Mosquito
by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 39 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 39
  3. Negative: 1 out of 39
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  1. No Ripcord
    Apr 25, 2013
    60
    Maybe it’s a struggle to really get your teeth into Mosquito because of the track listing; the three song dry patch after Mosquito is a huge problem considering the ease these days of being able to find something more interesting to listen to.
  2. The Quietus
    Apr 22, 2013
    60
    Mosquito may conjure a similar frenzy to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' previous three albums, but it paints a disjointed picture of the band's turbulent history, on an already messy canvass
  3. Consequence
    Apr 17, 2013
    60
    The payoffs don’t always resonate with the pineal, which should be the one thing worth counting on from the band.
  5. The Observer (UK)
    Apr 15, 2013
    60
    The problem is, for a band whose name echoes with the affirmative, none of this feels like a definitive lunge towards some loftier height, either artistic or commercial.
  6. Pitchfork
    Apr 15, 2013
    60
    Mosquito is not without highlights, but it requires some patience to unearth them, because when this record is bad, it's loudly, brazenly bad.
  7. Slant Magazine
    Apr 12, 2013
    60
    Divided between these sorts of small successes and outright failures, Mosquito is nowhere near a coherent album, which at this stage in the band's career feels like a refreshing return to form.
  8. The Fly (UK)
    Apr 10, 2013
    60
    So, all in all: not a bad album, but most of the time it’s more harmless midge than lethal mosquito.
  9. The Line of Best Fit
    Apr 10, 2013
    40
    With the experiments being so hit and miss you’re left looking for familiar thrills, but even when delivering these, the band sound so much like there are motions to be gone through that you just aren’t inclined to feel engaged.
  10. Mojo
    Apr 9, 2013
    60
    It feels like a reaction to the concise, clear-headed It's Blitz; wild-eyed hoopla, in that spontaneous, occasionally brilliant, occasionally patchy kind of way. [May 2013, p.90]
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6.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 66 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 41 out of 66
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 66
  3. Negative: 5 out of 66
  1. supersymmetry
    Sep 18, 2013
    10
    This is a gem that's criminally underrated.This is a gem that's criminally underrated.
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  2. MooziikMaster
    Apr 18, 2013
    6
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs really tried to get everyone excited for this new album. I was very excited. After seeing that strange and somewhat disturbingYeah Yeah Yeahs really tried to get everyone excited for this new album. I was very excited. After seeing that strange and somewhat disturbing album cover, I knew the album would be quite interesting. It wasn't quite what I had expected. It was much more boring than I thought. Even with the collaborations in production with James Murphy and the guy from TV on the Radio, the album falls short for me. Not to say that the album sucks, but I just wanted a little bit more. The highlights are: "Sacrilege".… Full Review »
  3. WadeVS
    Sep 1, 2013
    8
    OK here's the thing you hear there is a new YYY's album coming out. You flip out. You hear they worked with Dave Sitek & James Murphy. YouOK here's the thing you hear there is a new YYY's album coming out. You flip out. You hear they worked with Dave Sitek & James Murphy. You cannot stand the suspense. You hear 'Sacrilege' & at first you are thrown off by the gospel choir, but pretty soon it's playing on repeat in your head. THEN you get round to finally hearing 'Mosquito' in all of it's sythny, subteranean soundscape glory and your first reaction is WTF is this?? Because it doesn't resemble anything the band has done before. When they went "pop" on Blitz, people complained. And now they've gone weird, electro dub?!
    BUT IT IS BRILLIANT. Unquestionably. Give it a few listens. If it's hard, listen to 'Mosquito', 'Slave' and 'Despair' because those tracks will ease you into the new sound by retaining some of their original sound. 'Despair' completely won me over and it is now one of my favorite YYY tracks. This is an unusually brilliant record. Listen to it more than thrice.    … Full Review »
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