The Looks - MSTRKRFT
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62 out of 100

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5.9 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 19 Ratings

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  • Summary: This is the full-length debut for the new duo of Death From Above 1979's Jesse Keeler and that band's producer, Al-P.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Urb
    80
    The Looks shows off MSTRKRFT's deep understanding of making people move. [Jul/Aug 2006, p.125]
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  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    Poaching multifarious links from dance music's evolutionary chain, MSTRKRFT grind the good-time sounds of Marshall Jefferson-era Chicago house with harder Detroit techno, and use much of the rest of the album to stretch their ideas out.
  3. musicOMH.com
    80
    It[']s by no means an album for all times, and can get too repetitive for its own good, but in the right place, at the right moment not much tops it.
  4. Alternative Press
    60
    Sweaty and thick, convincingly urgent and highly sexual. [Jul 2006, p.210]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 13
  3. Negative: 4 out of 13
  1. scorpio
    10
    All 8 tracks on this album are house-music gems. If you enjoy dancing, give it a try.
  2. DavidS
    8
    I know that people have said Daft Punk, and that was my main reason for picking up this album, but it's differences make it something that, if you can get past the actual strangeness of the album, it has a unique, gritty charm. It's unique, and a breath of fresh air from the usual electronica genre.… Expand
  3. JohnnyS
    7
    It does what it wants to do very efficiently and competently: make party beats for people to feel good to. I'd take this over Daft Punk's latest offering anytime.… Expand
  4. ptowns
    2
    I love the remixes these guys do and love DFA79, but this album is just... not good.

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