Machine Says Yes
by FC/Kahuna
Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. AllMusic
    80
    If it's difficult to focus in on what FC Kahuna does best, it's probably because it's all done well.
  2. Alternative Press
    70
    FC Kahuna tracks revel in the duo's simple blurbs of sound and less-is-more sonics. [Jan 2003, p.91]
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  3. Billboard
    60
    "Machine" is ultimately flawed when the Kahuna boys abandon uptempo techno for atypically hymnal pastures.
  5. Blender
    60
    [They] emerge from the Chemical Brothers' shadow without ever threatening to break new ground. [#13, p.93]
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  6. Ink Blot Magazine
    100
    If, 18 minutes into this album, you are not ready to proclaim these two London-via-Leeds hedonists the most exciting thing in dance music, you need your feet examined.
  7. Mixer
    70
    Riding a delicate balance of acid house and electro, Machine Says Yes is as cold as it is hot. [Dec 2002, p.76]
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  8. Mojo
    70
    A quirky yet coherent whole. [May 2002, p.97]
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  9. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    Easily as good as the last Chemicals album and often snapping at the heels of Daft Punk's 'Discovery', 'Machine Says Yes' is as broad in its retro reference as it is happy to revel in the futuristic.
  10. Pitchfork
    47
    The bulk of Machine Says Yes draws heavily on the rhythms and studio techniques of FC Kahuna's big beat roots, and garnishes them vigorously with the robotic female vocals and canned electro beats of Ladytron or Peaches; it gets old faster than Wesley Willis.
  11. Playlouder
    90
    FC Kahuna have aimed scandalously high with this record, and they've not been found wanting.
  12. PopMatters
    90
    It's truly great stuff. The future is, apparently, now.
  13. Q Magazine
    80
    It's big and it's clever.
  14. Rolling Stone
    70
    Machine Says Yes throbs like vintage acid house, but they've given it a cosmetic makeover for the millennium.
  15. Stylus Magazine
    78
    It may not be the psychedelic mind-warps that the Chemicals usually offer up, but it is an excellent debut and delivers the tunes we were hoping for earlier in 2002.
  16. Urb
    70
    A really freaky, fun ride into eclectism. [Nov 2002, p.94]
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Awards & Rankings

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#74 Best Album of 2002

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User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. PauloD
    Mar 29, 2004
    10
    I´m brazillian... and I have to say that this guy´s beats are addictive everywere in the world...
  2. QuietStorm
    Apr 19, 2003
    10
    Oh My God!