways to expand on this familiar-sounding, edgy, innocent, menacing, bold, nuanced, and altogether striking debut.
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  2. Alternative Press
    60
    Crystal Castles is gloriously danceable and hopelessly chic. But really, it's... hearing only...judging is... you know? [Apr 2008, p.162]
  3. Drowned In Sound
    80
    Glass’s voice, too, is the same that’s been luring lusty seamen onto the rocks for millennia, but the way it and the drums are textured--so that the machines they’re passed through sound like they’re melting away--brings Crystal Castles to the outer edges of greatness.
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