Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub)
by Groove Armada
  • Record Label: Jive
  • Release Date: Sep 11, 2001
Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Alternative Press
    80
    They reinvent themselves as house-music auteurs exploring a sound closer to shoegazing's late, great headphone womb than house's aerobic aphorisms. [Nov 2001, p.79]
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  2. Sonicnet
    70
    In sharing its predecessor's desire to cover every musical base, Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub) suggests a continued identity crisis.
  3. Blender
    40
    An ultrapolite, jazz-inflected collection of tunes that will reassure coming-down ravers, but it offers little to quicken the pulse. [Oct/Nov 2001, p.104]
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  5. Ink Blot Magazine
    90
    Groove Armada have a knack for producing fantastic underground dance tracks, in a variety of tempos, and packing them full of hooks.
  6. Dot Music
    90
    Stuffed full of collaborations, the duo has created a multi layered, analogue driven, polished yet powerful long player.
  7. L.A. Weekly
    60
    Now, it’s the chilled tracks that seem limited and generic... The fortunate tradeoff is that the album’s three strobe-lit tracks definitely bring it on.
  8. Spin
    80
    Less an electronica CD than a dub album without any original sources--and it's all the freer for it. [Oct 2001, p.128]
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  9. Q Magazine
    40
    It's hard to listen to this deeply disappointing record for long without wanting to revisit Vertigo instead.
  10. Urb
    50
    When there are moments, they strike and wittingly pull bodies off seats. [Oct 2001, p.128]
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  11. Mojo
    80
    A triumph, possessing a universal appeal that extends beyond the dancefloor straight to the heart. [Sep 2001, p.100]
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  12. Mixer
    80
    Groove Armada's most mature and settled work to date. [Sep 2001, p.83]
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  13. CDNow
    90
    A truly superb and definitive record...

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User Score
7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
  1. Jo
    Jul 18, 2007
    10
    this one got me into groove armada, its sublime from start to finish... much better than lovebox... highlights: the sonic trip Drifted, this one got me into groove armada, its sublime from start to finish... much better than lovebox... highlights: the sonic trip Drifted, Little By Little and the similar single My Friend, Fogma and Superstylin'… Full Review »
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