Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 16
  2. Negative: 0 out of 16
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  1. Uncut
    Oct 18, 2011
    40
    A return to the coffee shops beckons. [Nov 2011, p.83]
  2. Q Magazine
    Dec 15, 2011
    60
    Harper recreated herself as a sultry electro diva ... it's a role she plays with panache on this full-length debut. [Dec. 2001 p. 125]
  3. Oct 21, 2011
    40
    Harper and her cohorts have certainly created a close approximation to the heyday of Depeche Mode and Human League--but ultimately their dated sound doesn't even come close.
  4. Oct 14, 2011
    60
    Underneath the litany of angular instrumentation, Rapprocher is, both musically and narratively, conventional glam-pop fare, but it's difficult not to admire how well the bedazzled glove fits.
  5. Magnet
    Nov 11, 2011
    60
    Especially in today's digital context, the album feels torn between big-P pop a la La Roux or happy-mode Goldfrapp (or, at least, Annie circa 2004) and the darker, broodier likes of Ladytron.[#81, p. 55]
  6. Dec 19, 2011
    60
    If there is one main flaw you could attach to Rapprocher, it's how Harper sticks so slavishly to the template laid out by her dance pop mentors.
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Jan 24, 2012
    10
    Were there any justice in this world and this album would have done so much better commercially than it actually did. Glamorous, simple andWere there any justice in this world and this album would have done so much better commercially than it actually did. Glamorous, simple and daring, Elizabeth Harper stepped it up a notch, despite every critic seems to like her previous EP 'Journal Of Ardency' better. Keep listening and growing, bit**es! Full Review »