Sound Mirrors - Coldcut
User Score
6.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5

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  1. kent
    Feb 24, 2006
    4
    Oh, that there weren't the requisite prosaic liberal coldcut politics. I wish you could get a lyric-free mix. Soooo corny.
  2. AlanR
    Feb 28, 2006
    10
    Oh, there are those the requisite prosaic liberal coldcut politics! I wish you could get a lyric-only mix. Soooo cool-y.
  3. zeel
    Mar 2, 2006
    6
    first track good. second track great. rest tracks, bad. don't buy whole CD, just a few individual tracks. other acts do accessible electro-diversity better: Shinjuku Zulu, Beck, RJD2...
  4. JC
    Mar 6, 2006
    4
    A truly great disappointment. They have tried to innovate by moving to a more song oriented structure, but most of these songs simply do not work. The album lacks any kind of coherence, and a couple of good tracks fail to save the album from mediocrity.

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Metascore
73 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    67
    Eclectic concoctions of dub, house, and ambient grooves are always interesting... but not necessarily deserving of repeat spins. [24 Feb 2006, p.65]
  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    Truly a master-class in beat-science from start to finish. [28 Jan 2006, p.34]
  3. Prefix Magazine
    60
    "Everything Is Under Control" is worth a download, and Saul Williams's spoken-word performance on "Mr. Nichols" is worth noting, but how much of this record has been done before and how much of it will be done again? What Coldcut mix can you say the same about?
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