Ideal Lives
by Rahim
Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Delusions of Adequacy
    80
    The chemistry between the members of Rahim is quite apparent from the beginning to the end of the album.
  2. Urb
    80
    A few moments... break through the post-punk grind to show a little more breadth. [Apr 2006, p.90]
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  3. Pitchfork
    75
    What makes Rahim unique isn't their overall style; it's the tiny yet indispensable songwriting flourishes that lodge obdurately in the memory.
  5. Spin
    75
    Ideal Lives is an uneven record, at times frustratingly so, but it is also the sound of a band finding out just what they are capable of, and falling in love with it.
  6. PopMatters
    70
    A likeable and exciting album.
  7. Prefix Magazine
    70
    If Jungles presented the formula, Ideal Lives gives us the answer.

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  1. AaronD
    May 15, 2006
    9
    Most original band I've heard in a long time. Also they use negative space like a master painter or photographer would. Extremely Most original band I've heard in a long time. Also they use negative space like a master painter or photographer would. Extremely rythmic and tuneful all at once.… Full Review »