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Universal acclaim- based on 86 Ratings
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Positive: 75 out of 86
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Mixed: 6 out of 86
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Negative: 5 out of 86
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steveoJan 4, 2005Most Breathetaking Electro Album ever. Cleary album of the year
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EmilTSep 2, 2005beautiful not-heard-before masterpiece
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wespOct 6, 2004as john milton went blind from pursuing his life's passion; creating a flawless epic so do m83 on this record.
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GeorgeFK3Feb 2, 2004Such a disappointment after the brilliance of their first album. This is their "Truman Show" whereas the first was "Wings of Desire". Too overproduced for my tastes.
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indieveadindieveadJun 14, 2004m83 is really electronic moments in MBV-style. Fantastic CD!!!
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jebJul 1, 2004
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JerradHAug 1, 2004I like the quality and the instrumentation, but the melodies sound very flat and uninspired, and after a few listens, it all sounds very plain and blah. There's just not enough musical variation, and too many of the instruements play the exact same note throughout each song.
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LawrencePAug 1, 2004Best electronica LP of the year??? I think so.
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AndreiRJan 19, 2005Original, evocative, deep, a long-lasting pleasure, truly fantastic!
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DonTFeb 7, 2005Amazing pure genius.
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RickyR.Feb 19, 2010Electronic music was never meant to be this beautiful. Some parts of the album sound so huge it's almost frightening in it's vastness. Listen to this album in a comfortable chair with the lights off and your mind will swim with beautiful images.
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easymorningrebelDec 30, 2003A pleasant surprise. Over synth and clicks, these French electronic duo tell tales of "Birds" and "Cyborg". Okay, it's not "Loveless : Revisited" but if "people" mentioned your name in one sentence with My Bloody Valentine, well...
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TerrenceONov 29, 2004simply the most beautiful electronic music ever
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DavidMar 8, 2004Absolutely fantastic.
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PaulJul 21, 2004
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RobertAAug 7, 2004whoa, this is some cool stuff. listen to it while you read a book and it should help you. listening to this makes me feel like i am in a different world at times.
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OscarDSep 14, 2004The kind of album that will be re-discovered by their critics a couple of years/months from now. Great use of samples . The production is very subtle, needs to be appreciated on monitor speakers or good headphones.
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DomS.Jan 16, 2004I'm so sick of the My Bloody Valentine references. Just enjoy this album for what it is: a macroscopic overburn of electronic goodness, sometimes lilting and sometimes too intense to listen to in headphones.
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turtleheadFeb 21, 2006
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Nov 6, 2010
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Oct 16, 2013best album everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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Feb 5, 2014There is not an album I've listened to that has gotten close to matching the masterfully crafted aesthetics in this immense, powerful, gorgeous, and emotionally moving album by the one and only M83. Amazing work.
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Jun 3, 2015
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Oct 11, 2016If in many years time people forget what M83 are capable of, this album will stand there. Where music touches your soul - it's an album very very very close to being perfect.
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Dec 20, 2021this album sounds absolutely huge, its relentless attention to detail eclipsed only by the stunning emotional power it conveys.
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Jun 25, 2023It was certainly a beautiful album all around, it just unfortunately seemed very repetitive and started to get a little boring.
Awards & Rankings
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Although at times M83 evoke Jean-Michel Jarre or Air, this is far from being an album of Franco-synth by numbers; it is the layered, hypertextual futurism of My Bloody Valentine and Brian Eno which seeps through the electronic Gallic gauze as the most palpable influences.
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In Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts, M83 have created an ethereal electronic masterpiece, and one which, thankfully, doesn't sound like a relic from the Warp Records back catalogue.
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Simply put, this album sounds absolutely huge, its relentless attention to detail eclipsed only by the stunning emotional power it conveys.