Divine Operating System - Supreme Beings Of Leisure
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69 out of 100

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6.8 out of 10

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  • Summary: The sophomore effort for the Los Angeles-based electronica/lounge duo (down from four members on their first outing) contains 11 new disco/lounge/world/electronica tracks, highlighted by lead single "Divine."

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. PopMatters
    80
    As improbable as it sounds, imagine if Goldfrapp teamed up with Jamiroquai and you have a sense of what DOS sounds like -- seductive, ebullient, unabashedly retro, infectiously uptempo and wrapped up in the kind of maneater theatrics most pop music has shied away from since Shirley Bassey's "Goldfinger" heyday.
  2. Mixer
    80
    As good at home as in the clubs, the Beings don't compromise integrity for catchiness, managing to offer healthy helpings of both. [Sep 2002, p.76]
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  3. Splendid
    70
    Divine Operating System has something for everyone (unless, of course, you have a rabid hatred of disco... then you might not dig it too much).
  4. Urb
    60
    Predominately shimmering and languid, at its raciest Divine Operating System achieves a poppy, disco canter that trades ass-slapping soul for sleek sensuality. [Sep 2002, p.104]
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  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
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  1. JackT
    10
    Amazing! So good.
  2. notafanofyou
    0
    boring, what happened to the songwriting?

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