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Sep 1, 2011Despite its inconsistencies, La Liberacion undoubtedly mixes it up.
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MojoAug 30, 2011They return with an album that tries hard to please, its brace of ultra-catchy, bubblegum dance-pop tracks constructed from teh same building blocks as Tom Tom Club's playground. [Sept. 2011, p. 98]
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Aug 23, 2011La LiberaciĆ³n is not a new lease of life but perhaps a glimpse of one - if only in moments, if only in one track, there still seems to be enough to keep them going. And on those good bits alone, they're worth just one more chance.
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Aug 22, 2011Excise a few tracks and La Liberacion would make a good soundtrack to the summer, or what's left of it at least
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Under The RadarAug 19, 2011Disappointingly, the second half of the album loses some of the sting. [Jul 2011, p.79]
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UncutAug 19, 2011The sparkier La Liberacion goes some way to restoring their reputation as festival favourites. [Sep 2011, p.81]
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Aug 18, 2011La LiberaciĆ³n is so fixated on exhibiting its sense of fun that it forgets how to finish ideas in the process.
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Sep 8, 2011Their experiments don't always yield useful results-- the downcast, acoustic-guitar-powered "Partners in Crime" comes awkwardly decorated with free-form piano rolls that trip up rather than propel the song's momentum. But there are moments when CSS find a way to successfully evolve without alienating their base.
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Aug 30, 2011the atypical sincerity of La Liberacion suggests that something--whether the burdens of relentless sexiness or beating pop music at its own game too soon--still does.
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Aug 22, 2011CSS may care deeply about every song (though it often doesn't sound like it), but for the listener, a lot of the charm has worn off.
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Sep 14, 2011There are some lovely, warm, breezy beats, as on "Hits Me Like a Rock", but the vocals seem so drenched in effects that it takes away from any kind of earthiness, and Bobby Gillespie's appearance seems fatuous, a nod to the kind of sound they are hoping to achieve.
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Aug 25, 2011CSS are so desperate to do something new that they never stick with their strengths.
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Aug 22, 2011La Liberacion is better in its quieter moments.
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Aug 18, 2011Never as smartly entertaining as Peaches or amusingly stupid as Ke$ha, CSS is caught in the middling center, and so is La Liberacion.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 8 out of 11
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Mixed: 2 out of 11
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Negative: 1 out of 11
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Aug 23, 2011
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Oct 3, 2011After listening to La Liberación Iâ