La Liberacion
by CSS
  • Record Label: Downtown
  • Release Date: Aug 23, 2011
Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 22
  3. Negative: 1 out of 22
  1. The Independent (UK)
    Aug 19, 2011
    80
    CSS's La Liberacion offers a much more serviceable blend of their original X-Ray Spex-style doughty amateurism with their slicker, sleeker electropop self.
  2. Filter
    Aug 23, 2011
    78
    On their third effort, it's still the sexy that sells us.
  3. AllMusic
    Aug 26, 2011
    70
    They may not be as confident here as they were on their first album, but La Liberacion's best moments are direct and fun, and there's no shame in that.
  5. The Independent on Sunday (UK)
    Aug 22, 2011
    70
    This has more bounce and sees Lovefoxxx & co close to their best.
  6. Alternative Press
    Aug 19, 2011
    70
    La Liberacion's digi-pop breakdowns, reggae-tinged zaps and punky power-pop will please anyone who wrote the band off after 2008's too-glosy Donkey. [Sep 2011, p.112]
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  7. The A.V. Club
    Aug 23, 2011
    67
    CSS has chosen-either wisely or ambivalently-to just float along.
  8. The Boston Phoenix
    Aug 23, 2011
    63
    By album's end, CSS are back to their old irreverent ways, screaming that title lyric repeatedly, nearly drowned out by sax blasts and cowbell.

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User Score
7.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
  1. toberated
    Aug 23, 2011
    8
    It has definitely really good songs and I don't know if I like it more than Donkey. Great collaborations SSION/Ratatat City Grrl/Red Alert.It has definitely really good songs and I don't know if I like it more than Donkey. Great collaborations SSION/Ratatat City Grrl/Red Alert. There at least 7 solid songs the ones mentioned before and Hits me like a rock, I love you, Rhythm to the rebels, **** Everything, You could have it all. And the other's are not bad--I don't know why critics gave it such a low score, did they even listen to it?… Full Review »
  2. hydrawithears
    Oct 3, 2011
    4
    After listening to La Liberación Iâ
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