Desertshore/The Final Report
by X-TG
Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Blurt Magazine
    Jul 15, 2013
    80
    The whole project is haunted by mournfulness and death. And that of course suits a Nico tribute well.
  2. Mojo
    Jan 18, 2013
    80
    Even after three intervening decades of teknoid endeavour, these pioneers remained uniquely disturbing. [Feb 2013, p.88]
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  3. The Quietus
    Dec 12, 2012
    80
    By fulfilling their dear friend's wishes, on Desertshore Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti have paid him a glorious, beautiful tribute that, like Nico's original album, celebrates the glowing eddies of sex and life and death.
  5. Pitchfork
    Dec 12, 2012
    78
    Where Desertshore and The Final Report connect is through a fascination with reaching the point where beauty gets tangled up with ugliness.
  6. The Guardian
    Dec 12, 2012
    100
    Desertshore/The Final Report ends up a perfect epitaph, not merely for Peter Christopherson, but for the band whose name isn't on the cover.
  7. Uncut
    Dec 12, 2012
    80
    Desertshore is really only the jumping-off point (Beachy Head?) for an album of ultimately rather bleak electronic songs.... The strongest performances, in fact, come on the two tracks vocalled by Cosey herself.

Awards & Rankings

79
#79 Best Album of 2012

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