World Wide Pop
by Superorganism
  • Record Label: Domino
  • Release Date: Jul 15, 2022
Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
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  1. The Skinny
    Jul 11, 2022
    100
    On the whole it finds the sweet spot between chaos and structure, silliness and depth, and it’s a banger.
  2. DIY Magazine
    Jul 14, 2022
    90
    ‘World Wide Pop’ is a joyously over-the-top explosion of audio technicolor, where the group embrace their oddities and eccentricities.
  3. musicOMH.com
    Jul 18, 2022
    80
    Generally though, World Wide Pop is full of inventive, bold pop music – sometimes sugary sweet like the acoustic led Crushed.zip, and sometimes big and anthemic such as the CHAI and Pi Ja Ma collaboration Teenager. And, as ever with Superorganism, it’s never, ever boring.
  5. Uncut
    Jul 11, 2022
    80
    Narcissistic (“Black Hole Baby”, a montage of radio praise and day-in-the-life mission statement), earnest (“crushed.zip”, an anxiety-fuelled showcase for singer Orono’s sugary-sad voice) and deeply weird. [Aug 2022, p.33]
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  6. Under The Radar
    Aug 5, 2022
    70
    The results can be overwhelming and unrestrained, but they also capture a freewheeling euphoric high that is undeniable. Even if you may want to enjoy it in moderation, the band’s universalist vision of indie pop has a little something for everyone.
  7. Exclaim
    Jul 12, 2022
    70
    This is an album that throws everything at the wall, and most of it sticks. Best enjoyed in the present.
  8. The Line of Best Fit
    Aug 1, 2022
    60
    Ultimately, World Wide Pop works best in small doses. Still, Superorganism’s displays of creativity and personality are admirable and will get them farther than most in modern indie pop.
  9. Glide Magazine
    Jul 15, 2022
    60
    While the highs on the album are high, the lows are apparent and hard to ignore. There is a battle between the band’s influences and their own vision for their sound which leaves them with a batch of great ideas that weren’t executed to their full potential.
  10. Rolling Stone
    Jul 11, 2022
    60
    This fire hose of arch-pop cleverness will overload even the sharpest mind. [Jul - Aug 2022, p.120]
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  11. AllMusic
    Jul 15, 2022
    50
    World Wide Pop is flat and uninspired, overdone and undercooked, and filled with dubious choices.
  12. Slant Magazine
    Jul 11, 2022
    50
    Ultimately, World Wide Pop succumbs to sameiness, with several songs in a row set to a similarly frantic tempo and overly compressed, treble-heavy sound mix. Rather than allowing individual sounds to stand out, the chaotic placement of samples makes them all run together.

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User Score
6.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. gobitoe
    Jul 15, 2022
    7
    Personally, this record is a hit or miss.

    I thought that the singles were great, even though I felt like they relied on their features way    Personally, this record is a hit or miss.

    I thought that the singles were great, even though I felt like they relied on their features way too much. I see a lot of critics giving this album mixed reviews (50s), and while I agree that the tracks on this album that aren't very good are quite repulsive at times, I don't believe that this record is bad nonetheless.

    The highlights on this record were great, such as the singles and "Don't let the colony collapse". I can even notice (and clearly hear) some Avalanches influences in there, going as far as re-using the same samples from their 2020 record "We Will Always Love You"    … Full Review »
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