Shangri-La
by YACHT
  • Record Label: DFA
  • Release Date: Jun 21, 2011
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
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  1. 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.
  2. Sputnikmusic
    Jul 6, 2011
    60
    Whatever they ought to be doing is lost in mess of lame ideas buoyed by big hooks and pop flourishes.
  3. The Guardian
    Jun 30, 2011
    60
    It's hit-and-miss stuff, exhausting as often as it is exciting, and perhaps never quite as out-there as you might expect.
  5. Slant Magazine
    Jun 27, 2011
    50
    The result is an ill-conceived concept album, one that, though characteristically sharp musically, feels flat and overwrought.
  6. New Musical Express (NME)
    Jun 27, 2011
    40
    It would be alright if they believed this stuff, but it's all done with the detached sneer beloved of hipsters worldwide. They're faux-hippies, not real ones.

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User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. GriffinDM
    Aug 7, 2011
    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 butNot 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    … Full Review »
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