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Safari Disco Club
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 11 Ratings

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  • Record Label: Downtown
  • Genre(s): Electronic, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Dance-Pop, Club/Dance, Alternative Dance
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Comme Un Enfant
J'aime les fraises tagada et je reve d'un Wayne's world 3 Je veux une méga-happy end enlacée dans tes bras Je n'ai pas de dents de sagesse, ça ne... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. AllMusic
    Mar 28, 2011
    80
    As it is, Yelle will have to settle for having made a merely awesome album instead of double awesome one, which is still pretty awesome when you get right down to it.
  2. The Independent on Sunday (UK)
    Apr 18, 2011
    80
    The second Yelle album is essential for anyone who appreciates dancefloor-friendly European synth pop.
  3. Spin
    Mar 28, 2011
    70
    Julie Budet chirps exclusively in French, which helps her Auto-Tuned singsong remain vaguely mysterious, even if her childlike melodies are far simpler than the subtly finessed synths.
  4. Beats Per Minute
    Apr 26, 2011
    70
    The group who has created a sense of hype surrounding their sound did not deliver in comparison to past material that was praised so fondly for their vintage synth-pop sound.
  5. Uncut
    Apr 13, 2011
    60
    Julie Budet's breathy vocals may be a little too Vanessa Paradis, but producers Jean Francois Perrier and Tanguy Destable keep the grooves shiny and the beats sweet. [May 2011, p.103]
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  6. Q Magazine
    May 18, 2011
    60
    Que Veux Tu and La Musique cannily mesh memorable pop hooks and dancefloor energy, but Budet's international aspirations may be offset by her brave, if commercially questionable, decision to sing entirely in French. [May 2011, p.127]
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  7. The Boston Phoenix
    Mar 31, 2011
    50
    Safari Disco Club is unlikely to find itself in the speakers of many dance parties on this side of the Atlantic in coming weeks.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 1 out of 3
  1. Daellio
    Sep 1, 2019
    10
    This is the album that really started to define Yelle’s style. A electro/pop must-have.
  2. MorriBey
    Apr 23, 2011
    7
    Meant to score 7
    If you like James Blake, Nicolas Jaar, Destroyer, Lykke Li and want something a bit faster and lighter this is the album. Its    Meant to score 7
    If you like James Blake, Nicolas Jaar, Destroyer, Lykke Li and want something a bit faster and lighter this is the album. Its french and fun. You have to watch the video for safari disco to begin to appreciate them.    … Expand
  4. clem666
    Jan 9, 2022
    2
    Currently 69/100 and 8.8/10 (based on ten ratings). Oh my. You can't be serious here. I speak french and it definitely helped me to make myCurrently 69/100 and 8.8/10 (based on ten ratings). Oh my. You can't be serious here. I speak french and it definitely helped me to make my own reflection and opinion about 'Safari Disco Club'. The lyrics are worse than terrible and manage to reach an abysmal, mind-numbing and almost insulting level. It's like they are written by and for children on cocaine. But no, now I can just blame Julie Budet for those nightmares she gave me.

    Vocal performances are lame, effortless and ridiculous. The trio tried so hard to modulate Budet's voice but wow, it is far from being positively effective. It is shrill, anti-melodious, throbbing, physically painful. The instrumental side of the record made me add two points out of ten because some tracks are quite interesting (as 'S'éteint le soleil' or 'Safari Disco Club' songs). The rest is a unmentionable confusing and chaotic mess. Still Budet couldn't keep her mouth shut and kept on slaughter tracks one after one other.

    I really don't understand how you people can appreciate such an album. Read the lyrics guys, read only one refrain ! It's mind-boggling to witness that five different 'specialists' actually enjoyed this collectin of crap ! The only success of 'Safari Disco Club' is to be amazingly weird, empty of decent content. I feel like I'm re-reviewing Playboi Carti's eponymous mixtape : where are your brains you auditors ? Come on, switch them on and realize what you are currently listening to !    … Expand

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