A Flash Flood of Colour
by Enter Shikari
  • Record Label: Hopeless
  • Release Date: Jan 17, 2012
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
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  1. AllMusic
    Feb 17, 2012
    60
    For the most part, A Flash Flood of Colour revels in a unique, organized chaos, and while it's a demanding and often exhausting listen, it's a call to arms which the flagging U.K. guitar band scene could do with more of.
  2. DIY Magazine
    Feb 10, 2012
    50
    The positives are overshadowed by petulant observations to politics which is hard to take seriously when dire lyrics like "Yabba dabba do one, Son."
  3. musicOMH.com
    Jan 20, 2012
    50
    There are occasional moments of brilliance to be found of Flash Flood, often within the carefully crafted melodies of Enter Shikari's choruses, but all too often their lyrical angles and their almost pathological need to force genres together make for an uneven album.
  5. The Independent on Sunday (UK)
    Jan 17, 2012
    50
    Their festival-friendly rap-rave-metal goes "the-generation-that-are-going-to-change-the-world" political.
  6. Drowned In Sound
    Jan 12, 2012
    50
    A sterile, witless turn here.

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User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 64 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 57 out of 64
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 64
  3. Negative: 4 out of 64
  1. LewisDanny
    Apr 3, 2017
    1
    Cringe-worthy left-wing politicking over dull techno-dance-core drivel that, while once borderline intersting, is quickly getting old. ThisCringe-worthy left-wing politicking over dull techno-dance-core drivel that, while once borderline intersting, is quickly getting old. This shouldn't have even made it off campus.… Full Review »
  2. Screenager
    Apr 16, 2013
    4
    Dull uninspired political electronicore garbage. Every song has some underlying problem at the heart of its message like corruption or globalDull uninspired political electronicore garbage. Every song has some underlying problem at the heart of its message like corruption or global warming, there's also some boring electronica in the background behind Rou Reynolds shouting and ranting. The final song Constellations is the stand-out track with an impressive vocal delivery and less of the dull electronics and "breakdowns" prevalent on the album. If this sort of thing suits you, then buy it it is a good album, just not my type of album.… Full Review »
  3. readered
    Jan 19, 2012
    10
    This is there best album to date. I first got into Enter Shikari before Take to the Skies was released, when their demos were floating around.This is there best album to date. I first got into Enter Shikari before Take to the Skies was released, when their demos were floating around. 'Take to the Skies' reproduced all of their songs and they were, in my opinion, worse because of it. Common Dreads was an average album with a couple of stand out tracks. A flash flood of colour however is a different kettle of fish. Very easy to listen to from begininning to end, some of the tracks are quite simply stunning. Definitely buy it...now… Full Review »
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