Neon Golden
by The Notwist
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 73 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 66 out of 73
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 73
  3. Negative: 5 out of 73

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  1. JohnR.
    Oct 20, 2003
    0
    What a stupid album.
  2. krauterm
    Feb 6, 2006
    3
    nice, in a coldplay sense: in the sense that they've made it almost impossible to feel really strongly either way, based solely on the music. ultimately boring. increasingly obsolete, in the wake of other, better albums, such as last exit. sounds like the books meet travis meet a midsize car commercial. so, if that's where you're at, snooze on. this will not age well.

Awards & Rankings

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#4 Best Album of 2003
54
#54 Most Discussed Album of 2003
74
#74 Most Shared Album of 2003

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Metascore
89

Universal acclaim - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. Village Voice (Consumer Guide)
    67
    Young people who think Kraftwerk were more important than the Ramones are free to satisfy their craving for the neu with this retreat into simplicity. But even Radiohead and Mouse on Mars contain more chaos.
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  2. Planet
    90
    The vocals are really what seem to live with you after one listen, making Neon Golden memorable beyond its audio gimmicks. [#3, p.87]
  3. Uncut
    70
    Neon Golden often comes on like a radical update of New Order's Lowlife period, where mournful guitar songs are integrated into a mesh of clicks, pops, glitches and samples. [Mar 2003, p.96]
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