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78 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critics What's this?

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8.2 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 17 Ratings

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  • Summary: Dan Bejar, the New Pornographer member, releases his ninth album.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. Delusions of Adequacy
    100
    Destroyer has clearly picked up where it left off and the music on this eleven song album is utterly exceptional.
  2. Filter
    90
    Trouble in Dreams pulls upon 2006's "Rubies'" emotional strings, and in fact, tugs deeper while still retaining the strange wall of declamatory description. [Winter 2008, p.91]
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  3. Blender
    60
    Dan Bejar is in "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" mode: He's made an album that sounds nearly identical to the one before it. [Apr 2008, p.78]

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  1. HK
    10
    One of the best releases of the year. The Blender review is complete crap - obviously they don't know what they're talking about. This album is not like Destroyer's Rubies in the least bit. The tracks are a little more accessible this time around, and a notable complexity is developing in Bejar's tunes and lyrics.… Expand
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  2. GeneB.
    9
    H K said it best - some of these critics seem to take Bejar's lyrical playfulness as a personal insult to their intelligence. The music is beautiful and complex.… Expand
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  3. Sean
    9
    The overall metacritic score has it right. Not as great as the previous Destroyer record, but better than most of the music out there now.
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