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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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Mar 24, 2014
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Mar 12, 2013This is a rare case (in fact it might be the first time I've said this about anything) where I have to say if you don't love this masterpiece you just don't get it.
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Oct 9, 2012It really doesn't get better than this, expect to return to this album for years to come; I have. Seen this guy loads of times, it all stands up live. The Field has put out some good music since this but I'll never expect him to top this. Listen is you like tight controlled music, of any genre. Don't listen if you want immediate returns.
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Sep 25, 2012
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Apr 16, 2011Great ambient electronica. Synthetic, cold, mechanized. Completely hypnotic. BE CAREFUL driving and listening to this. You might just end-up in the guard rail.
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Dec 25, 2010It's the simplicity of sounds that erupt a complex reaction, in guidance with the ambient repitition, loose beats and magnificent electronic application, it is undoubtedly the cornerpoint of sample-musician history.
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JoeneAug 11, 2008
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TrevorWAug 4, 2008It's the perfect mix of heavy bass-lines and short melodic synthesizer phrases. The ambiance each track gives off is slightly different, yet the whole album keeps you in the same mood or trance if you prefer. I eagerly await their second album.
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EricC.Jul 7, 2008If you're in to ambient, this will be one of the most incredible albums you've heard in years. If you're not in to ambient, well... just read the low scores below.
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HeretoS.May 27, 2008
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HierophantusApr 11, 2008
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MattB.Apr 9, 2008
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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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TomM.Feb 15, 2008Great album!
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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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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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VD.Jan 29, 2008Haters "It
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CedricD.Jan 24, 2008Wow what a beautiful album!
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VerticalPigJan 15, 2008Sublime - throwing off the shackles shackles shackles shackles shackles shackles shackles shackles shackles shackles weeeeeeee!
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BenJan 10, 2008I'm not going to say its good or bad. i'll just say that i like it a lot. the fact that he drags out "3-note loops" for 10 minutes is my favorite part about it. i personally love the having a great song on repeat without having to suffer the guilt of playing it over and over again to get your fill. some of the warmest sounds I've found and it seems like they never end.
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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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SadaF.Dec 30, 2007
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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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BradDec 29, 2007Soft, atmospheric and somewhat repetitive loops over lazy shuffling beats. Nothing approaching the greatness I've read in reviews, but completely inoffensive and moody enough as background music. I imagine it would be mind blowing if I still got high, but I don't, so it's not.
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ArnZ.Dec 19, 2007This album deserves all its accolades. It's definitely a different genre of music but if you're into anything mildly electronic then there's something here for you to gain.
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AmurabiM.Dec 18, 2007
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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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david20023Dec 15, 2007My, how this divides people. Any album that annoys as many people as this must have something going for it.
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MichaelNov 4, 2007I loved it from the get go, the sound is just so heart-warming. It's so wispy, so up in the clouds, I feel like I could listen to these songs forever. It's very simple, but very brave and vivid. Absolutely lush. A very personal album, and as such many are going to be completely confused by it. The rest of us will just drift away.
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DanielSOct 29, 2007
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AntreasP.Oct 26, 2007Simply the best album of 2007 so far... A great album since 2001's "Melody A.M". "Mobilia" should be heard everywhere!
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freekOct 20, 2007simply beautiful, never thought a dance album would deserve a 10. this one definitely does, the critics are right. it offers sublime emotion in all it's simplicity, just perfect. strange experience live though, in between other (less sophisticated, but also great) Kompakt artists.
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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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rhyminl.Oct 11, 2007Smokes.
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AlexM.Oct 3, 2007For me it became an instant classic at the first listening.
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GoldNSep 30, 2007Gorgeous piece of work here. Sure it's not for everyone, but what good album is?
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PatrickBSep 26, 2007Subtle, sometimes to the point of being static, but tracks like "Everyday" and "A Paw In My Face" are pretty blissful. The beats are simple, sure, but they're not the point; they're just there to give the tracks a bit of extra momentum. Most of the rhythm comes from the sample-processing. Reminds me a lot of Seefeel.
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GilSep 25, 2007Fantastic!!! great album. very simple electronic music but it does the job very well. i love this album the sound is simple and clean very quiet. one of the best i heard ever.
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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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EddyS.Sep 24, 2007This really is among the year's best, but yes it is true that one is more likely to get the full value with a background interest in intelligent electronic music. if you do like electronic with some emotion besides the partyyyyy Daft Punkesque attitude, then check this out and surely you will find its magnificence.
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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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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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MarcusSep 16, 2007
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danSep 12, 2007It's got a strange mesmerizing quality but i can't help but think wtf? when i see the ratings for it. pretty much what everyone is saying here is right to some extent. it's a good minimalist techno album that's way overrated. I'm feeling it despite how repetitive it seems.
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ParseSep 11, 2007
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Hansfranz1962Sep 6, 2007Genius. Love it.
