A Mineral Love
by Bibio
  • Record Label: Warp
  • Release Date: Apr 1, 2016
User Score
7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
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  1. fillitup
    Apr 10, 2016
    8
    This is definitely Bibio's best album since Ambivalence Avenue. On Silver Wilkinson and Mind Bokeh, the low points were much lower than the lows on this album. However, the high points don't fully match the top points of Silver Wilkinson (You, A tout a lheure, You Won't Remember) and Mind Bokeh (Anything New, Take Off Your Shirt, Feminine Eye). My personal top tracks are Petals, Town andThis is definitely Bibio's best album since Ambivalence Avenue. On Silver Wilkinson and Mind Bokeh, the low points were much lower than the lows on this album. However, the high points don't fully match the top points of Silver Wilkinson (You, A tout a lheure, You Won't Remember) and Mind Bokeh (Anything New, Take Off Your Shirt, Feminine Eye). My personal top tracks are Petals, Town and Country, and Wren Trails, the latter which resembles an old Bibio track to the core.… Expand

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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. No Ripcord
    May 10, 2016
    80
    The result is a convoluted but accessible record that is perhaps Wilkinson’s best to date.
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  2. Clash Music
    Apr 5, 2016
    60
    Despite the vast flavours Bibio is presenting throughout this record, so much of the quality production is slighted by tracing the same predictable frequencies and manoeuvres as so many servile songwriters leagues below have made prospering careers out of.
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  3. The Guardian
    Apr 1, 2016
    80
    His most intricate album to date, A Mineral Love is delicately constructed like tiny cells of a flower.
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