DFA Remixes: Chapter 2
by The DFA
User Score
6.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 9
  3. Negative: 2 out of 9

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  1. Matt
    Oct 10, 2006
    10
    Who cares what Pitchfork thinks? This is awesome!
  2. Jason
    Oct 10, 2006
    8
    Anyway, despite what others think, this is a pretty solid collection of remixes. Yes, the DFA's sound is by now rather familiar, but it still thrills and stands up to repeated listens. Too much dance music is either forgettable or of the "flavor of the month" variety. Many of these remixes are better than the originals and together constitute a coherent album worth revisiting.
  3. Dan
    Oct 11, 2006
    8
    The more recent remixes by DFA have really been impressing me. Their takes on songs by Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom, Arthur Russell, Hot Chip, and Golfrapp are some of my favorite remixes of the year; the latter of which are on this album. The rest of this album ranges from "alright" to "great," but overall I was certainly not disappointed by it. I can't believe people actually The more recent remixes by DFA have really been impressing me. Their takes on songs by Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom, Arthur Russell, Hot Chip, and Golfrapp are some of my favorite remixes of the year; the latter of which are on this album. The rest of this album ranges from "alright" to "great," but overall I was certainly not disappointed by it. I can't believe people actually complain about the long track lengths and repetition. In fact it's amazing how for having such long mixes, they really aren't that repetetive. If you really do like dance and techno music and aren't just some indie kid who's knowledge of it comes from reading occasional P-fork DFA-touting, then there's a good chance you'll dig this comp (but hey, maybe not). Actually, some of those guys I just mentioned might like this too.… Expand

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. The Guardian
    80
    Their refits are sympathetic yet counterintuitive. Who else could make a disco dancer out of Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor (Hand That Feeds) or turn Pharrell Williams' whiny ass-fetishism into yearning cosmic funk (She Wants to Move)?
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  2. Drowned In Sound
    40
    Seventy minutes for only eight tracks is excessive, be they remixes or not, and each track is suffocated and diluted until it proves to be just some noise, somewhere.
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  3. musicOMH.com
    80
    This is a fine second volume... serving further notice of DFA's production talent.
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