Romantica - Luna
  • Band Name: Luna
  • Record Label: Jetset
  • Release Date: Apr 23, 2002
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Metascore
76 out of 100

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8.6 out of 10

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  • Summary: Luna's sixth studio album is their first on new label Jetset, and also their first (aside from Luna Live!) to feature Brita Phillips on bass (replacing Justin Harwood, and leaving Dean Wareham as the sole founding member remaining). The all-star production team of Gene Holder and Dave Fridmann were behind the boards for these 12 new tracks.… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. All Music Guide
    90
    Romantica charges out of the gate with a new vigor, brightness, and sensitivity that, in retrospect, hasn't really come together within one package for them since maybe Bewitched.
  2. Stylus Magazine
    80
    The songs are light, the production both relaxed and relaxing... the music breathes.
  3. Alternative Press
    80
    Largely standard Luna fare: smooth, loungey, literate alt-pop with quirky yet instantly moving melodies. [Apr 2002, p.79]
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  4. Blender
    60
    Romantica is Luna's most energetic record ever. Which isn't saying much. [Apr/May 2002, p.115]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
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  1. DigbyIgby
    10
    Dude, without a doubt!
  2. Romulus
    9
    A Fabulous Album
  3. JudsonG
    9
    It's a shame that Metacritic doesn't appear to be rating CLOSE COVER BEFORE STRIKING, the folow up EP to Romantica - and an EP culled from its covers and b-sides sessions. Both releases are fantastic. That an album that, in any way, spawns material this good says one thing, but the caliber of said spawned material being this good is truly astounding. You need both off these if you have any taste for quality rock.… Expand
  4. VoldavD.
    7
    Listen, 'tis good. But in the Luna catalogue -- in the shadow of such tall trees as 'Penthouse', 'Pup Tent', and �39;Bewitched' -- it leaves much to be desired. Second-tier Luna. Still, it is Luna, it is Dean Wareham, its great.… Expand

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