St. Elsewhere - Gnarls Barkley
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  • Summary: This is the highly-anticipated debut release for the pairing of Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 37
  2. Negative: 0 out of 37
  1. Every song on this exhilarating debut... is almost as good as its first hit, "Crazy." That's saying a lot. [6 May 2006]
  2. As we approach the halfway point of 2006, it's unlikely that a more vivid or arresting debut will drop this year, marking St. Elsewhere as not only an audacious accomplishment, but one of the year's best.
  3. 60
    It's always peculiar, and often a mess; it's also occasionally brilliant. [Jun 2006, p.142]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 56 out of 65
  2. Negative: 7 out of 65
  1. MikeK
    9
    I agree, if you think this is a "0" or a "1" type of album, you ARE crazy. This feels like a breakthrough in r&b - yeah, it's supposedly hip hop, but the best cuts sound like a new kind of soul record, where the r&b vocals (not rapping) are married to a cool atmospheric production - DJ Danger Mouse sounds like the Brian Eno of r&b here. I don't think this is a start-to-finish engaging record, but the best tracks are amazing ("Summer" sounds like neo-NEO-soul rather than straight up dance). Expand
    • 2 of 2 users said yes
  2. NathanB
    5
    One great song. Not much else
    • 0 of 3 users said yes
  3. ChrisW
    3
    1) First off it is way too confusing to listen to. Like pick a style and go with it! Don’t try and be everything to everyone. 2) Secondly, the songs are way too short! I don’t think there’s a song over 3:30 minutes. Maybe if some of these tracks were stretched out they would be better. Like Feng Shui is kind of cool, but it goes by so fast that it’s hardly noticeable. 3) Thirdly, the beats are cool at times but way too much going on at once. Like that first track Go-Go-Gadget Gospel and transformer…they just suck! Way too much going on at once! 4) And lastly, too many jams that were made in a cloud of dust. Imagine how high they had to be to make a song like Boogie Monster? Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes

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