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xoxiaxSep 3, 2007Exuberant and perfect.
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MuzAug 15, 2007On first hearing a track by The Field I knew I had found something fantastic. Now this album is out and I have it I can see why so many critics agree it is a great album. I agree it's not for everyone, but it is brilliant music.
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freenFAug 11, 2007I absolutely agree with the critics on this one. One of the best albums of 2007 and destined to become a classic.
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DanSAug 10, 2007I enjoy listening to this album.
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CIaranM.Aug 7, 2007Sublime, subliminal, this album really sorts out the people with a good ear for music from those who don't. The howls and protestations in the previous comments are hilarious. Anything that gets such people into such a reactionary fever is usually really good. For me it is easily the best album of the year
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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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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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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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OpenMindJul 20, 2007The only people who don't like this are listening to it for the wrong reason. This isn't the instant satisfation the MTV crowd thrives on. This is straight up minimal techno, meant for quiet grooving. Grow some patience, people.
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MothraJul 20, 2007i hated it at first, the album lacks immediacy but rewards greatly with repeated listens. i now understand the praise, i gave the album another shot after i heard "Kappsta", an incredible track by the same artist, the track is featured on the Pop Ambient 2007 album and is truly sublime
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joeJul 16, 2007
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inconsideratepuddingJul 16, 2007Music for the heart, plain and simple.
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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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NooGhatJul 16, 20072007: A Space Odyssey.
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tonye.Jul 13, 2007i love it
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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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imJul 9, 2007
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jaJul 3, 2007
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BramJul 3, 2007This is very abstract music. And like with all abstract art wether its a mondriaan painting or minimal music, people think they can recreate it with great ease. But believe me you can't. It's a good album but it's a little to clubby for my taste.
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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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jimmyj.Jun 30, 2007
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JamesP.Jun 28, 2007
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RMJun 27, 2007
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amurorJun 25, 2007It is a sound track of cool stylish &. It is a sound without extra noisiness, and natural transformer music. Therefore, the person who feels that this is sober will not be able to come to like it. It is a refined sound adult who is not child's sound.
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MarkNJun 20, 2007Good, not great. Mildly overrated.
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pierpaolofJun 19, 2007a lot of stylish concentration - nothing is useless
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MaxenceWJun 17, 2007Minimalist but strangely refreshing.
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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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DaveDJun 14, 2007Yes, indeed, this is an enjoyable, mesmerising and effective minimal techno album. But 91?? 6 points over and above last year's masterpiece Ys and this year's best album so far "Boxer"? What the F%$&k??
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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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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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MichaelKJun 8, 2007OK, if you don't like repetitive beats you won't like this. Natasha K you are trippin or a fool! Sounds great to my ears! Funky, beautiful soundscapes.
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jobberlJun 7, 2007
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[Anonymous]Jun 6, 2007I don't think this album is the best of this year, but it is still definitely above average. "Over The Ice" and the title track are amazing, and the rest of the album is an emotional trance trip that rarely bores. Definitely worth it for techno fans.
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brendanpJun 5, 2007to say the approach is original is wrong, just see william basinski and panda bear. but its by no stretch gorgeous, warm and delicate. its a trip.
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steve-oJun 4, 2007
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argeXJun 3, 2007simply a great album. various,fun, absolutely enjoyable.
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arthurdogtrashJun 1, 2007Album of the year? No damn way. It's actually kind of boring and mind-numbing. Once again the readers vote is a far better representation of it's actual status. Avoid the media hype and make up your own minds.
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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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marcelolleosMay 29, 2007Es una pieza maestra. nos dice como es posible la exaltacion del alma en diferentes emociones. La musica se detiene y despues avanza, juega con el tiempo...
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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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BrianWMay 24, 2007This is a beautiful and chilling collection of microhouse techno.
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ShaneequaJMay 23, 2007It's just great. Plain and simple.
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JohnJMay 23, 2007A little repetitive? Yes, but that's what holds this amazing album together.
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TylerMMay 21, 2007House? Techno? Ambient? Possibly. Absolutely breathtaking? Definitely.
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BibianeNMay 21, 2007THE BEST, sublime, idiliac, delicious, eletronic album of the last 5years. love it. i'm still asking myself how did i live without it
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MuzSMay 21, 2007I love this CD. Amazing how something so minimal can be so damn effective!
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EricFMay 20, 2007
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TomEMay 19, 2007PERFECTION. BRILLIANT.
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GilesBMay 18, 2007This is an extreamly accomplished bit of work. Unlike a lot of dance music, its neither tacky or overly aggresive. The album also seems to be respectful of new york, chicago and detroit - garage, house and techno music of the 1980's. Excellent stuff.
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RGMay 16, 2007
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DaveSMay 14, 2007Fantastic album. Infinitely re-listenable; builds from simple lines, strips the rhythm down and then re-makes it over the course of a track.
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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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everythingisniceMay 11, 2007
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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.