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To call Saturdays=Youth derivative is to pay it a compliment, because every retro synth sounds calibrated to provide the maximum nostalgic rush.
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A real mixed bag, then--M83 still show plenty of guile and in their best moments present music of hidden power and grace.
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Surprisingly, the least pop-based tracks stand out most.
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M83's new effort saunters like a slow dance from "Sixteen Candles." [Mar/Apr 2008, p.109]
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M83 needs to step out of the '80s, and back into the future. [Apr 2008, p.100]
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I’m deflated again, as all Gonzalez does with this blank canvas for electronic experimentation is cycle two chords over and over with a little synth sprinkled on top.
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With the exception of the engorged 'Couleurs,' 'Dark Moves of Love's' lift into the stratosphere, and the ambient feather-on-the-breath drones of 'Midnight Souls Still Remain,' Saturdays = Youth is strangely leaden, an album fenced off by its conceptual constraints.
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So Saturdays=Youth isn’t an unqualified success, and probably won’t be as warmly welcomed by fans as M83’s previous albums have been. Still, there are plenty of moments on the disc that remind you why this pulsing, layered music is so powerful.
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Under The Radar[A] disappointment. [Spring 2008, p.77]
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UncutSaturdays=Youth is embarrassingly earnest. [May 2008, p.102]
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Q MagazineHalfway through, though, Gonzalez's self-indulgence gets the better of him and you're left with half-baked ideas and little else. [June 2008, p.145]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 63 out of 67
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Mixed: 1 out of 67
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Negative: 3 out of 67
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Jul 2, 2014
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Oct 24, 2011