The Garden - Zero 7
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70 out of 100

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7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 26 Ratings

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  • Summary: The electro-pop duo's third album once again features vocals by Sia Furler.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 21
  3. Negative: 2 out of 21
  1. All Music Guide
    90
    With Garden, Zero 7 have created what could be the ultimate summer evening record: warm pop hooks, lush instrumentation, unobtrusive electronica elements, and '60s-style harmonies that all come together into superb, wonderfully descriptive songs.
  2. Dot Music
    80
    A quirky lo-fi wonder or the best album the '70s never had, "The Garden" feels like a lost gem, discovered in a box in the attic; a forgotten masterpiece full of tantalising sounds, odd voices and tingling ideas.
  3. Q Magazine
    60
    [They] have stretched their wings. [Jun 2006, p.119]
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  4. Pitchfork
    32
    A warmed-over stew of scrubbed-up psychedelia, scrubbed-up sunshine pop, scrubbed-up soundtrack music, electrofunk, and lounge that's all produced immaculately, right down to the "messy" parts.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 19
  3. Negative: 2 out of 19
  1. justined
    10
    Absolutely wonderful and inspiring!
  2. acet
    8
    Refreshing new album for summer. Takes me back to the days of driving around in my dad's Lincon listening to Fleetwood Mac on the 8 track, with the windows rolled down while taking in the sights on the highway, circa 1982.The sounds and sensations are simmilar.… Collapse
  3. MattD.
    7
    Just a good CD for chilling out - not much more. It's a little better than the solo album from Sia.
  4. PerspicaciousCritic
    4
    The first song, "Futures," is amazing, and the rest is, well, boring. (And Simple Things is one of my favourite albums.)

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