• Record Label: Mute
  • Release Date: Sep 10, 2013
User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 55 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 49 out of 55
  2. Negative: 4 out of 55
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  1. Sep 26, 2013
    0
    This record made me want to kill myself. It is SO BORING. Goldfrapp can do so much better than this. Can only imagine how bad the film is gonna be. Yuck.
  2. Sep 19, 2013
    3
    This seems to be the exact opposite of 'Head First'. That is, a morose collections of vaguely pretty tracks that sound as if they're all rejects for the next Bond movie. I much prefer her when she's all soaring synthesizers. Only highlight on the whole album was 'Thea', and even that was dull. Come on Goldfrapp. Life's not that bad!
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75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 21 out of 26
  2. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. Q Magazine
    Jan 27, 2014
    80
    This restless duo have never sounded so much like themselves, and the result is spellbinding. [Oct 2013, p.107]
  2. Sep 30, 2013
    60
    Although some of the arrangements and electronic embellishments are lavish, there are few obvious peaks and troughs apart from the epic throb of ‘Thea’.
  3. Magnet
    Sep 19, 2013
    70
    Musically, it's their most ambitious release, with full orchestras and mysterious meditations of reality and fantasy. [No. 102, p.56]