R.I.P. - Actress
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Universal acclaim - based on 21 Critics What's this?

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings

  • Summary: Darren Cunningham's latest album as Actress was partially inspired by John Milton's Paradise Lost
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Apr 27, 2012
    100
    To call it album of the year at this stage wouldn't so much be pre-emption as an actual understatement.
  2. 80
    Now that the percussive elements are conspicuously absent, however, Actress requires a more thorough listen–and those that give it full attention will be rewarded with layers upon
  3. May 25, 2012
    80
    He's gone several steps further away from standard dance structure and into abstraction and ambience here – and it's all the better for it.
  4. May 18, 2012
    80
    R.I.P. rewards background play just as much as concentrated listening, if not more so.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. Another example of Metacritic's odd weighted means. An album which is game changing for EDM and getting critically acclaimed and Metacritic's score is 72? I had to make an account to try to off balance that. This is an amazing diverse album that reveals it's layers in repeated listens. There is a narrative that runs through it and it's amazing to see how even minimal music can reveal complex design. It will be interesting to see how this score changes as more reviews come in Expand
  2. It is different...i will give it that but unfortunately not for the better. Its meandering but goes nowhere. Its sigur ros without the brilliant music. I wanted so to like it but there is nothing there. Expand