1. Dingo

   10

   Immaculate, affecting, addictive. James Blake takes the cake. I Never Learnt to Share is perfect. Lindesfarne II is gourgeous. I'm not sure if the album is greater than the sum of its parts because I can't count that high.… Expand

   • Helpful? 3 of 3 users said Yes.
2. Kamal_Voltaic

   8

   Certainly one of the best albums of 2011.
   I usually like Dance-Pop, but this album has really stood out. I just love the use of the Electronica in songs like the powerful 'Unluck' or 'I Mind'. The echoing and the pauses create a haunting, beautiful effect.
   I guess some people will inevitably give it 10/10, but I don't see it as flawless.… Expand

   • Helpful? 1 of 1 users said Yes.
3. 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

   • Helpful? 3 of 5 users said Yes.
4. Stuie

   4

   This album was over hyped and is now overrated. Its not really a bad album just completely boring. I will agree with everyone and say that the production is great but that's it. The autotune really doesn't do anything for me and in most cases it makes the songs worse. This album is really nothing more than slowed down Dubstep with heavy R&B influences. On "The Wilhelm Scream" I swear he even sounds like Aaron Nevil. Its not surprising that the best song on the album is the cover of Feist's "Limit to your Love", but even on the best track Blake had to add in weird pauses that really disrupt the flow of the song. Like I said before over hyped and overrated. Just a splattering of experimental music done in a minimalistic style. Nothing overly special.… Expand

   • Helpful? 4 of 15 users said Yes.

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