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Generally favorable reviews- based on 397 Ratings
User score distribution:
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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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pierpaolofJun 19, 2007a lot of stylish concentration - nothing is useless
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imJul 9, 2007
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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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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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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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AmurabiM.Dec 18, 2007
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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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bobdylanApr 16, 2007it's one hell of a lush album and make sure to give it a chance. kinda a cross between fennesz and mylo.
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DarylSApr 19, 2007Anyone played Lumines on PSP? This albums would be right at home on that game, luckily I love the music on the game and this album is much better than a lot of that. Good album, good purchase.
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RGMay 16, 2007
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RMJun 27, 2007
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joeJul 16, 2007
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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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TomM.Feb 15, 2008Great album!
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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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jaJul 3, 2007
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DanSAug 10, 2007I enjoy listening to this album.
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MichelleTMay 10, 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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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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JoeneAug 11, 2008
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bryanApr 16, 2007Last half of the album most definitely stronger than the first...
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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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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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PedroMay 10, 2007Beautiful....one of the best of '07 so far
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hexumhaterMay 9, 2007
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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EricFMay 20, 2007
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JohnDMay 9, 2007
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jimmyj.Jun 30, 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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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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HierophantusApr 11, 2008
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RickmanJApr 24, 2007s'good! lush and lovely.
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MarkNJun 20, 2007Good, not great. Mildly overrated.
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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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tonysApr 16, 2007its not as spectacular as the present score (95) but it is enjoyable none the less
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MarcusSep 16, 2007
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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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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.