The Way Out - The Books
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81 out of 100

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  • Summary: This is the first album in over five years for the electronic duo from New York City.
  • Record Label: Temporary Residence
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Electronic, Indie Pop, Post-Rock
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. The A.V. Club
    Oct 21, 2010
    100
    The Way Out provides the best introduction yet to The Books' nerdy experiments, but also to the duo's grand, goofy emotional range.
  2. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Oct 21, 2010
    80
    By the time it comes to a close, The Books have taken us on a journey through space and time, and it's hard not to feel full, invigorated by a unique sort of listening experience that's perhaps best described by The Way Out's closing words: "And you're becoming the world and everyone in it."
  3. Urb
    Oct 21, 2010
    80
    The Books have found their way out of convention, and they've been kind enough to invite us all along with them.
  4. Mojo
    Oct 21, 2010
    60
    A teeming sonic bricolage of absurd/disturbing found vocals, bizarre musical fragments and their own art-funk chops, it suggests kinship with Robert Ashley, Aphex Twin and Eno & Byrne. [Sep 2010, p.97]
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