Don't Be Afraid Of Love
by Lo-Fidelity Allstars
  • Record Label: Sony
  • Release Date: Mar 5, 2002
Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Playlouder
    90
    Make no mistake, 'Don't Be Afraid Of Love' is so much more ambitious and downright joyful than we had any right to expect that it's a flooring jolt to the system long after the first listen.
  2. Q Magazine
    80
    Slick samples and buoyant melodies are in, dissonant atmospherics pretty much out. [Feb 2002, p.111]
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  3. Rolling Stone
    70
    If there's one downside to Don't Be Afraid of Love it's that the record is a bit schizophrenic, as the jump from style to style is bumpy at times.
  5. Uncut
    70
    It successfully pins down black American sources, though it's occasionally marred by dated production. [Mar 2002, p.97]
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  6. New Musical Express (NME)
    70
    The Lo-Fi's are still operating more than competently, but this time round they're not likely to blow any minds.
  7. Alternative Press
    70
    The U.K.'s Lo Fidelity Allstars are having the genre-smashing time of their lives. [Apr 2002, p.78]
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  8. Austin Chronicle
    67
    There's a heavy, unmistakably classic funk groove to much of the material here.

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  1. GaryM
    Nov 9, 2006
    7
    Some gems but some real garbage as well.