Metascore
65 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. 80
    Disparate dance genres mesh with impressive (and infectious) ease. [Oct 2004, p.113]
  2. A welcome blast from the past.
  3. 70
    This is more than a nostalgia trip. [Apr 2005, p.102]
  4. Unfortunately, when they could have stopped it at 12 tracks and had a pretty good party on their hands... they kept right on going, and it stops being fun after a certain point.
  5. His legacy is confirmed and almost nothing he does could harm that, but it also seems as though the young bucks of the music world are progressing the framework more so than he.
  6. While Dark Matter is less than groundbreaking, it's certainly fresh, funky and possessed of the confidence of a man who has nothing left to prove.
  7. 50
    His electro sound [cannot] stand out through the chaff of a million imitators over two decades. [Dec 2004, p.118]
  8. This is an example of an innovator sounding only slightly better than his legions of lesser followers.