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Generally favorable reviews- based on 397 Ratings
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Positive: 247 out of 397
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Mixed: 53 out of 397
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Negative: 97 out of 397
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KokoJul 10, 2008Very overestimated record. This is a very eclectic and sui generis LP and does not deserves such praise in my opinion. In a interview Wilner stated that 'From here we go sublime' was music to listen in 'minimal decorated spaces and living rooms'...but in my opinion its quite boring under any other circumstances I'm afraid.
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rhyminl.Oct 11, 2007Smokes.
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HeretoS.May 27, 2008
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wutherfMay 2, 2007to those who can't understand why this is so good - stick to verse chorus verse if you like, but this is a soundscape you can get lost in, where every listen reveals something new.
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WolkjedApr 26, 2007Just mesmerizing!
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DennisPJan 24, 2008At first, I really thought there was something wrong with my computer (I ripped the cd onto the laptop). It didn't take long to realize that it was supposed to sound like that. Not sure if that's my thing. I want to listen more to give it a fair shake, but a few of the tones, repeated ad nauseam, seem to really upset my dogs.
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VD.Jan 29, 2008Haters "It
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PaulRooneyJan 7, 2008I love this album. It reminds me, in no small way, of Royksopp although maybe a bit darker and trancier. I only picked up on it per chance by looking at the reviews on metacritic.com. I'm so glad I did.
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PeterB.Mar 11, 2008Absolute rubbish. I bought this blindly from the reviews and it's god-awful. Maybe mildly decent if you're on E, but strictly on it's on the music is worthless.
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HierophantusApr 11, 2008
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KenC.May 17, 2008I can't give this an album anything less than a 5 due to I'm not the hugest fan of this genre. The brilliance of this album must be real subtle because I got through 2 listens without being blown away by anything. I would not recommend for anyone that is not a hardcore fan of electronic. I'm a big fan of Burial's Untrue, but this one just does not do it for me.
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JoeneAug 11, 2008
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TimothyT.Oct 13, 2007Simply amazing. A blissful masterpiece. This is one of the few pieces of music ever created that can truly put you in a new state of consciousness. Definitely not for everyone, but, for those brave enough to accept it, a simply amazing album.
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DJShrinkDec 29, 2007This is the sound of infinity. Like the finest cooking: imple ingredients exquisitely assembled. For those of you not getting it, stop listening so hard: It is what it is. Great stuff. An instant classic.
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DanielSOct 29, 2007
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AlexM.Oct 3, 2007For me it became an instant classic at the first listening.
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SemolinaP.Oct 6, 2007
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ElliottMApr 13, 2007Best electronic album of the year - BY A LANDSLIDE. It's probably the best electronic album of the past few years, actually.
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JohnMApr 13, 2007I can't explain why I like this so much, but it is totally blowing my mind right now.
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JustinCApr 14, 2007This is really incredible stuff -- probably my favorite album of the year.
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ChuckMApr 14, 2007This works particularly well as a headphone album. It's not really something you'd play through your stereo or anything. That being said, this is one hell of a headphone album. Get it. Now.
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BjorkReznorApr 15, 2007This album is horrible, and the fact that it's #1 for 2007 is clearly nothing more than an embarrassing pitfall of Metacritic's aggregation system. With a larger sample size, the ratings would plummet.
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AlexApr 15, 2007A beautiful record. This is definately one of the best this year.
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bryanApr 16, 2007Last half of the album most definitely stronger than the first...
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mon-pegApr 18, 2007there's something on this album, but i don't know what. this record (escpecially the second part) makes me feel strange as "october language' by belong makes.
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braApr 18, 2007
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EricApr 18, 2007
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TheShallowCallerApr 18, 2007Decidedly average. What is the fuss all about. I agree the Eric M there's much better stuff out there. Domik Eulberg, Villalobos, Isolee, Mathew Jonson, ya know, interesting electronic dance oriented music DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE!
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colinApr 18, 2007there is nothing new or interesting about this album. completely unremarkable
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YepaJApr 19, 2007Not for beat geeks, nor for those easily scared at music not following conventional pop/rock song structure. For the rest of us, highly recommended.
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RobMApr 19, 2007Absolutely incredible. Axel's influences are wide ranging. Despite the face that many of the tracks have essentially the same structure, it ticks all my boxes!
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ToddWApr 19, 2007As close to a perfect album as you're going to get, so far, this year. Unfortunately, the social rejects who buy "music" these days at the slaughterhouse mass production stores like FYE portends that this masterwork won't buy Willner much studio time when his muse again comes calling.
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BretronApr 21, 2007This is techno at its very finest, and is hands down the best techno album to come out in years. I'd be surprised if any album (regardless of genre) could beat this out for Record of the Year. It gives me the same feeling as hearing "Born Slippy" for the first time, only there
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pringlesrApr 22, 2007sustained flawlessness.
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RickmanJApr 24, 2007s'good! lush and lovely.
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LeanderSApr 26, 2007This is a good album.
