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  • Summary: The indie-pop duo releases its twenty-first album.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. cokemachineglow
    89
    Exotic is witty, literate, and charming.
  2. The A.V. Club
    83
    Sparks' last two albums built songs around keyboards and vocals in minimalist 8- and 16-bar loops; Exotic Creatures Of The Deep features verses and choruses and only repeats each line once, which counts as relatively accessible.
  3. Pitchfork
    44
    Virtually every song enunciates its central joke, then repeats it and repeats it and repeats it. And repeats it. And repeats it. And so on, with the repeating. (And repeating.)

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  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
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  1. PaulS
    10
    A Sparks classic. The Mael brothers improve with age. Witty, literate, tuneful and thought-provoking.
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  2. MaryJ.
    10
    Fantastic 21st album from the most overlooked, underrated band. Unique and entertaining -- I never tire of listening to it. See Sparks perform it live on Feb. 14 in L.A.… Expand
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  3. MonteM.
    10
    They've done it again. On par with everything they've ever done, including their classical mid-seventies British period. Do not miss this album.… Expand
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