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90A taut, economic album with emotional songs at its heart. Yep, we're as surprised as you.
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90A wondrous re-emergence.
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There isn't a weak track on the album.
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83Infusing their music with real personality and humor, sexiness and humility, they've neatly transcended the air-quote graveyard. [Apr 2005, p.105]
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As inviting and accessible as anything released this year. [2 Apr 2005, p.50]
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78Odyssey doesn't suck. Imagine! [#15, p.94]
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If there's a single quality that ties these songs together, it's consistency of scope and sound.
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73Odyssey is Fischerspooner's attempt at kicking and screaming their way out of punchline hell, so it's a bit of a surprise how good everything sounds.
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70Fischerspooner hasn't re-written the playbook with this one, even if they've managed to somewhat reinvent themselves.
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An album that delves deeper and is more varied but loses some of the fun of their debut in the translation. [#9]
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70While [it] lacks the glitterball dazzle of Emerge, its many-coloured moods result in bankable Moroder moments, baroque ballads, and an ECG-blowing cover of Boredoms' O.
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70Terrific tunes. [Apr 2005, p.102]
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Odyssey makes their transition from flag-waving fashionistas to serious, rewarding band smooth and entirely believable.
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This time around, the tunes are stronger and the arrangements are thicker.
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The songwriting is definitely more consistent than before.
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70This isn't a perfect album, but it is a great pop leap for Fischerspooner.
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60For an international pop act on a major label, this is a daring album. [May 2005, p.109]
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Much of the album reflects a tension between melancholia and euphoria that sounds more like an epic battle between Fischerspooner's love for New Order and Pet Shop Boys--but with beefier, disco-fied beats. [May 2005, p.174]
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60Their first album, more art than pop, had an admirable conceptual purity. Now that they're a proper band after all, they turn out to be a rather ordinary one.
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Odyssey is a little late and a touch weaker than its previous counterpart.
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Fischerspooner still underdevelops its melodies and overcooks its mixes, but Odyssey contains a fair number of songs like the opener, "Just Let Go," a lean dance track with a memorable chorus, buzzing guitars, and some deft keywork.
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What it doesn't have is much in the way of songs, or sincerity. [8 Apr 2005, p.66]
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25The lyrics are clumsy, the synth-pop melodies bland and the genius long gone.
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20Jettisons their saving grace--a big, glitter-streaked wink--for limp stabs at profundity. [Apr 2005, p.117]
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Sean10My favorite album of the year. Awesome!
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