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Noah's Ark
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67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews What's this?

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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 29 Ratings

  • Summary: Their second album finds sisters Bianca and Sierra Casady joined by Antony and Devendra Banhart.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 24
  3. Negative: 3 out of 24
  1. Stylus Magazine
    91
    Noah’s Ark proves, again, that the Casady sisters are perhaps at the forefront of the overlabored ‘freak-folk’ scene.
  2. Mojo
    80
    CocoRosie sound, blissfully, like no one else. [Sep 2005, p.102]
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  3. Junkmedia
    80
    The music is as soothing as a lullaby and as challenging as a modern art exhibit.
  4. Magnet
    70
    La Maison offers a glimpse into the Casadys' strange, spooky world; Noah's Ark shows them taking tentative, often intriguing steps outside of it. [#69, p.91]
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  5. Splendid
    70
    Noah's Ark retrenches CocoRosie in their signature sound and gives us a glimpse of their indubitably eccentric future.
  6. New Musical Express (NME)
    60
    For all there is to grind your teeth and hate about CocoRosie, there's much to love. [8 Oct 2005, p.45]
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  7. Spin
    0
    They make each shimmer of postnatal whimsy seem like an eternal gulag of the spotless mind. [Sep 2005, p.109]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 17
  3. Negative: 4 out of 17
  1. KyleM
    Oct 16, 2005
    10
    This album deserves a few listens before you dismiss it. It grows on you, and you should want it too, as their isn't much out there that This album deserves a few listens before you dismiss it. It grows on you, and you should want it too, as their isn't much out there that sounds like it.… Collapse
  2. peped
    Dec 17, 2005
    10
    just perfect. lovely gigs
  4. AndyH
    Apr 16, 2007
    10
    People are too stupid to realize how good this is.
  5. luisr
    Sep 30, 2005
    8
    the song with antony is one of the most beautiful moments of this year.
  6. rob
    Sep 26, 2005
    7
    Cocorosie have a polarizing effect on audiences. You either love them or hate them, and I think it's easy to understand both. Moreover, Cocorosie have a polarizing effect on audiences. You either love them or hate them, and I think it's easy to understand both. Moreover, there are certain songs on both this album and their first which I love and others which I can hardly force myself to listen to. Edit the two albums into one, and you can make a perfect album. By themselves, each album makes for a twisting journey through some of the strangest and most beautiful music being made today. If your new to CocoRosie, however, I'd recommend their first album before this one. It seems to be a bit more accessible.… Expand
  7. JeremyF
    Apr 18, 2007
    4
    Now here's a band that is going to get slammed for whatever step they take. At least by some people. See that zero up there? Well, Now here's a band that is going to get slammed for whatever step they take. At least by some people. See that zero up there? Well, CocoRosie are very talented, and hardly deserve a zero, or even a 10 or 20. La Maison was very good, and haunting, but they showed some kind of a eerie charm. However, Noah's Ark, while still a decent album, fails to deliver with the same strength as La Maison. It seems like they are either trying way too hard to incorporate the loud, obnoxious toys, OR they are trying enough. Whatever the case, this album ends up being quite a dark, annoying, sometimes-almost-scary adventure. With the exception of some amazing tracks (K-Hole, South 2nd, Noah's Ark, and Honey or Tar) this album fails compared to the last one AND the 3rd one. The interludes Brazlilian Sun & Bisounars [or whatever] throw me off completely, and I'm glad that Honey or Tar, the great last song, IS the last song, at 2 minutes and 8 second. Seriously, CocoRosie are clearly talented, this just isn't as refined as they OBVIOUSLY can be. Big fat 4.… Expand
  8. SamS
    Sep 26, 2005
    0
    There are no words to describe how terrible this album is.

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