- Record Label: Honest Jon's
- Release Date: Mar 26, 2012
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Mar 29, 2012This loose, adventurous collection of songs is more vital than many of the other overcooked projects that Rocket Juice's main players have been involved in during the 2000s and 2010s.
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Mar 22, 2012Rocket Juice & the Moon feels like a decent record, but an unfocused, meandering one.
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UncutApr 6, 2012This debut album sounds as charmingly casual as its inception. [May 2012, p.80]
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May 4, 2012It's easy to see how one could criticize the album for being somewhat formless or aimless at points, but that just feels like missing the point. The loose grooves and improvisational feel are what it's all about... It's still a great listen, and a great time.
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MojoMar 22, 2012Hypnotic, doomy, edgy, but strangely forgettable, too. [Apr 2012, p.84]
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Mar 26, 2012Albarn's best work has cheek, wit and a smart-alecky desire to shake things up. All this reverence doesn't really suit him.
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Apr 19, 2012May be the most forward-looking music you hear all year.
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Mar 26, 2012A little more focus and coherency would've made it a great record rather than a good one, but as an intriguing curiosity it is another excellent addition to Albarn's ever-growing list of projects.
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Mar 22, 2012The musicality and effervescent spirit are the qualities that abide.
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Mar 27, 2012With a supporting cast that includes Erykah Badu and low-end czar Thundercat, the resulting 18-song album is a shockingly listenable mixtape session of the gods.
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Mar 28, 2012Trim away the fat, and you're left with a strong nine-or-ten-track album, or (better yet) an absolutely stellar EP.
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Mar 28, 2012The result is a highly enjoyable album of Afrobeat music accented with edgy bass and artsy guitar/synth melodies.
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Mar 23, 2012Rocket Juice & the Moon is a sincere and charming homage to Afrobeat, one that provides a glut of alluring moments, if a shortage of truly memorable ones.
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Mar 26, 2012While there are moments when everything falls into place (the Erykah Badu-assisted "Hey, Shooter"; a rare Albarn vocal on "Poison"; the sense of space on "Extinguished"), too often technical proficiency trumps songwriting.
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Mar 23, 2012It all comes together more fruitfully on the ensuing "Hey, Shooter." [...] From there, it gets more fecund than ever.
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Mar 22, 2012A genuinely enjoyable find.
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Jun 25, 2012An 18-track adventure into the joyous heart of classic African funk as colorful as the jacket it is dressed in.
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May 2, 2012This album doesn't suck... it's just boring.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 8
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Mixed: 5 out of 8
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Negative: 0 out of 8
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Mar 26, 2012