Swimming
by French Kicks
  • Record Label: Vagrant
  • Release Date: May 20, 2008
User Score
6.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5

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  1. PG.
    Jun 27, 2008
    9
    I really just enjoy hearing these guys. So nice.
  2. Colin
    Jun 12, 2008
    7
    Sorry, I haven't actually heard this, but i needed to point out that this is definitely not their sophomore album. It's at least their third, maybe even fourth

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Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. AllMusic
    60
    It's almost impossible to dislike Swimming's pastel beauty, but it's nearly as difficult to work up much enthusiasm about it.
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  2. Billboard
    70
    To save themselves from the sneaking accusation that they were fizzling out, the quartet self-produced and -mixed "Swimming," and the result is an album notably more laid-back and truer to their wistful personalities than 2006's "Two Thousand."
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  3. PopMatters
    50
    Swimming is really too damp to catch a spark, but could quite easily find a home nicely in the background somewhere of a candle lit wine bar or other chilled venue.
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