Total Loss - How to Dress Well
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77 out of 100

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7.9 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings

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  • Summary: Tom Krell's second release as How to Dress Well shows more R&B influences.
  • Record Label: Acephale
  • Genre(s): R&B, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Electronic, Alternative R&B
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. Beats Per Minute (formerly One Thirty BPM)
    Sep 24, 2012
    85
    It's an album that ceaselessly overflows with love and a desire to reach out and relate, and it's this that makes such a heavy album so accessible and so resoundingly good.
  2. Uncut
    Sep 28, 2012
    80
    An intriguing new artist has found his voice. [Nov 2012, p.76]
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  3. Delusions of Adequacy
    Dec 7, 2012
    80
    With eleven songs, the album flows serenely well and sounds like a two part voyage; the second half much weightier, the first half perhaps more buoyant.
  4. BBC Music
    Sep 18, 2012
    60
    His improved state of mind, and the superior production on some of the tracks, does bring the music on occasion perilously close to the RnB blandness to which this is presumably supposed to provide an alternative.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. Dingo
    8
    While I really appreciate Krell's unique ambient spin, I find he really dominates when he lays down a spicy beat like on & It Was You. I like this even more than Love Remains, which is to say, a lot.… Expand
  2. eoperez
    8
    This is my first time listening to Total Loss. Overall, I am glad I took a listen. Most of the songs reminded me alot of The Weeknd. It seems like this is the new spacey R&B style. Very easy to listen to as the vocals are carried by a variety of nice beats. An expert in the genre might dislike the production of the album, but the other 90% of the R&B audience will enjoy it!… Expand

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