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Universal acclaim- based on 251 Ratings
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Positive: 216 out of 251
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Mixed: 14 out of 251
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Negative: 21 out of 251
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Sep 1, 2023It's a great album but kinda overrated, I guess. It has wonderful songs like Desafio or Child, also it has poor songs like Coraje or Miel
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Nov 10, 2022a truly amazing trip through arca’s soul, who is singing in spanish as a way to portrait her true self, very deep and sad, 10/10 would cry again
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Aug 23, 2022This is not just an album. It’s an experience. It transcends you in a dark dimension. The production and the raw vocals makes you feel in a horror movie while still depressing you. Fugaces and Desafio deserved to be analysed for how good and mysterious they feel.
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Jul 10, 2022Después del experimental Mutant, Arca nos da su album mas personal, por primera ves usando su voz, y por primera vez teniendio letras, aun teniendo presente la electrónica. El álbum esta grandiosamente estructurado, es hermoso, tragico, de principio a fin. Si lo vas a escuchar ten en cuenta que es su album menos experimental, se centra mas en la lirica
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Jul 3, 2022masterpiece masterpiece masterpiece masterpiece masterpiece masterpiece masterpiece
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May 14, 2022completamente sem sal, quem acha que isso é arte já tá condenado, e miguel um dia eu espero que vc vier gente e aprenda a escutar música de verdader ❤️
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Apr 8, 2022Arca likewise refuses to ossify into a legible and easily recognizable shape, defying our expectations of the artist’s output while remaining untethered even to a clearly delineated internal logic. All of this evasion paradoxically pays off, and the resulting album is both emotionally enrapturing and conceptually thrilling.
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Nov 13, 2021There is none like Arca that is able to create something in between ancestral and contemporary.
This one in particular it's an album imbued with pain, sorrow mixed with desire for freedom to be. I love it -
Nov 4, 2021Arca (Album) es sin duda una pieza de arte sólida, es esa reliquia que hace sagrado a un templo; hay una producción exquisita y una lírica astuta, es bueno ver aca samples de clásicos como "Caballo Viejo" ya sampleados por grandes artistas como el mismo Ray Conniff, eso nos hace confiar en Arca incluso en su primer Album con líricas.
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Oct 25, 2021
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Aug 25, 2020Un emotivo ejercicio que fusiona la música más experimental con los susurros de dolor, gozo y ansias de libertad de la magnífica Arca en un universo único, plagado de sollozos electrónicos y emociones a flor de piel.
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Jun 27, 2020Este álbum tiene sonidos los cuales no encajan del todo. Quizás esa era la intención del artista al crear sonidos extraños y juntarlos en una canción pero para mí no encajan. Sin embargo estos sonidos aunque no hacen sentido son de muy alta calidad y la producción es increíble.
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Apr 17, 2020Este álbum de arca lo es todo, su producción es una completa obra de arte, esperemos que su segundo álbum supere a esta obra de arte.
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Nov 8, 2019I cannot decribe how this album changes my life. Arca, FKA twigs and Bjork are the best artist for me.
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Dec 5, 2018Without doubt, Arca presents from its debut, works without failures. Their third album is proof of that.
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Sep 5, 2018The musical equivalent of being a horror film character right before getting brutally murdered. It's way better than the last sentence makes it seem.
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Feb 25, 2018I loved this albums. Even though I'm not so sure which album is better this or "Mutant". i loved every second of this album and I was happy to finally hear his voice on some of the songs. This is truly the music of my life. It is strange, unique, emotional as I'm.
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Oct 2, 2017fuerte, poderosa, genial, me encanta esta variazion de instrumentos que a mis amigos les suena como bulla o como un desastre musical pero luego simplemente todo encaja, se necesita un par de escuchadas del disco para luego agarrarle el gusto, bueno, eso me sucedio a mi. bravo venezolano
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Aug 17, 2017Arca is more accessible than ever (within the parameters of anarchy and freak) and still bringing to us that sound treatment we have come to both love and loathe. He is a pioneer and a tremendous potential, perhaps ahead of his time. Alienation never felt this good.
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Aug 14, 2017I am really sastified with this album, the vocals of Arca make this album more listenable in many ways. Glad he made songs including his voice, Desafio is one of my many favorites. Very perfect and way better than his previous albums. Iconic
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May 16, 2017Where experimentation is not only welcomed but also required, Arca delivers above and beyond, and although there was some lack of coherence within the denser passages, unique melodies rose from the depths to always provide engagement and charisma. My Score: 134/180 (Solid) = 7.4/10
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Apr 29, 2017
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Apr 17, 2017it's good I cannot say it's not good. it's good but it's not like genius, its good, it's worth your time. give it a shot, and some little time. it's good for pink floyd, radiohead lovers.
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Apr 16, 2017''Arca'' is one of these albums that you can't say you don't like it. It ''covers'' every listeners ear. He combines experimental music with such a moody - acoustic sounds. If you are not familiar with this kind of music I'm sure you will try to get into this. The composition is amazing, reminds me his work with Bjork on Vulnicura. Lovely instruments, strong and awesome work. Respect.
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Apr 13, 2017
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Apr 9, 2017A lullaby for cynics. A true masterpiece. Arca improved a lot his skills in this one, a precious and pure voice with amazing rhythms. Lyrics that tear your heart apart to put the pieces together and ready for the following song. An album made by the gods themselves with the exquisite voice of an angel.
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Apr 8, 2017This album is the perfect mesh between 'Xen' and' Mutant'. The industrial thrusts are still there and so are the classical music twists, but with the added lyrical element, there seems to be something profoundly grounding and self aware that his first two albums didn't quite capture. This feels personal, wounded and broken while also evoking a new sense of freedom.
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Apr 8, 2017I really tried to like him, because I like his work with Björk. But no, I think he is overrated. The music doesn't make sense and to me sounds like some empty noises with no connection. I could enjoy two or three songs, though.
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Apr 8, 2017"Arca" finally revealed all Alejandro's greatness and inner beauty. Thanks Björk for inspiring him to add vocals to album and, of course, Jesse Kanda for his visual work on album.
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Apr 8, 2017Incredibly touching productions and a very human touch contribute to make Arca his creator's greatest production yet. To hear his sing his life and love is truly magnificent.
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Apr 7, 2017this album is so good!! finally has some of lyrics, which make the songs have more sense.
Surpassing himself like always.
Fugaces and Desafio are amazing
Awards & Rankings
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The WireAug 8, 2017Arca’s operatic tone adds another layer to the expression of emotion and open sexuality in his work--“Piel” and “Coraje” being particularly striking. Ghersi’s voice emerges quietly, piercing through foreboding sonics with sombre gentleness. [May 2017, p.54]
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Jun 5, 2017Translating to ‘skin’ in English, its urgent, high-pitched signal follows the melancholy first-take of the artist’s vocal, who’s sung before but never with such vulnerability. It marks the start of a soaring new direction.
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May 26, 2017Even the wordless tracks on Arca are among the producer’s most powerful vignettes.