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Pieces Of The People We Love - The Rapture
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74 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critics What's this?

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7.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 32 Ratings

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  • Summary: The New York City dance-punk outfit returns with a sophomore album a full three years after their debut 'Echoes.' 'Pieces' sees them ditching The DFA for new producers Ewan Pearson, Paul Epworth and Danger Mouse.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 27
  3. Negative: 2 out of 27
  1. Urb
    100
    The first truly great album of the dance-punk movement. [Sep 2006, p.132]
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  2. Uncut
    60
    Overall there's a sense of a moment having passed. [Oct 2006, p.123]
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  3. Drowned In Sound
    30
    The Rapture have kept all the ingredients from their previous successes, but they have forgot to ignite the oven.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 22
  3. Negative: 5 out of 22
  1. [Anonymous]
    10
    I really love it! Really grew on me.
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  2. LeoF
    5
    there's just one really really good song: "the sound".
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  3. DavisR
    3
    Leaving the worst label going today (DFA) was the best thing The Rapture ever did. Where Echoes was the sound of every David Cross fan moaning into a microphone, Pieces... is the sound of a Peaches dance party sponsored by Vice. An improvement but not much of one.… Expand
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