Hotel Valentine
by Cibo Matto
Metascore
75

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
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  1. Blurt Magazine
    Mar 13, 2014
    60
    Their return is certainly great news to the diehards out there. For everyone else, at least the bar hasn’t been set too high for the follow up.
  2. Under The Radar
    Feb 14, 2014
    55
    "MFN" the only track which approaches the off-kilter energy of a classic like "Birthday Cake;" too much of the remainder dissolves into one another, and little else captivates. [Feb/Mar 2014, p.70]
  3. The A.V. Club
    Feb 11, 2014
    58
    Hotel Valentine is a fine addition to the limited canon of colorful post-punk all-girl trip-hop records, but can’t avoid sounding like the relic that label implies.
  5. New York Daily News (Jim Faber)
    Feb 11, 2014
    60
    Taken as a whole, Hotel Valentine creates a trip of a disc, referencing the ghosts of old New York while exorcising them into something new.

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7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. Emoneythewise
    Feb 11, 2014
    10
    This album is just amazing! It takes the best worlds of "Viva La Woman" and "Stereotype A" and puts a new funky twist on it. Cibo Matto is atThis album is just amazing! It takes the best worlds of "Viva La Woman" and "Stereotype A" and puts a new funky twist on it. Cibo Matto is at least in my top five bands, and after the disappointing "Uncanny Valley", it gives me hope for more of my favorite "retired" bands to get back into the studio and make more great music!… Full Review »
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