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AlanRApr 26, 2007Repetitive? It's house. Every track has a 4/4 beat. Where else could they go?
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oolon_colluphidcolluphidApr 27, 2007for once, just for once - the reviews do not do justice to this album; even with a metascore of 95. this is electronica at its finest. just when you started thinking whether the genre has moved significantly since kraftwerk, comes an album that future may deem to be as significant in evolution of electronica as kraftwerk.
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RyanApr 30, 2007There are better albums of this genre than this, but I would assume all those giving it negative reviews (i.e. calling it boring and repetitive) only happened to listen to this because it was rated highly on popular music websites. If I am incorrect about this, forgive me, but guys, its ok to listen to other genres sometimes lololol
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boneykingApr 30, 2007this will be one of the top five albums of this year without a doubt.
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waymanrMay 1, 2007Are you serious? Can't live without this trite drivel? Astounding that one would even suggest such a notion. It is elementary at best and worth a few spins at some clubs in Europe. It sounded like my old 8-bit nintendo playing Mario Brothers.
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PedroMay 10, 2007Beautiful....one of the best of '07 so far
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KyleMay 1, 2007Is this a massive april fool's joke? I was unfortunate enough to buy this steaming turd of an album based on the metacritic score and can't believe my ears. How could this be the best reviewed album of 2007? I would rather be punched in the face for an hour than listen to this thing again.
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AndrewCMay 12, 2007the perfect mix of ambience and trance. so evocative and powerful, calling to mind MBV's loveless or selected ambience recordings by aphex twin. anyone with an open mind about music must listen to it.
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PaulWMay 15, 2007Absolutely nowhere near as good as the ratings, really VERY dull.
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MikeMMay 19, 2007BORING!!!!!
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DivagazioniNMay 22, 2007Un disco inascoltabile, ripetitivo in tutte le sue tracce troppo elettroniche
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FabrizioFMay 26, 2007NOT a minimalist record; who told this go check La Monte Young, the Fifties minimalism. This record can be interesting only as a metaphor of alienating routine of our modern way of living, in which though we're still looking for something worth which could go off the deep end. But this lil warmth is not enough for me...
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simsimMay 27, 2007eh!? another overated album. metacritic really fails bringging the good stuff over the bad stuff. its basically some dance music overlooped with some cheesy baselines and a flat atmospheric part. Someone who thinks any good of this album should make an ear over good ambient stuff , look at bluemars, sky fm, groove salad, youll hear tons of better stuff for free over internet radio.
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LeoMay 29, 2007This is an awesome CD. Those who don't like it lack an appreciation of nuance ... and likely electronic music too.
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DiscombobulatorMay 31, 2007Im usually not a huge fan of this style of music, but this album is just so well conceived. It is such a deep enjoyable trip, I've been listening to it to and from work on the train for weeks. SUBLIME
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samhMay 4, 2007yeah, this is tight. i hate to agree with critics, cuz im anti-everything (cuz im cool) but it deserves a 90.
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HexumSMay 6, 2007
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JamesDMay 6, 2007This is a prime example of why Metacritic dosen't always (really) work. It's a bland, uninspired headache of an album, that sounded good to a few bland & uninspired reviewers. When real and effective original music is very much alive, thers's no need for such regressive piddle.
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timMay 6, 2007whats the big deal? i've heard better.
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DaveMMay 8, 2007
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hexumhaterMay 9, 2007
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markhMay 9, 2007i love it, its almost like bliss-pop and that kind of techno in a way. the construction of the songs is absolutely brilliant and is so melodic, without any real specific melodies. simply amazing.
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SharpaJJun 11, 2007Deserves every ounce of hype. Though should come with a warning label since to appreciate what could (and has based on other reviews here) be dismissed as simplistic, a certain amount of experience both listening to electronic music and techniques used to produce are required for full effect.
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DarrenTJun 12, 2007I gave this a listen not expecting much but this is fantastic can not stop listening to it.Give it a try close your eys and play it loud and it will take you on a hour long journey of amazing music.
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JohnBJun 15, 2007It plays like the soundtrack to my life. It's not so much trance as it is simply the pulsating beats to our everyday lives. Anyone who believes this album is boring was clearly not listening carefully enough because there is plenty going on in this almost cinematic work.
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PrometheusFJun 17, 2007
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pierpaolofJun 19, 2007a lot of stylish concentration - nothing is useless
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MarkNJun 20, 2007Good, not great. Mildly overrated.
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maxwJun 22, 2007i don't understandt very horrible album i like only one song (the second)
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tokyopimpJun 23, 2007
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BenJ.Jun 27, 2007I've listened to this album at a friend's request. It is awful. There is very little on this that I find worthy of being considered music.
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JTRJun 28, 2007What's the big deal here? Why are so many critics losing their minds over this trite, predictable, paint by numbers trance album that sounds like it fell through a wormhole from 1998? Seriously, electronic music has evolved far and wide from this car commercial music.
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PamPhletJun 3, 2007What a steaming pile of dump.
