Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 22
  2. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. May 23, 2014
    100
    Quite frankly, it’s a towering edifice of electronic brilliance.
  2. 91
    Do It Again is foremost a marvel of mood and pacing. The trio doles out their riches with utmost care.
  3. May 23, 2014
    90
    Röyksopp and Robyn have not only traversed new territory, they've made it their own.
  4. 85
    Ultimately, they bolster each other on Do It Again. For the two artists, it’s not groundbreaking--it is a nice dollop of sideways expansion, revealing new areas that neither can quite achieve separately.
  5. May 28, 2014
    83
    Overall, Do It Again feels like an exploration for all involved, and even manages to address gender politics in discreet but intriguing ways.
  6. May 27, 2014
    80
    Like much of this mini album, “Monument” is not thumping music for the club; it’s the soundtrack for when you get home.
  7. May 27, 2014
    80
    Do It Again is a much happier reunion of collaborators with perfectly matched strengths.
  8. “Inside the Idle Hour Club” is the comedown: woozy, wavy, lush, long. Not exactly cohesive then, but hey--it’s a trip.
  9. May 27, 2014
    80
    Röyksopp are on top form here, and when Robyn returns to her exuberant self on the title track, expressing mixed feelings about having insatiable appetites, the effect is electrifying.
  10. May 22, 2014
    80
    It’s the middle songs that are most immediately enjoyable.
  11. May 28, 2014
    77
    If Do It Again is the physical artifact of Robyn and Röyksopp's union, it's extravagant and left of center, but it's above all generous.
  12. For a record that trades heavily in production experiments foreign to both parties, Royksopp and Robyn by and large succeed at creating what they set out to--a monument.
  13. May 30, 2014
    70
    Joyously addictive mutual self-destruction is what Do It Again is all about.
  14. 70
    Like ‘The Girl And The Robot’ from Röyksopp’s 2009 ‘Junior’ album, and it begins with a stunner--‘Monument’, a winding and mystical 10-minute epic containing startlingly self-confident lyrics.
  15. May 22, 2014
    70
    Do It Again is eccentric and ends too quickly, but those considerations pale next to the fact that within less than half an hour, Robyn and Röyksopp go from eyeing each other with genuine suspicion to sounding as if they’ve never been apart.
  16. May 22, 2014
    70
    Do It Again isn’t as downright amazing as it could have been, but there are far more pros than cons.
  17. Jun 20, 2014
    60
    The intention is to go for the cheese on Do It Again, but the impact is so much stronger when restraint is exercised.
  18. Jun 11, 2014
    60
    For every moment of eye-rolling overindulgence, there is an equally stunning instance of ingenuity, but the album is so stylistically all over the place, it rarely solidifies as a cohesive statement.
  19. May 23, 2014
    60
    Even without the ecstatic melodrama of Robyn's best work or the momentum of Röyksopp albums like 2009's Junior, this is a worthwhile peek into three great electro-pop minds.
  20. Jul 3, 2014
    50
    There’s nothing inherently bad, but the whole venture feels akin to buying a Lamborghini and then driving it in a way that will maximise fuel efficiency.
  21. May 29, 2014
    50
    We know what these artists can do separately. We've even had a glimpse of what they can do together, and when held up to that (and I'm not going to pretend it doesn't hurt me to say this) Do It Again just doesn't stand up.
  22. May 27, 2014
    50
    Röyksopp and Robyn share so much sonic DNA that their team-up is almost self-defeating, blurring the distinction between the two to the point where their respective quirks are essentially scratched in favor of a cohesive but far too clinical production.
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 61 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 52 out of 61
  2. Negative: 6 out of 61
  1. May 28, 2014
    8
    Röyksopp and Robyn collaborated twice before (Röyksopp's 2009 single, "The Girl and the Robot", and Robyn's 2010 sassy synthpop classic, "NoneRöyksopp and Robyn collaborated twice before (Röyksopp's 2009 single, "The Girl and the Robot", and Robyn's 2010 sassy synthpop classic, "None of Dem") and although many musicians in the mainstream industry fail to reconnect that chemistry more than once, Do It Again actually feels natural -- conceptually, that is. The 9-minute synth-and-sax opener, "Monument", reintroduces Robyn into her "With Every Heartbeat" days, except if it were an epic, combining melancholy melodies with meaningful lyrics to create an anthem that'll sure as hell light the fires of fans.

    An extended-play (EP) disguised as a mini-album? Nope. Röyksopp and Robyn develop some of the catchiest Eurodance songs of their careers: "Say It", an ultra-repetitive synthpop song where Robyn and an electronic vocoder seemingly seduce each other (which actually peaked in the top 40 of the U.S. iTunes charts for a day, so something's not wrong here); "Do It Again", the title track that combines pulsing synth beats with Robyn's adoring vocals that'll surely light up clubs across Europe and maybe even the U.S.; and "Every Little Thing", where we're reintroduced into the 1990s obsession with trip-hop and melodramatic lyricism.

    Do It Again won't hit everyone as hard as it'll hit the select few that'll buy into Röyksopp and Robyn's knack at making stylish and substantial synthpop. It's too soon to call it a masterpiece and we'll surely enjoy it more during their upcoming Do It Again tour. But it certainly fills the void for anyone who hasn't gotten their proper dosage of these three in the last 2 or 3 years. Robyn's next solo-album is overdue.
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  2. Apr 26, 2021
    9
    Гениальное творение гениальной женщины. Еще раз показала свое мастерство и задала новую планку.Гениальное творение гениальной женщины. Еще раз показала свое мастерство и задала новую планку.
  3. Dec 6, 2014
    10
    This album finally gets the credit it deserves with a Grammy nomination! It contains some of both parties' best work and hopefully they'll beThis album finally gets the credit it deserves with a Grammy nomination! It contains some of both parties' best work and hopefully they'll be the one going home with a Grammy! Full Review »