Plunge
by Fever Ray
  • Record Label: Mute
  • Release Date: Oct 27, 2017
User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 112 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 85 out of 112
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 112
  3. Negative: 11 out of 112
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  1. listener
    Nov 20, 2017
    4
    This just might be the most overrated record of 2017 so far. Not a disaster but nowhere near level of quality she once established on her legendary eponymous album. At times it makes me wonder am I listening to Fever Ray at all or some weird collection of The Knife outtakes and throwaways instead.There is only one song that really raise a pulse here and it's Red Trails (partially due toThis just might be the most overrated record of 2017 so far. Not a disaster but nowhere near level of quality she once established on her legendary eponymous album. At times it makes me wonder am I listening to Fever Ray at all or some weird collection of The Knife outtakes and throwaways instead.There is only one song that really raise a pulse here and it's Red Trails (partially due to gorgeous violin solo); when it finally kicked in I was like Hey Fever Ray where have you been for the last...35 minutes or so? And the less I say about lyrics-the better.… Expand
  2. revillo
    Nov 3, 2017
    4
    Karin's body of work easily places her among the best living musicians. Normally, her ability to infuse disparate genres with transcendent melodies and progressive sound effects is god-like, but on Plunge it is merely human, or worse. She's too talented to make an awful album, but this is about as close as you could expect her to get to that. It's bland, grating and her sexual nausea seemsKarin's body of work easily places her among the best living musicians. Normally, her ability to infuse disparate genres with transcendent melodies and progressive sound effects is god-like, but on Plunge it is merely human, or worse. She's too talented to make an awful album, but this is about as close as you could expect her to get to that. It's bland, grating and her sexual nausea seems downright ordinary. I know she's been struggling with a real frustration about "what comes next" with her music and seemingly existence in general, but it's the duty of an artist to distill all that chaos into something affecting and beautiful, not to just puke it up.

    PS, did she rip off Edward Sharpe on Part of Us?    … Expand
  3. Music_Observer
    Dec 3, 2017
    6
    Even with an overall distinctive and cool use of synthetic sound, this work had little in the way of strength, with very dull pitch collections and melodic layers that were prevalent yet under-developed, leaving quality and enjoyment to be salvaged by the several points where vocals weren’t being featured. My Score: 117/180 (Good) = 6.5/10

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#11 Best Album of 2017
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#87 Most Discussed Album of 2017

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Metascore
87

Universal acclaim - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Mojo
    Jan 23, 2018
    80
    Piercing, heated, Fever Ray is taking no prisoners. [Mar 2018, p.97]
  2. Mixmag
    Jan 5, 2018
    80
    Peder Mannerfelt, Paula Temple and NÍDIA are among the producers who worked on ‘Plunge’, bringing 150bpm batida rhythms and searing rave stabs to one of 2017’s most thrilling LPs.
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  3. Record Collector
    Jan 5, 2018
    100
    From Wanna Sip’s opening videogame blitzkrieg to the Blade Runner drones of Mustn’t Hurry, Plunge is a complete thrill.
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