• Record Label: Bureau B
  • Release Date: Mar 19, 2013
Metascore
64

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 14
  2. Negative: 0 out of 14
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  1. Uncut
    Apr 25, 2013
    60
    Off The Record marks a return to form. [Jun 2013, p.69]
  2. Q Magazine
    Apr 10, 2013
    60
    His revisiting of old tapes and melodic ideas from his tenure mean it echoes his former group's discography in rewarding ways. [May 2013, p.95]
  3. Mar 21, 2013
    60
    Overall, Off the Record is a solid album with plenty of attributes, though not necessarily an exceptional one.
  4. Mar 18, 2013
    60
    It’s a mixed manifestation of electronic pop.
  5. Mar 18, 2013
    60
    Useful, thrown-back fun, comfortable off the cutting edge.
  6. 60
    Off the Record contains few surprises, with several tracks pleasantly echoing his time as co-composer of some of the group's most glorious pieces.
  7. Mar 25, 2013
    54
    Bartos is one of the few people allowed to get away with such blatant mirroring of the past, but it's hard to escape the thought that he's done it all before, and better, and with a little more elegance and wit.
  8. Mar 18, 2013
    50
    Off the Record is of more interest as a historical document than for the music itself--something Bartos would probably admit.
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  1. Nov 28, 2015
    9
    Before i heard the album i thought it not will sound so good, but after some listenings i found it fantastic! The album was so good so iBefore i heard the album i thought it not will sound so good, but after some listenings i found it fantastic! The album was so good so i bought the CD. Full Review »