The Looks
by MSTRKRFT
Metascore
62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. NOW Magazine
    80
    True, there's a pop sensibility at work here that betrays their band roots, but that's exactly what makes this the kind of dance album you can actually listen to from beginning to end.
  2. Urb
    80
    The Looks shows off MSTRKRFT's deep understanding of making people move. [Jul/Aug 2006, p.125]
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  3. Prefix Magazine
    70
    The Looks is prevented from achieving classic status due to its derivative nature, but its finds success in the Daft Punk formula all the same.
  5. Dot Music
    70
    "The Looks" throws up more sure-fire dance starters than anything [we've] heard in a while.
  6. 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.
  7. Q Magazine
    70
    It's heavy-duty stuff, and all the better for it. [Mar 2007, p.115]
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  8. 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.

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User Score
5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 19 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 19
  3. Negative: 5 out of 19
  1. JohnnyS
    Mar 4, 2007
    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 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.… Full Review »
  2. DavidS
    Nov 5, 2006
    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 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.… Full Review »
  3. ChrisL
    Oct 11, 2006
    7
    Since most of us go through school with a score of 70 representing a C, I've given a 7 for this album. It's not terribly great, but Since most of us go through school with a score of 70 representing a C, I've given a 7 for this album. It's not terribly great, but its amusing to see the many people on here calling it Daft Punk rehash. I don't really think Daft Punk holds the patent on vocoder use, sorry to say. Even if that's the case, where is D.P. to save us from the crushed hopes following Human After All? Overall, not a bad album, but it feels pretty hollow.… Full Review »
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