Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
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82 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 38 Critics What's this?

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8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 192 Ratings

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  • Summary: This is the debut album for the quartet of Columbia University alumni.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 35 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 38
  3. Negative: 0 out of 38
  1. MSN Consumer Guide (Robert Christgau)
    91
    Affecting a clarity and delight that pleases the many and confounds the some, their lyrically alluring, structurally hop-skip-and-jumping songs aren't deep. They're just thoughtful fun.
  2. Dot Music
    80
    It's rather a genuinely exuberant, joyously infectious and sheerly celebratory affair, its tribal drums, parping keyboards and rippling, brassy guitars offset by sweet vocal harmonies and reverb-laden solos, with Koenig's witty and literate lyrics marking out their crucial difference.
  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    Their strength is that, musically as well as sartorially, they’re unafraid to plunder and repurpose styles previously considered naffer than Bluetooth headsets.
  4. cokemachineglow
    60
    Fun and fresh enough on the first couple listens, it remains to be seen whether Vampire Weekend can find long-term favour with the listeners and critics so taken with them at present.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 77 out of 94
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 94
  3. Negative: 8 out of 94
  1. ZacharyMatson
    10
    It's rare to find an album as perfect as this. Vampire Weekend has such a unique sound and flavor if you will that it makes it impossible not to love. A very impressive start to a very impressive new band.… Expand
  2. KeithG
    8
    A truly interesting album. Vampire Weekend introduces unfamiliar instruments and world sounds to an American audience, but still manages to the stay within the idiom of western rock. A worthwhile listen from beginning to end.… Expand
  3. j30
    7
    Vampire Weekends solid self-titled debut mixes clever lyrics, interesting pop melodies, and just average instrumentals.
  4. AaaronS.
    3
    A music blogger sensation earlier this year. Highly overrated pop record that I chalk up to 'I don't get it'.

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