Summer Make Good
by Mum
  • Record Label: Fat Cat
  • Release Date: May 4, 2004
Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Delusions of Adequacy
    60
    Alternating between sounding like a gremlin and sounding like a baby, the vocals don't so much haunt as distract.
  2. AllMusic
    60
    Its quietness and moodiness make Summer Make Good Múm's most demanding album, but also, fortunately, a rewarding one too.
  3. Q Magazine
    60
    Much of it is lovely, but marred somewhat by the whispery sub-Kate Bush vocals of Kristin Valtysdottir. [Apr 2004, p.117]
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  5. Entertainment Weekly
    50
    It doesn't help that it's dominated by Kristin Anna Valtysdottir's vocals, which sound like the coos of a Teletubby. [7 May 2004, p.86]
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  6. Dusted Magazine
    50
    While Múm's music has always posed a mysterious, melodic invitation to the listener, their latest offering feels flat at times, with very few signposts marking the way and even fewer landmarks inviting one back again.
  7. Pitchfork
    45
    It's not that Múm have broken a barrier to make their first entirely unpleasant record-- the addition of drums and trumpet do make for some compelling instrumental moments-- but there simply aren't enough exciting or even vaguely interesting moments in each song, and between this scarcity and, Jesus, that voice, Summer Make Good seems an unfortunate addition to 2004's disappointments.
  8. Flak Magazine
    40
    It's no departure from any of the band's previous combinations of shuffling beats, spacey blips, dramatic strings and squeaking, soughed vocals; such a delivery of old comforts is precisely what makes the album so dull.

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User Score
7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Mr.White
    Jul 6, 2009
    10
    This is one of my all-time favorite albums, and my favorite album of mum.
  2. Damianh
    Oct 7, 2006
    6
    not as conventional as 'finally we are no one' however if being dis illusioned by some far away place you left behind in your not as conventional as 'finally we are no one' however if being dis illusioned by some far away place you left behind in your childhood is bearable then its worth the buy… Full Review »
  3. carlos
    Dec 5, 2005
    9
    The first few times i listened to summer make good i didn't think it was as good as finally we are no one, but after a few more listens The first few times i listened to summer make good i didn't think it was as good as finally we are no one, but after a few more listens i've grown to like it just as much. Mum once again creates a record of beautiful soundscapes. I don't get how so many music critics love the new sigur ros but didn't like this.… Full Review »
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