Interpol
by Interpol
  • Record Label: Matador
  • Release Date: Sep 7, 2010
User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 118 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 90 out of 118
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 118
  3. Negative: 9 out of 118
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  1. SteveBackMeta
    Nov 14, 2013
    3
    Sinking fast with no hope for redemption on the horizon. There isn't a single song on here that doesn't sound forced or hopelessly earnest. There is not one composition on here that says "play me again!" No memorable hooks, no vocal nuances, no single material. "Lights" builds and builds like it wants to break out, yet all it can offer in the end is an uninspiring fade-out. Elsewhere, ISinking fast with no hope for redemption on the horizon. There isn't a single song on here that doesn't sound forced or hopelessly earnest. There is not one composition on here that says "play me again!" No memorable hooks, no vocal nuances, no single material. "Lights" builds and builds like it wants to break out, yet all it can offer in the end is an uninspiring fade-out. Elsewhere, I can't describe any of the songs because not one of them grabbed me and made me remember them. It was just a real drag, sitting through this record. An interminable bore. This, remember, is the same group that gave us Turn On The Bright Lights.… Expand
  2. Muddsjr
    Jan 25, 2014
    3
    With songs that do well to take their time in their own slow, most unexcitable pace, and choruses that do very well to make you feel drowsy, Interpol (their fourth album) is officially their most unadventurous, uninspired and dull album yet, and the rest.
  3. Armington
    Oct 21, 2010
    1
    A tired album from a tired band. I didn't approach it expecting another "Turn on the Bright Lights" or even another "Antics". I approached it expecting a feeble effort to recapture their earlier innovation and that's exactly what I found. I would have been more impressed had they ventured into more foreign, questionable territory; New School hip-hop for example. At least then they would beA tired album from a tired band. I didn't approach it expecting another "Turn on the Bright Lights" or even another "Antics". I approached it expecting a feeble effort to recapture their earlier innovation and that's exactly what I found. I would have been more impressed had they ventured into more foreign, questionable territory; New School hip-hop for example. At least then they would be experimenting, trying something new, pushing boundaries, taking risks. Instead, as with their last album, they have simply thrown up a turgid regurgitation of their best work. How predictable. With this scathing criticism in mind, calling the album 'Interpol' just seems like a lame attempt to slap their once innovative name upon a work that can at best make you yearn for the old Interpol. Because the Interpol of 2010 is coming across as very old indeed.… Expand

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#35 Most Discussed Album of 2010
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Metascore
66

Generally favorable reviews - based on 33 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 33
  3. Negative: 0 out of 33
  1. Slant Magazine
    50
    Interpol may not be quite self-parody, but it's also not the sort of thing that's going to make them hip again anytime soon. Not that they would even care.
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  2. Tiny Mix Tapes
    40
    I sense a more natural sense of songcraft here. Banks is still trying too hard, seemingly attempting to write songs he thinks people will like rather than songs that, whether simple or arpeggio-filled, he and his mates like.
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  3. PopMatters
    50
    If Interpol-an album that plainly documents a band stretching itself as far as it can unimpressively go-is what a large number of indie fans are going to settle for in this day and age, I can't help but shake my head and sigh in response.
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