Partie Traumatic
by Black Kids
User Score
6.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 40 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 40
  3. Negative: 9 out of 40

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  1. JonB.
    Jul 23, 2008
    2
    This album is pure crap....the EP showed a lot of promise..but this is just embarrassing on all levels....even pitchfork realizes it now..."Sorry".
  2. erike
    Jul 25, 2008
    1
    wow...the critics would like this drivel...the ep was fantastic...but everything good about that was stripped away by over-production and the addition of the new songs...which are not close to being on par with the re-recordings of the 4 songs from wizard of aahs...this record makes the killers seem reputable...a piece of trash...plain and simple.
  3. RobertS.
    Jul 25, 2008
    3
    Catchy, but horribly derivative. One part The Cure, one part The Go! Team, and very little variation anywhere.
  4. FelipeP.
    Jul 22, 2008
    0
    Very boring and overrated.

Awards & Rankings

94
#94 Most Discussed Album of 2008

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 32
  3. Negative: 2 out of 32
  1. Drowned In Sound
    50
    This debut--while not a technically poor album, boasting as it does pop hooks aplenty if you truly focus in, beyond the sometimes irritating vocal tennis--sags where it should soar, dips where it should peak.
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  2. musicOMH.com
    80
    Pay no attention to the hype--after all, it didn't do Vampire Weekend any harm--and sit back and listen to one of the most purely enjoyable albums of this year.
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  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    Partie Traumatic is the sexiest, most outrageous outright pop album of ’08 so far, hard not to love and (seemingly) even easier to lay.
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