Fever Ray
by Fever Ray
  • Record Label: Mute
  • Release Date: Mar 24, 2009
Metascore
81

Universal acclaim - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Spin
    60
    Her solo debut slightly tones down the Knife's electro innovation but turns up the creepy affect, making lyrically tender tracks like 'Concrete Walls' and hallucinatory sketches like 'When I Grow Up' into reverse Rorschachs.
  2. Uncut
    60
    This is an exercise in extravagant claustrophobia, not nostagia. [Apr 2009, p.86]
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Awards & Rankings

58
#58 Best Album of 2009
93
#93 Most Discussed Album of 2009
4
#4 Most Shared Album of 2009

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User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 102 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 94 out of 102
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 102
  3. Negative: 6 out of 102
  1. Kithuni
    Nov 22, 2010
    10
    Absolutely fantastic.
  2. FearghalL.
    Jan 4, 2010
    10
    Album of the year by a long way and one of the albums of the decade absolutely brilliant.
  3. prestonhung
    Aug 4, 2019
    8
    'FEVER RAY' is an enjoyable debut LP by... Fever Ray. 'FEVER RAY' introduces the album with "If I Had A Heart", the darkest track on the'FEVER RAY' is an enjoyable debut LP by... Fever Ray. 'FEVER RAY' introduces the album with "If I Had A Heart", the darkest track on the album, and ends with "Coconut", a sweeter and one of the more stable tracks of the ten. The lyrics are very well-crafted, plus the production is magnificent and superior, and with Ray's indescribable unique voice, the album reaches its best results (although the LP is fantastic, it is not as good as its successor, 'Plunge'). Two of the most special items regarding the album is Ray's unique voice and the hidden subliminal story behind the LP. Ray's voice is kind of like a combination of Bjork's and FKA twigs' and a lot of autotune, in an extremely positive way, and the album, if the listeners are able to listen to the lyrics carefully, will notice that the whole album is actually about finding and fighting for one's true identity. In this case, Ray is trying to evaluate and determine if she should go with her bold or quirky identity.… Full Review »
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