4
by Dungen
  • Record Label: Kemado
  • Release Date: Sep 30, 2008
Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Spin
    60
    Much of 4 feels like beautifully baroque soundtrack music desperately seeking a movie about a rainy afternoon.
  2. Blender
    60
    At its best, the echo-chamber soup of flute trills, infinitely cascading drums and fuzz-ball stoner riffs does seep into your head and expand the contents. But the jams often drift when Ejstes wants them to glide; his singing, all in Swedish, is a touch whiny; and his ear for melody can be painfully flat.
  3. NOW Magazine
    60
    It’s a totally mellow set where flute often takes precedence over guitar. Thankfully, Ejstes’s tight arrangements leave little room for wankery, and none of the songs deal with flying dragons.

Awards & Rankings

93
#93 Best Album of 2008

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User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. GuilhermeS.
    Feb 6, 2009
    10
    it's one of my favorite albums of all time!
  2. WesM.
    Oct 7, 2008
    10
    As a backward-looking rock fan with pretensions to forward-lookingness (what?), I loved every song.
  3. AndreasL
    Sep 30, 2008
    9
    A brilliant album.
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