Six Cups of Rebel
by Lindstrøm
Metascore
60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 22
  3. Negative: 1 out of 22
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  1. PopMatters
    Mar 9, 2012
    60
    When [the album] is all over the lingering echoes are of dizziness and disappointment.
  2. Rolling Stone
    Feb 7, 2012
    60
    More color than meaning, but seductive enough to lure you in and keep you there.
  3. Filter
    Feb 10, 2012
    54
    Six Cups of Rebel isn't bad, but it is heavy-handed--and nowhere near his strongest.
  5. BBC Music
    Feb 7, 2012
    50
    Points for trying something new, but it's hard to disagree with Lindstrøm's own assessment of the record as something of an experimental misfire.
  6. Pitchfork
    Feb 9, 2012
    45
    The noxious muck on evidence here obscures most of what made his past music so singular.
  7. The A.V. Club
    Feb 7, 2012
    42
    Six Cups seems determined to resurrect the bad decisions of pop's past.
  8. No Ripcord
    Feb 15, 2012
    40
    There may be some great ideas on here amongst the mis-steps, but without any suspense, it is difficult to tell.
  9. Clash Music
    Feb 15, 2012
    40
    So many of the risks taken are either unevocative or plain annoying, particularly when the tracks are structured with so little sense of development.
  10. Uncut
    Feb 8, 2012
    40
    At times, as on "De Javu," it's a dazzling new dimension, but some may await his return to more conventional zones. [Mar 2012, p.90]
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6.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 2 out of 8
  1. AlexxTrusc
    Apr 26, 2012
    3
    Hans-Peter Lindstrom widely known as simply Lindstrom has just released his second studio album. "Six Cups of Rebel" is seven-track, more thanHans-Peter Lindstrom widely known as simply Lindstrom has just released his second studio album. "Six Cups of Rebel" is seven-track, more than hour journey into the world of electronic sounds reminding old computers and various machines for playing like a "one-armed bandit." The whole shell has taken an experimental cosmic overtones, and that's a pity that in the album could hardly be distinguished only one song - "Hina" - and that, also with a certain reluctance.… Full Review »
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