So This Is Goodbye
by Junior Boys
  • Record Label: Domino
  • Release Date: Sep 12, 2006
Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 32
  3. Negative: 1 out of 32
  1. Playlouder
    60
    The sonic palette here is just so relentlessly perfect that, for me, it becomes constricting and cloying.
  2. The Guardian
    60
    A pretty, if sterile, album.
  3. Rolling Stone
    60
    There are snoozers like the title track... but there are also pretty, narcotically alluring cuts like "FM." [21 Sep 2006, p.86]
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  5. Drowned In Sound
    60
    So This is Goodbye is the perfect example of how aiming for perfection in music can end in alienation.
  6. Mojo
    60
    Much will be familiar to JBs devotees... but this time their MOR predilections are more pronounced. [Oct 2006, p.100]
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  7. Under The Radar
    60
    So This is Goodbye often proves too single-mindedly hip and aloof for it’s own good. [#15]
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Awards & Rankings

89
#89 Best Album of 2006
74
#74 Most Shared Album of 2006

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User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 37 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 37
  3. Negative: 3 out of 37
  1. LeeB.
    Oct 28, 2007
    10
    Simply an amazing record. Top to bottom the record shines. Definitely the best record of 2006, without a doubt in my mind. The songs are Simply an amazing record. Top to bottom the record shines. Definitely the best record of 2006, without a doubt in my mind. The songs are tremendous in both their subtleties and minimalistic change, and Greenspan's vocals just hit you where it hurts. Truly beautiful, a must buy.… Full Review »
  2. MycroftW.
    Aug 10, 2007
    10
    No doubt, if you buy one record from 2006, make sure it's this one
  3. bobbyk
    Mar 1, 2007
    9
    Syth-pop perfection. An aside: why Spin is still considered relevant, especially on Metacritic is beyond me.
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