Serotonin
by Mystery Jets
Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
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  1. Clash Music
    90
    The Eel Pie Islanders' sees the band mature as songwriters, which should attract the mainstream attention that's so overdue them.
  2. NOW Magazine
    80
    What's really impressive, though, is how all the nods to glam rock, shoegazer, new wave and 80s indie rock blend together to produce a sound that's maddeningly familiar but completely unique.
  3. BBC Music
    80
    There are many more moments of magic on this triumphant third album. Among them, The Girl is Gone proves Mystery Jets can do melancholy in as confident a manner as they do happiness.
  5. Drowned In Sound
    80
    Serotonin makes its intentions pretty clear – it is a pop record, it has themes, it knows where it wants to go, it knows what it wants to do. It does those things – it is melodic.
  6. Hot Press
    80
    A mesmerising, love-lorn, tear-soaked magical mystery-Jet tour.
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  7. musicOMH.com
    80
    Even when they're singing about a relatively maudlin subject, the group sound positive and energetic, their brand of pop given a healthy, summery twist.
  8. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    While it's a wiser and more weathered quintet that greets us in 2010, the Londoners return not bruised or broken but infinitely more polished and positively bursting with ideas, passion and optimism.
  9. Q Magazine
    80
    Serotonin finds them back in more familiar territory, delivering screwball pop gems under the guidance of veteran knob twiddler Chris Thomas. [Aug 2010, p.123]
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  10. The Guardian
    80
    This is Mystery Jets at their finest: enchanting, infectious indie pop with a huge heart.
  11. Uncut
    80
    A bold leap forwards. [Apr 2008, p.98]
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  12. AllMusic
    70
    Serotonin may offer less immediate pleasures than Twenty One, but it promises to reward repeated listening.
  13. Boston Globe
    70
    At its best, Serotonin dresses nostalgia in neatly pressed new clothes; it's easy to catch yourself singing along as if you'd known some of these songs for half of your life.
  14. Pitchfork
    68
    Luckily, you don't have to write genius lyrics to make reliable, stadium-ready rock. The tics of weirdness that made this band so initially affable may be gone, but they're now a cut-rate pop act instead. Nothing wrong with that.

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User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. KateM
    Jun 11, 2011
    10
    With such great songs as Flash A Hungry Smile and Show Me The Light, Serotonin is an absolute must have- however, tracks such as Dreaming andWith such great songs as Flash A Hungry Smile and Show Me The Light, Serotonin is an absolute must have- however, tracks such as Dreaming and Melt, whilst good, feel a little more forced than the effortless fun provided by Twenty One (the album). It's still a fantastic album, but the increase in lackluster is, as times, unsettling.… Full Review »
  2. MatthewColombia
    Sep 27, 2010
    9
    Mystery Jets are back with another masterpiece. They get better and better with every new album they release, you can tell the progressionMystery Jets are back with another masterpiece. They get better and better with every new album they release, you can tell the progression within their 3 first albums. It's another album with almost every song as a possible single, catchy songs that will make you sing-a-long like your favorite all-time album, great lyrics, and awesome vocals.… Full Review »
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