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LP4 - Ratatat
  • Band Name: Ratatat
  • Record Label: XL
  • Release Date: Jun 8, 2010
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68 out of 100

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8.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 10 Ratings

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  • Summary: Ratatat's LP4 includes some tracks from the recording sessions from the duo's 2008 release LP3.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. PopMatters
    90
    So LP4 may seem like a glorified mess but it has all the coherence and sensorial vigor of one of those Ed Hardy ink designs: unabashedly gaudy with a hard-assed physique; its Byzantium details revealing a mid-to-late century decadence that may still only appeal to a select audience.
  2. Billboard.com
    81
    While expanding on what it's done well, the group doesn't cease to be adventurous on LP4.
  3. Uncut
    60
    All too often, though, slick jams such as "Drugs" and "Party With Children" resemble library tracks, exercises in style that pirouette exquistely, but shy away from becoming anything meaningful. [Aug 2010, p.93]
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  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. PudgyChicken
    10
    Yet again, another album whose ratings have been slashed by the critics, in an genre which they really don't understand. This is undoubtedly a jewel in Ratatat's crown. This album takes a much more abstract or "trippy" approach than their other albums, and succeeds. Yet again, Ratatat doesn't fail to deliver, and I can't find a single track in the entire album that I dislike. My favorite would have to be "Bilar," because of the incredible drop in the beginning. This is probably the best album Ratatat has released to date, and the best album I've purchased this year.… Expand
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