Fantastic Playroom
by New Young Pony Club
  • Record Label: Modular
  • Release Date: Jul 9, 2007
Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. Prefix Magazine
    60
    It's almost as if Fantastic Playroom is trying to do too much. With so many agendas, it's a miracle that New Young Pony Club ended up all on the same page at all. Such ambition makes Fantastic Playroom a disjointed experience, but its triumphs are worth delighting in.
  2. Drowned In Sound
    60
    After the sass and bluster of the first half, the record settles into a rather one-dimensional groove.
  3. Lost At Sea
    51
    The icy joylessness with which Bulmer humors her band's recordings doesn't ruin everything, shockingly enough.
  5. The Guardian
    40
    Over a whole album, the formula wears thin, and they sound like a band trying too hard to be trendy.

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User Score
6.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 42 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 42
  3. Negative: 10 out of 42
  1. JusticeB
    Jul 28, 2008
    10
    To the CSS fan(s) you should know that Ice Cream and The Get Go were originally released in 2005 and CSS were aware of it. The bands are both To the CSS fan(s) you should know that Ice Cream and The Get Go were originally released in 2005 and CSS were aware of it. The bands are both fans of each other too so what's you problem?… Full Review »
  2. RichardS.
    Oct 4, 2007
    7
    The album is ok and whoever is leaving all those zeros...dude stop using diff. names we know you are the same person.
  3. moeiswe
    Aug 23, 2007
    10
    i think they're good and i like css too.
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