Everybody Get Close
by The Juan MacLean
  • Record Label: DFA
  • Release Date: Sep 30, 2011
Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Q Magazine
    Dec 22, 2011
    80
    This is an electrifying collection of electronic music with heart and soul as well as dancefloor throbs. [Jan 2012, p.1222]
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  2. Uncut
    Dec 12, 2011
    80
    This release compiles non-album tracks, remixes and a couple of new tunes, but it feels like a perfectly focused set of retro-modernist dance. [Jan 2012, p.90]
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  3. Los Angeles Times
    Nov 30, 2011
    75
    An odds 'n' sods affair consisting of a tour-only EP release, some extant singles and remixes, Everybody Get Close still maintains the cohesion of a studio album.
  5. musicOMH.com
    Nov 30, 2011
    70
    While this may be something of a stopgap release while Maclean tries out a new venture or two, Everybody Get Close has plenty of dancefloor noise, and is switched on to the rhythm throughout.
  6. Pitchfork
    Nov 30, 2011
    70
    Some of these feel like scraps and sketches, others like the B-sides they are--which is fine when the scraps are this frequently exciting--but given the range of his output so far, what would be most satisfying would be to get a glimpse of where MacLean's heading next.
  7. Spin
    Nov 30, 2011
    70
    An anthology that holds its own against MacLean's "official" releases.
  8. Alternative Press
    Nov 30, 2011
    70
    Everybody Get Close is a digital-only, stop-gap collection of rare tracks, remixes and outtakes that will sate both the Juan-derful fans, as well as electronic dance music listeners who are too busy looking vacant to create their own playlists.
  9. Drowned In Sound
    Nov 30, 2011
    70
    As is often the way with collections of B-sides, EP remixes and rarities, The Juan Maclean's Everybody Get Close is a mixed bag featuring some very lofty highs and a whole bunch of stuff that the world probably never cried out for, but will be more than happy to have gleaned as a result.
  10. Mojo
    Jun 1, 2012
    60
    This collection [is] an artful, sweat-free take on eclectic rhythm that heads straight for the dance floor. [Jan 2012, p.93]
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  11. PopMatters
    Mar 2, 2012
    60
    Though it suffers from the kind of inconsistency that usually plagues odd-and-ends collections, it does offer an adequate sampling of Maclean's sound that suggests the steady evolution of MacLean's sonic ideas.
  12. The Guardian
    Nov 30, 2011
    60
    It offers a potted career history and a guided tour of the music that inspired the transformation.
  13. The Observer (UK)
    Nov 30, 2011
    60
    This compilation of Juan tour-only EP tracks, plus remixes and so on may be a stop-gap between Juan albums proper, but it doesn't feel like filler.

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