OK Cowboy - Vitalic
User Score
8.7 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 35 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 35
  3. Negative: 1 out of 35

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  1. HaimC
    Jun 10, 2005
    10
    First time with electronic based music. I think that now i won't be able to here again mainstream music. Fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  2. TimG
    Jul 27, 2005
    8
    Damn, I don't proclaim to know the first thing about electronic music, but damn this is a good record.
  3. AtulV
    Jun 5, 2005
    10
    Wonderful fantastic Mindblowing are the words that come to me after you listen to this album wonderful album not one song is a rotten tomato every song is crafted with exclusive attention .
  4. TomN
    Feb 28, 2006
    4
    Very dissapointing, a second rate daft punk. Nothing original is done in this album. I am honestly surprised by the good reviews this got.
  5. ElliottM
    Jun 1, 2005
    10
    This is one helluva record. Fantastic from start to finish. The first track remains my single favorite song of the year for some bizarre, unexplainable reason. Anyhow, it's the second best album of the year so far, behind the already-classic Arular.
  6. DanielS
    Jun 7, 2005
    9
    Kan't quite bring myself to give 10/10. great 80% of album, perhaps a couple of the tunes are a bit old??? but the rest is reassuringly excellent. another direction ofr French House, away from daftpunk/air,etc.
  7. Frank
    Aug 2, 2005
    10
    One of the best albums of 2005. Can't believe it's that low on the rankings
  8. vinny
    Apr 11, 2006
    9
    pretty impressed this one! saw him live in osaka last year, one of my bests gig ever!!! album is spun out. lovin repair machines and poney part 2!
  9. rastah
    Apr 12, 2006
    9
    Very artisticly expressed techno sound. Really something alternative in the eletronic scene. It even gets better with every listening session.
  10. Cosmo
    Jun 1, 2005
    8
    This guy is great. In the rap n' country tradition of Big n' Rich and Cowboy Troy, this guy is tops! Big ups to French hillbilly OK Cowboy. The revolution starts here.
  11. IanO
    Jun 1, 2005
    9
    Outstanding stuff. You just know he's French from the first listen. Evokes robotic bliss. You just can't stop tapping out those beats.
  12. nakios
    Jun 25, 2005
    9
    great!
  13. LeonardoF
    Jun 5, 2005
    10
    this album is damn great. the good old songs + several new wonderful ones. "no fun" and "repair machines" are the highlights, along with the already famous "la rock 01" and "poney pt 1".
  14. susanab
    Aug 10, 2005
    10
    great ! best ever
  15. NeightA
    Mar 12, 2006
    10
    Good enough to inspire me to tell you guys about it. I loved it the first time I listened to it, and I can't stop.
  16. Shawna-
    Mar 2, 2006
    10
    I Enjoyed him. Lovely music. I fell in love without marrying it.
  17. [Anonymous]
    Apr 20, 2006
    9
    I don't really get the Daft Punk comparisons people are making. This sounds nothing like Daft Punk (who I also adore). Vitalic's sound is much more visceral. I have a new favorite track everytime i listen. One of the standout house albums of last year (er, this year for those who didn't import).
  18. PhilJ
    Jul 17, 2006
    0
    Seriously overrated. Uninspired, boring and annoyingly cheesy. Astonished at how much attention this has received. Matmos and Isolee
  19. CramerC
    Jul 28, 2006
    10
    so deeply high!
  20. RH
    Mar 17, 2006
    10
    One of the best electronic releases of the last few years. A must listen.
  21. BrettN
    Mar 19, 2006
    8
    My Friend Dario and Newman good tunes
  22. j30
    Jan 30, 2012
    8
    While most electronic music is just bland and repetitive, OK Cowboy is well developed and unexpected.
  23. jatv1994
    Jan 28, 2013
    8
    With highlights like: "My Friend Dario, The Past, Poney Part 1, Newman and La Rock 01", Vitalic proves that he knows what he's doing. OK Cowboy is a marvelous, riveting experience.

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Metascore
82 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 15 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Dot Music
    90
    Beyond the grooves etched in this record, what is most exciting is the ease with which Arbez brushes aside the canon of 90s giants.
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  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    90
    This is an album that leaves you in absolutely no doubt that, at the very least, Pascal Arbez-Nicolas is the best thing to come out of France since Daft Punk. [30 Apr 2005, p.63]
  3. Pitchfork
    86
    A record that's in the same league as Homework or Discovery.
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