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  • Summary: The fourth album for the duo from Finland is based on a 19th-century novel about Atlantis.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Exclaim
    Feb 22, 2012
    100
    Never in recorded history has there been an album of such audible variety, distinctive fidelity and lyrical intensity.
  2. PopMatters
    Feb 17, 2012
    100
    The most impressive album ever painstakingly assembled across space and time.
  3. BBC Music
    Feb 13, 2012
    60
    There's just too much noise here, and not enough cohesion, for a singular identity to sing clearly.

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  1. Hesperite
    10
    I've never heard anything like this album before. I mean, I've heard a lot of stuff like it, but never this far out there. It's like all of the best parts from all of my favouritest albums put together.… Expand
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  2. Rantastic
    10
    Best album of the year, hands down. It's beyond brilliant. If Quentin Tarantino directed a Cirque du Soleil show, this would be the score... And Lord knows that needs to happen.… Expand
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