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81 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 38 Critics What's this?

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7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 65 Ratings

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  • Summary: Following positive reviews for his EPs, James Blake releases his first full-length album.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 38
  3. Negative: 0 out of 38
  1. The A.V. Club
    Mar 22, 2011
    100
    James Blake is dubstep's crossover moment, rolling back the hostile skronk and centering on a croon that rivals Antony Hegarty for lovelorn beauty.
  2. Consequence of Sound
    Feb 8, 2011
    100
    James Blake is an essential for anybody interested in witnessing how pop music can and will continue to change, progress, and grow into something new with time.
  3. All Music Guide
    Mar 22, 2011
    60
    The rest of the tracks are more like exercises in sound manipulation and reduction than songs. The approach is no-fault, but Blake pares it down to such an extent that the material occasionally sounds not just tentative but feeble, fatigued, even.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
  1. Hackskeptic
    6
    There's an overriding impression that Blake is trying desperately hard to create an album of sonic originality, but textured calculations, modernist machine beats and vocoders can't replace traditional songwriting, of which there's simply not enough of on this debut… Expand
    • 2 of 2 users said yes
  2. ramona
    5
    I found this album boring and full of useless electronic arrangements that makes this album unpleasant. In my opinion this album is extremely overrated and I can't see any future in this artist.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. 01lander
    0
    James Blake is an overhyped indie artist with nothing really behind his pretentious music style... People praise The Wilhelm Scream without actually realising that it was his father who wrote the song. The production is dull, and overall, this release is boring.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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