Our Love
by Caribou
  • Record Label: Merge
  • Release Date: Oct 7, 2014
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 75 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 63 out of 75
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 75
  3. Negative: 5 out of 75
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  1. revillo
    Oct 9, 2014
    5
    I've been a long fan of Caribou's music, especially the thrilling Up in Flames and the luscious pop on Andorra, but I'm having trouble following him into this new territory. Our Love showcases relatively simple ideas stretched thinly over these spare tracks, reluctant to take any left turns or offer anything challenging. While that might function nicely for a low-key electronic ambientI've been a long fan of Caribou's music, especially the thrilling Up in Flames and the luscious pop on Andorra, but I'm having trouble following him into this new territory. Our Love showcases relatively simple ideas stretched thinly over these spare tracks, reluctant to take any left turns or offer anything challenging. While that might function nicely for a low-key electronic ambient album, I can't help feel like I've heard everything here before. The angelic vocals on the pretty but flat 'Silver' for example, were done more soulfully by Mayer Hawthorne and Rhye. If you are gonna go for these cookie-cutter drum n bass loops, at least add some zest or humor like hot chip and cut copy. Critics talk about something unifying in the lyrics, but few of the songs even have any other than a bitesize vocal sample, and those that do are just serving you rather straightforward lamentations about girls who didn't quite pan out.… Expand
  2. scidr1
    Aug 14, 2015
    1
    Complete and utter garbage, total waste of time to listen to. Songs are ugly and unoriginal, doesn't deserve the amount of positive reviews it gets. Don't bother listening to this album.
  3. Muddsjr
    Oct 27, 2014
    8
    Our Love is at times emotional, and when its not, its still greatly enjoyable stuff as well. Throughout the album's entirety you sense a fair amount of melancholy among all the electronics.
  4. mynoseknows
    Oct 8, 2014
    9
    Caribou drops this new LP called 'Our Love' four years after he released 'Swim'. In advance of this review, I can say this record just had me from the first day it was on my Phone. Our Love leaked very early, somewhere around August, which was a bummer for Dan Snaith but I celebrated the fact that I could enjoy this album early. I've Always been a big fan of Snaiths work, and I think withCaribou drops this new LP called 'Our Love' four years after he released 'Swim'. In advance of this review, I can say this record just had me from the first day it was on my Phone. Our Love leaked very early, somewhere around August, which was a bummer for Dan Snaith but I celebrated the fact that I could enjoy this album early. I've Always been a big fan of Snaiths work, and I think with this album, he delivered his best work to date. Our Love has the most similatirities with Swim, but what stands out is the variety on the record. The electronic soundscapes and melodies combine with beats in a way I haven't heard before. The single 'Can't do without You' is probably one of the catchier but also poppier songs on the LP. Second Chance is also a song which is written with, probably, this mindset. Apart from those songs, there are also the techno tracks, like Our Love and All I ever Need, which just have such a great interplay of groovy beats and continious repetitive vocals which brought me in a great vibe. The rythmplay I heard on All I ever Need was some of the kind I have only experienced with some Flying Lotus and Deadmau5(totally not comparing them!) tracks, which says a lot. The most impressive tracks on this album though, are the more Chillwave, dense, bass filled and chilled out tracks. De Soundscapes and soundwaves on 'Silver' and 'Back Home' are just as well structured and beautiful as it gets on any electronic indie album heard this year. Even the odd ones out, Mars and Dive, are tracks in a complete other genre, but please the expectations in there own way. Where Dive is one of the more quirky glitch-hop tracks released this year, Mars is just an Electronic banger from another dimension. Combined sounds on this track, and on the album in total, are just so well written, that this record once again testifies Snaiths great musical virtuosity. He didn't fail to impress the elektronic indie world once again, and completely fulfilled the expectations of this album. We may ony applaud.… Expand
  5. Evic21
    Sep 7, 2015
    8
    I bought this album on a whim and I really didn't like it at first because I felt that it was repetitive, but after multiple listens I realized that this is a pretty good album. It's nice to relax and study to. Can't Do Without You is the best song on this album in my opinion.
  6. All_ButTrU4
    Nov 28, 2021
    7
    pulses with a live feel, but they’re all underpinned with the best elements of house, live jazz and even ambient music

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Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 33 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 33
  3. Negative: 0 out of 33
  1. Under The Radar
    Dec 19, 2014
    60
    For all its intriguing flourishes, it's hard not to think of Our Love as a slightly limp but occasionally brilliant follow-up. [Dec 2014, p.62]
  2. Mojo
    Nov 5, 2014
    80
    [An] irresistibly immersive fourth album. [Nov 2014, p.89]
  3. Magnet
    Nov 5, 2014
    85
    Snaith crafted Out Love with all the care of a handwritten mixtape. [No. 114, p.52]
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