The Looks
by MSTRKRFT
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

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  1. scorpio
    Aug 16, 2006
    10
    All 8 tracks on this album are house-music gems. If you enjoy dancing, give it a try.
  2. [Anonymous]
    Aug 20, 2006
    9
    I can see how critics wouldn't like this, because it isn't really groundbreaking or challenging, but that's exactly what makes it so much fun. Anyone who likes DFA79 or house music should listen to it, it's a great energetic CD, perfect for dancing.
  3. joshm
    Aug 14, 2006
    8
    i bought this album just becasue i wanted to dance around, and thats what it makes me do
  4. 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 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.
  5. 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 Punk's latest offering anytime.
  6. 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 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 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.… Expand
  7. davet
    Aug 13, 2006
    7
    i came at this disk with little dance music experience. it is accessible and bootyshakin at the same time
  8. Dan
    Aug 28, 2006
    5
    I don't see how the user reviews are so polarized here. To me this album is extremely middle of the road. It sometimes develops cool loops and hooks, but does nothing but repeat them relentlessly. The album just goes nowhere. What happened here? It's surprising because the band puts out such wonderful remixes.
  9. chubbstar
    Sep 7, 2006
    5
    rehash daft punk. but GOOD rehash daft punk. no points for creativity here tho.
  10. ThomasC
    Sep 5, 2006
    2
    Boring.
  11. ptowns
    Sep 17, 2006
    2
    I love the remixes these guys do and love DFA79, but this album is just... not good.
  12. lucasp
    Aug 18, 2006
    1
    anyone listening to this record with a previous interest in dance music (ie not the kids hitching along with the vice records/dfa 1979 bandwagon, who will love it without reserve) will see through its gloss (and liberal slathering of incessant vocoders) as the cheap 80s retro-cool cash in it is.
  13. CrunkTastik
    Aug 24, 2006
    1
    Word to lucas p; this record blows chunks. This is everything terrible about dance music. I find it hard to believe that someone who has any knowledge or passion about dance music made this bloated pile of vocoder drenched crap. DFA 1979 was brilliant, cheesy but still passionate and great. This record is nothing but a cash-grab and a big FU to artists that are making exciting, relevent Word to lucas p; this record blows chunks. This is everything terrible about dance music. I find it hard to believe that someone who has any knowledge or passion about dance music made this bloated pile of vocoder drenched crap. DFA 1979 was brilliant, cheesy but still passionate and great. This record is nothing but a cash-grab and a big FU to artists that are making exciting, relevent dance music… Expand

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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. Alternative Press
    60
    Sweaty and thick, convincingly urgent and highly sexual. [Jul 2006, p.210]
  2. 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.
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  3. Pitchfork
    59
    Keeler succeeds in meticulously reconstructing the electronic music he clearly has a taste for, but without stirring in any of his own personality the songs do little more than run in place, joylessly hitting the marks without changing the rules in any meaningful or attention-grabbing way.
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