100 Lovers
by Devotchka
  • Record Label: Epitaph
  • Release Date: Mar 1, 2011
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. clusterfig
    Jun 14, 2011
    10
    Gosh! This site attracts some hugely opinionated musical 'critics' who obviously have egos that far out-strip their banal and shallow musical tastes. If the cap fits wear it ( Mojo et al). In my opinion, which is as weighty in this environment as any pretentious 'critic', is a piece of music beauty which will outlast the callow critiques of pretentious small fry like 'Really small tapes'
  2. Icykiller11
    Mar 3, 2011
    9
    I really like gypsy-fusion bands but Devotchka was always that sort of group I didn't get much. This album made me change my mind. It's consistent. It starts at one point and keeps on building taking you through the journey and the concept conceived by the band. It's experimental, without sacrificing the integrity or essence of the group. In a time when instant gratification dominates theI really like gypsy-fusion bands but Devotchka was always that sort of group I didn't get much. This album made me change my mind. It's consistent. It starts at one point and keeps on building taking you through the journey and the concept conceived by the band. It's experimental, without sacrificing the integrity or essence of the group. In a time when instant gratification dominates the music scene, this is a characteristic much appreciated. Loved it.… Expand
  3. mroche
    Mar 2, 2011
    9
    A lot of the reviews are getting it wrong, this album really is, for those who know Devotchka, a more consistent "A Mad and Faithfull Telling". Though their previous album possessed some of their most outstanding tracks, half the album I still find myself skipping over. I don't think there is anything as incredible as "How It Ends" or "The Clockwise Witness", this new album is goodA lot of the reviews are getting it wrong, this album really is, for those who know Devotchka, a more consistent "A Mad and Faithfull Telling". Though their previous album possessed some of their most outstanding tracks, half the album I still find myself skipping over. I don't think there is anything as incredible as "How It Ends" or "The Clockwise Witness", this new album is good Devotchka throughout, particularly tracks 2,4,7,9, and 11.… Expand

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Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Mojo
    Apr 15, 2011
    40
    US gypsy folkies ramble aroudn the musical map. [Apr. 2011, p. 94]
  2. Uncut
    Mar 29, 2011
    80
    A joyfully inspired album from a band who give pomp a good name. [Apr 2011, p.78]
  3. Filter
    Mar 25, 2011
    76
    Regularly swelling with gorgeous string arrangements and Urata's slurring, operatic bellows, 100 Lovers feels like a reverse-engineered soundtrack to a beautiful foreign film in dire need of epic landscapes and intimate moments of romance.
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