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80 out of 100

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7.2 out of 10

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Magnet
    100
    Saint Etienne's latest album is masterful: fanatically detailed, intelligent and swimming in lovely melodies and delicious electronic bleeps... easily one of the year's standout albums. [#46, p.90]
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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    91
    They've made a dreamy set suffused with synth bleeps and strings, nodding to Eno, Abba, and U.K. electro-soul peers Everything but the Girl.
  3. The A.V. Club
    40
    Saint Etienne has made an egregiously Cardigans-esque wrong turn, abandoning impeccable craft and Motown melodies for the breezy if aimless experimentation of its wildly uneven EPs.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. johnj
    10
    What a gorgeous and sophisticated pop album. Saint Etienne's best album, by far.
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  2. robd
    8
    Very good. Their most sonically adventurous effort since So tough, although it reuires more attention. One of their best.
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