Magic Hour
by Scissor Sisters
  • Record Label: Polydor
  • Release Date: May 29, 2012
User Score
5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 44 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 44
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 44
  3. Negative: 8 out of 44
Buy Now
Buy on

Review this album

  1. Your Score
    0 out of 10
    Rate this:
    • 10
    • 9
    • 8
    • 7
    • 6
    • 5
    • 4
    • 3
    • 2
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
  1. Submit
  2. Check Spelling
view
per page
  1. Jonalfie
    Jul 13, 2012
    9
    A celebration of club life with a hint of melancholy that things are changing. New producers inject a tighter sound against the band's whip-smart lyrics.
  2. pdf
    May 30, 2012
    8
    This album is a grower. There are fun party tracks that are almost as strong as "Night Work" (their best album by far) but there are also more chill songs that evoke their earlier sounds. It's not a perfect album but after listening to it for 2 days, I am really into it. Can't wait to see you guys in July!

Awards & Rankings

93
#93 Most Discussed Album of 2012

Critic Reviews

All reviews »
Metascore
67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 22
  3. Negative: 1 out of 22
  1. Q Magazine
    Oct 12, 2012
    80
    They pull it out of the hat in quite an extraordinary fashion here. [Jul 2012, p.94]
  2. Mixmag
    Jun 27, 2012
    80
    Smoky, slow- paced, disco soul with Bee Gees-style falsetto harmonising, it's the type of grown-up pop Scissor Sisters can pull off like few others.
    Read full review
  3. No Ripcord
    Jun 19, 2012
    30
    Magic Hour's never exactly bad. It's worse than that. It's boring.
    Read full review
See all critic reviews »