Playgroup
by Playgroup
Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Neumu.net
    50
    Coming up in the discothèque all disco/not-disco, Jackson's perspicacious hindsight gazes back to what was winning back in the day, now dragging it into the drag-and-drop to create pro-tooled playlist pop, its parts glued together into a seamless, shiny, mirroring whole.
  2. Pitchfork
    42
    By co-opting and debasing punk-disco's vitality and sincerity and thereby rendering the style accessible to the botox-and-bulimia set, Jackson betrays the visions of those whose ecstatically powerful music he lavishly degrades.

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User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 1 out of 3
  1. SophieC
    Apr 3, 2005
    8
    8 purely because i love the fatboy remix of front2back. It's on the Blue Crush soundtrack and always reminds me of summer parties.
  2. [Anonymous]
    Feb 18, 2005
    8
    Wonderful,original and every track is good.
  3. MichaelS.
    Apr 11, 2002
    3
    Almost unlistenable. I am always interested in the work of Edwyn Colins but the Bass is so strong on this it punishes the ears and throws off Almost unlistenable. I am always interested in the work of Edwyn Colins but the Bass is so strong on this it punishes the ears and throws off the balance of every song. Interesting cover of Paul Simon's "50 ways to leave your lover" with Shinehead on vocals. Buy the single instead. … Full Review »