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yoks.Jul 11, 2007it has its moments, admitedly only in the first half, but definitley doesn't deserve 90. Technically, its nothing Apparat wasnt doing almost ten years ago.
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tonye.Jul 13, 2007i love it
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NooGhatJul 16, 20072007: A Space Odyssey.
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mmmfafaJul 16, 2007Before, during, and long after the hype, this album will be the minimal standard for years to come.
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inconsideratepuddingJul 16, 2007Music for the heart, plain and simple.
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JosephJul 18, 2007This is not a dance album like Justice. This is not a trance album. This album is not meant to revolutionize electronic music. This one is about sentimentality, vague vision, minimalism and shoddy production. Forget the high metacritic score and the ranting users, hang out on the beach sober and completely ignoring it.
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EvanDJul 2, 2007I'm sick of users rating this so low SIMPLY because it's edging out their favorite record(s) in the critical mass score. There's a reason this album is ranked so highly: it's absolutely fantastic. If you can't enjoy the subte, yet deeply rewarding, pleasures associated with this album, I am very, very sorry for you.
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TedMJul 23, 2007I played this album, got through about 3 tracks and had to stop it. It is just boring and completely overrated. Can't believe this is metacritics best album of the year! Serious loss of credibility for the site. But I guess that can mainly be blamed on the journalists who raved about this pile of mediocre cr@p.
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LukasFJul 24, 2007Though "From Here We Go Sublime" was, in my opinion, somewhat overhyped by critics, it still delivers a refined minimalist techno playlist. If you're expecting to be entertained by melody and lyrics, think again: "From Here We Go Sublime" is a well-crafted background beat to life.
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MiguelCJul 26, 2007overated album, 2 chords repeating themselves for 10 minutes on each track on a 4/4 beat, works fine as a sleeping pill if you are out of stilnox
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BradNJul 26, 2007This is not
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MDunnJul 3, 2007Take a thump from New Order and a wash from Giorgio Moroder. This is crap.
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imJul 9, 2007
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JorgeS.Aug 28, 2007
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natron5000Aug 4, 2007marque moon describes it perfectly: "i thought i could have made this record, but then i was like, no i couldn't have."
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MejicanaH.Aug 5, 2007All I have to say is that this album deserves its status as the best reviewed album of the year. It is fantastic and well worth seeking out. I wish those of you who had not actually heard the album would refrain from rating it.
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charleye.Aug 9, 2007Why do most critically acclaimed albums fall on deaf ears? Because they are horrible, emotionless, and empty - like reviewers. I can't stand this album. It's dull, dull, dull. It's absolutely depressing that people could like this.
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NiklasSep 15, 2007wtf? How can it be so high rated when it sucks this much!...it sounds like something went wrong in my computer now like music (but perhaps it's just me, who doesn't know anything about techno?)
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JustinB.Sep 21, 2007I love how people like to question the critics of this album. Critics won't rate this badly, want to know why? it's awesome and if they do rate it badly they would doing their job badly.
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SamS.Sep 21, 2007Garbage!
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TwelveVoltsSep 20, 2007Truly horrible.
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JasonM.Sep 23, 2007This is not an album to listen to whilst jogging or playing video games with your friends, this, much like Loveless, is an album to enjoy while laying down, closing your eyes, and letting it take you wherever you let your mind wander.
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KH.Sep 24, 2007Heads and shoulders above the playing field. People with an electronics allergy beware. Though, this is techno's most beautiful outing in years, it's not everyone's cup of tea (as the users' ratings reflect). All those slightly more open minded should have a ball with this.
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ReeceH.Feb 3, 2008If you don't like it, say so, but don't start insulting those who do, especially calling us mindless? isn't it just a case of personal preference, or at least relativism.
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DarylM.Feb 7, 2008This is the kind of album which restores your love of progressive house, and has you blowing the dust off your renaissance albums from the '90s.
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MJ88Mar 19, 2008Quite awesome. Soothing, simple, looped beats and samples. and when I found out it's all played & mixed live, I had even more admiration for it. Get it now!
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MarkD.Apr 11, 2008Easily the most over-rated album of 2007. I listened to this album repeatedly trying to give it a chance. I guess I just don't get the house phenomenon. If you are not a fan of this style of music don't even attempt to appreciate this album.
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MattB.Apr 9, 2008
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JakeD.Oct 15, 2007I'm still thinking this is a huge critical joke. Interesting concept, horrible payoff.
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NiallSDec 17, 2007Maybe it's a Grower but I've listened to this album 3-4 times and can't see what I'm supposed to see in it.
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BenE.Dec 17, 2007it's really quite captivating, despite its utter repetitiveness. it's really something you need to hear to understand. i imagine a lot of people wouldn't like it because of the repetition, though. works very well as background music, too.
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Awards & Rankings
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If you like minimal electronic music at all, you must seek it out.
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This is one of those rare albums that makes you wonder how you ever got by without it.
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This is an album you could easily hate -- especially if you like things like change and development.