Armchair DJ's Scores
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For 49 reviews, this publication has graded:
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53% higher than the average critic
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4% same as the average critic
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43% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 2.6 points lower than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Music review score: 70
Score distribution:
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Positive: 36 out of 49
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Mixed: 11 out of 49
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Negative: 2 out of 49
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A perfect overview for new initiates and packs plenty of surprises for hardcore fans.- Armchair DJ
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First Album is proof that embracing a cliche with style can be just as powerful as running away from it.- Armchair DJ
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"Geogaddi" improves on "Music Has the Right to Children" by taking the Boards of Canada sound into darker, more disturbing and fragmented directions.- Armchair DJ
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A masterful bricolage that revisits the crossroads of early-'80s clubland without ever settling for cheap pastiche.- Armchair DJ
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Those expecting another helping of stand-up comedy and skewed dancefloor firepower clearly won't find what they're looking for on "Whatever," but the LP certainly hangs together better than any previous Green Velvet CD.- Armchair DJ
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If refining one's vision rather than foraging for new sounds is the mark of emerging artistic maturity, then it appears that techno's jester genius has finally decided to grown up.- Armchair DJ
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It's as if there's an optimal number of musical ideas per song, and the album falls apart when the number spikes too high - or dips too low.- Armchair DJ
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A polished, classy album whose retrained elegance and melancholy resonance more than compensate for its lack of rhythmic and instrumental restlessness.- Armchair DJ
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Much of the music's electronic undertow has receded, leaving Laetitia Sadier and Mary Hansen's airy melodies and counter-melodies stranded in gassy lounge-pop compositions that sound merely retro instead of retro-futuristic.- Armchair DJ
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The entire LP takes on a sort of plodding sameness even as the overall sonics soar.- Armchair DJ
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Oh, there are moments of pure wonder, to be sure, but they're sandwiched between tracks that either retread old ideas or execute less impressive new ones.- Armchair DJ
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What once sounded like a compelling dance-pop concept now seems genial, verging on retro.- Armchair DJ
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Combining state-of-the-art sonic trickery with inventive rhythms, gorgeous melodies and - most importantly - solid structures, these 19 tracks represent Handley and Turner's most satisfying collection to date.- Armchair DJ
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Detroit techno artists Juan Atkins and Carl Craig rub shoulders with back-to-basics rappers The Roots and electro-folkie Beth Orton (on the Watt-produced "Stars All Seem to Weep"), creating a distinctive chillout vibe out of disparate genres.- Armchair DJ
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Each song drifts in and out of focus like snatches of street noise on a half-awake Sunday morning - no need to get up, just lie there and listen quietly.- Armchair DJ
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Now if only the duo could deliver an LP that's consistently rather than merely frequently brilliant, we could stop fast-forwarding through the second-string tracks and soggy ballads that clutter up side B.- Armchair DJ
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"Ghost" marks the welcome debut of a more body-oriented brand of user-friendly experimentation - crisp and cool, yet dionysian at the same time.- Armchair DJ
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Academics and readers of The Wire may sniff that "Idiology" marks a step backward for this duo, but for my money this is the best thing they've done since 19997's "Autoditacker."- Armchair DJ
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The very qualities that annoyed me about it at first - the "proper" musicality, the lack of rough edges - are what draws me to it now.- Armchair DJ
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Saint Etienne retain their stature as a great, if unsung, singles band who have a way with a killer b.- Armchair DJ
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The LP comes off like a gently melodious but ultimately odorless fart. That is to say, it's practically invisible and it's easy to forget about once the moment has, ahem, passed.- Armchair DJ
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Occasionally, as on the gurgling electro-pop of "Short Circuit," the album actually manages to disappoint. But more often it provides the kind of intelligently produced yet universally likeable floor-fillers that keep even devoted hipsters from killing themselves when their relatives drag them to suburban dance clubs.- Armchair DJ
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Not since Bomb the Bass's "Clear" has a British production team re-interpreted aging African American tropes so persuasively.- Armchair DJ
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This disc may lack its predecessor's immediacy, but rarely has sophomore slump sounded like such success.- Armchair DJ
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The overlong LP... reveals an artist who could use some discipline, but there's enough melody, wit and funk hidden among these 14 tracks to brighten any R&B fan's Christmas.- Armchair DJ
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