Shangri-La - YACHT
  • Band Name: YACHT
  • Record Label: DFA
  • Release Date: Jun 21, 2011
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  • Summary: The Portland, Oregon, dance duo's latest album is a concept album about man's search for utopia.

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  1. Positive: 16 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Los Angeles Times
    Jun 21, 2011
    88
    It's not the exquisite crispness of Yacht's bass lines that makes Shangri-La so appealing (though that certainly doesn't hurt). Rather, it's the band's knack for giving weighty ideas the lighthearted gift of groove.
  2. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Aug 11, 2011
    80
    While the conceptual ambitions occasionally overstep the mark, they rarely get in the way of the cerebral and gluteal-vibratory enjoyment that is to be found. It's a work no less beneficial than entertaining.
  3. All Music Guide
    Dec 7, 2011
    80
    Musically however, Shangri-La keeps things fairly light and upbeat, with plenty of memorable, chanted vocal hooks and a satisfying mixture of live and sequenced instrumentation.
  4. Under The Radar
    Jul 28, 2011
    60
    Here's YACHT, surfacing for another round on DFA, continuing roughly where they left off on 2009's See Mystery Lights, with the kind of stripped-down, danceable fare that made their move to DFA appropriate, and a continued/expanding salvo of cheeky, pseudo-cultish conceptualism.

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  1. GriffinDM
    7
    Not my favorite album this year or by YACHT in general but definitely a solid album. I thought that many of these songs were quite catchy but not necessarily great songs, much like today's mainstream hits. Definitely not a bad album.
    FAV TRACKS: Dystopia (The Earth Is On Fire), I Walked Alone    … Expand

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