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Donkey - CSS
  • Band Name: CSS
  • Record Label: Sub Pop
  • Release Date: Jul 22, 2008
User Score
9.0 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 74 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 69 out of 74
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 74
  3. Negative: 5 out of 74

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  1. NaoG.
    Jul 26, 2008
    6
    Boring!
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. Tiago
    Oct 19, 2008
    6
    Lets see what they are going to do with the third record. coz this one is not strong as de first.
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  3. SandraR.
    Jul 24, 2008
    10
    Awesome cant stop listen it.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  4. CyndiH.
    Jul 25, 2008
    10
    CSS is Phenomenal!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  5. TomC.
    Jul 30, 2008
    10
    CSS is always great!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  6. KeleM.
    Aug 6, 2008
    10
    Beautiful songs!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  7. XY
    Dec 7, 2008
    10
    This is the most fun I've had the entire year! A strong contender for album of the year. It's that good.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  8. PhillJ.
    Jul 23, 2008
    10
    Donkey is as fun as its predecessor, maybe better in production.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  9. JanF.
    Jul 23, 2008
    0
    Such a great album.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  10. RiminiF.
    Jul 24, 2008
    10
    CSS it's not the same CSS. Thank God for their inovation. I used to hate them. Now I love them and their new album. MOVE! THE BEST SONG!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  11. TsudaY
    Jul 24, 2008
    0
    This is not good music. This is music to sell it.
    • 0 of 1 users said yes
  12. CarlosM.
    Jul 24, 2008
    10
    Perfect!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  13. JordyF.
    Jul 26, 2008
    10
    The pop album of the year, Lovefoxxx is amazing!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  14. CamilaS.
    Jul 30, 2008
    10
    Cansei De Ser Sexy is the best band of the world!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  15. RockyF.
    Aug 20, 2008
    10
    The most enjoyable album of the year!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  16. GavinA.
    Aug 2, 2008
    10
    The best album of the year, fantastic!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  17. DejanS.
    Aug 20, 2008
    3
    After excellent debut, this is a huge mistake!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  18. MarkH.
    Aug 6, 2008
    10
    You better get your move on!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  19. AmandaB.
    Jul 23, 2008
    10
    CSS gave us again another fantastic album!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  20. AmyW.
    Jul 23, 2008
    10
    Best pop album of 2008, CSS are the perfect party band, great production from the great workaholic Adriano Cintra.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  21. RobertM.
    Jul 23, 2008
    10
    Fantastic! The best album of the summer!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  22. RichardC.
    Jul 23, 2008
    10
    Even better then the debut, congratulations CSS!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  23. Neto
    Jul 23, 2008
    10
    Very nice, lindoo, beloo.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  24. RossM.
    Jul 24, 2008
    10
    Fantastic Album, Pop never goes so funny and pleasure.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  25. MarkR.
    Jul 24, 2008
    10
    Best album of 2008!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  26. MikeS.
    Jul 24, 2008
    10
    A piece of art and fun, and certainly one of the best pop bands of the world. CSS are huge and very cool, amazing.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  27. MandyL.
    Jul 24, 2008
    10
    The new album is fantastic, I love all the tracks, and I love this band so much! Please come to US ASAP!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  28. SarahM.
    Jul 24, 2008
    10
    Donkey is awesome!!!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  29. FabioO.
    Jul 24, 2008
    10
    Now CSS is really a great band with two solid albums.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  30. JakeH.
    Jul 24, 2008
    10
    I love CSS, this one is not good as the 1st but is so far to be bad... AHAZA...
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  31. DanielA.
    Jul 24, 2008
    10
    CSS become the best Art-global-Pop-Group in the world with Donkey, sound so fresh, I'm so Happy!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  32. EvelynA.
    Jul 24, 2008
    10
    Donkey is the best album i've ever heard in many years!!!!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  33. RachelM.
    Jul 24, 2008
    10
    With Donkey CSS become one of the most famous and great Brazilian bands since Sepultura and Os Mutantes. Best pop album of the year so far.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  34. LucioM.
    Jul 25, 2008
    10
    New CD rocks I love!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  35. MusicM.
    Jul 25, 2008
    7
    The hooks aren't quite as obvious as on their first album, but they've added Pixies-style pop, and Talking Heads-style grooves to their oeuvre. The final result ends up like a more-pop, less-punk version of Pretty Girls Make Graves. It's a departure from their first album, but it's a worthy listen.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  36. JamesH.
    Jul 26, 2008
    10
    These critics must be crazy, this album is fantastic and so good as their debut. Donkey is one of the best albums of the year so far.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  37. LuanaF.
    Jul 26, 2008
    10
    Amazing album, I really like it.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  38. FelipeP.
    Jul 23, 2008
    10
    Fantastic Album, maybe the best of the year, I love CSS!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  39. FranzS.
    Jul 23, 2008
    10
    Keep it sand-free.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  40. BrunoR.
    Jul 23, 2008
    10
    Perfect! Only perfect.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  41. JimmyH.
    Jul 23, 2008
    10
    Let's Reggae All Night, yeah! I'm addicted to Donkey, soo good!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  42. GeorgeH.
    Jul 24, 2008
    10
    Donkey is their most sophisticated album and lyrics to date, congratulations CSS!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  43. RogerD.
    Jul 28, 2008
    10
    I LOVE CSS!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  44. GeoffB.
    Aug 18, 2008
    10
    Amazing album, makes me dance all the time, Donkey is the best album of the year!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  45. mbagely
    Oct 3, 2010
    6
    'Air Painter' sums up this album for me, it has great interesting verses and a completely lame chorus. The album is average and very skippable for most tracks, even tracks that sound interesting at first such as 'Reggae All Night' lack depth and are revealed to just be re-hashes of ideas already out there. The reason why I give this a 6 and not a 3 is because 'Beautiful Song' is just fantastic. I cannot find a fault in it, its too short but I wouldnt change it for a thing, and I can listen to it again and again. 'Believe Achieve' is good as well if you can put up with the breathy believe-achieve at the start… Expand
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Metascore
63 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 33 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 33
  3. Negative: 0 out of 33
  1. Dusted Magazine
    50
    For the most part, Donkey flounders in a sterile morass. It may well bring CSS to a larger audience, one that doesn't consider subversiveness an impediment, but that doesn't make it any less disappointing.
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  2. Observer Music Monthly
    80
    Their joyous hooks ensure Donkey is as fun as its predecessor.
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  3. The Guardian
    60
    Often, Donkey sounds like someone has tracked down the anonymous session musicians who spent the 1970s knocking out polite covers of chart hits for budget-priced Top of the Pops compilation albums and got them to have a stab at replicating CSS's sound.
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