Two Suns - Bat for Lashes
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76 out of 100

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8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 57 Ratings

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  • Summary: The second album for the singer was produced by David Kosten and features guest appearances by Yeasayer and Scott Walker.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 32
  3. Negative: 0 out of 32
  1. Slant Magazine
    90
    Dark, but never needlessly so, Two Suns offers a rich, distinct world of subterranean lullabies, spacey timbres, and ghostly beauty.
  2. Dot Music
    80
    While her second album is frequently more drama than action, over the long haul, the magical world she creates is one worth being immersed it.
  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    Two Suns is epic in scope and ambition and requires a similarly epic patience to unravel its charms.
  4. Mojo
    60
    While Two Suns almost inevitably finds Natasha Khan caught between the rock of artistic muse and the hard place of major label rockability, there's still invention and charisma enough here to keep both leftfield chin-stroker and ingenue fan onside for now. [Apr 2009, p.106]
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  1. Positive: 17 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. theseus414
    10
    If dystopia is our future its movie will be Bladerunner, it's food will be soylent green, and its soundtrack will be Two Suns. You know, assuming science fiction has the predictive powers at least that of a crystal ball or a Ouija board. And I know "Music can't be sci fi you nerd," fine, you caught me. But try listening to it and then tell me the sound isn't other worldly.… Expand
  2. Belmsher
    9
    Somewhere between Kate Bush and PJ Harvey, beautifully dark and introspective, dreamy, sometimes scary and way too risky, many steps further from her debut . Two Suns has got to be one of the best albums of the decade.… Expand
  3. hydrawithears
    8
    Two Suns, the second album by Bat for Lashes, was recorded with a special guest. I am not talking about Scott Walker who duets with Natasha Khan on The Big Sleep to close the Mercury Music Prize nominated LP. Let the girl speak for herself, though: My name is Pearl / And I love you the best way I know how / My blonde curls / Slice through your heart / When the sirens come calling / It wonâ… Expand
  4. AndyK
    7
    Great!

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