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64

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 18
  2. Negative: 0 out of 18
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  1. Sep 4, 2014
    80
    Just as poetic, mysterious, and bewitching as Blonde Redhead's more baroque albums, Barragán is a quietly audacious set of songs that ranks among the band's finest music.
  2. Blonde Redhead continue to splinter off into an exciting world of their own.
  3. Q Magazine
    Aug 29, 2014
    80
    It can meander--Mind To Be Had never quite knows what to do with its initially exciting Neu! vibrations, Defeatist Anthem doesn't shift beyond pretty--but they texture Barragan with a delicacy and precision that makes you want to keep picking away at these songs. [Oct 2014, p.114]
  4. Aug 29, 2014
    80
    Barragán is not an album determined to grab you in one listen; it's a "grower," as they say, but once it grows, it's apparent there's no shortage of baroque delights to discover on this veteran band's ninth album.
  5. 80
    Barragán‘s casual atmosphere sees Blonde Redhead at their most laid back.
  6. Sep 2, 2014
    70
    This record is the sound of what's left after a breakup: the push and pull of fragile and forceful, with all the veneers stripped completely away.
  7. Uncut
    Aug 29, 2014
    70
    The tense chemistry has been, to some degree, recaptured. [Oct 2014, p.68]
  8. Sep 9, 2014
    69
    Even with Barragán’s sleepiness and sparseness, the malleability of a band like Blonde Redhead--especially one that continues to make music for the art of creation--is the same strength that has kept them relevant for so long.
User Score
6.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Negative: 2 out of 12
  1. Oct 28, 2016
    9
    I put this album on last night while hanging out with a few friends in the evening. This album has catchy tracks and very chill beats. TheI put this album on last night while hanging out with a few friends in the evening. This album has catchy tracks and very chill beats. The touch of strangeness with the mechanical beats and whimsical voices makes for an entertaining album. Full Review »
  2. Jan 28, 2015
    9
    I really love this album. Kazu's voice is really sweet and moving. The band does really interesting, experimental songs. My favourite are CatI really love this album. Kazu's voice is really sweet and moving. The band does really interesting, experimental songs. My favourite are Cat on Tin Roof, No More Honey & Penultimo. I also like the lyrics a lot. I really recommend it. Full Review »
  3. Dec 11, 2014
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. A very psychotic sound! I would not recommend this albun to anyone. People could pop pills with it, commit suicide or join troops of psyco-designers or "so called" artish people to end the planet in bad taste with a depressive mood of self compassion and pity for the crazy, those are also very trippy songs. I think there are better arrays of music in other groups and simply more original with real quality of creativity soothing for mind and soul, that doesn't hurt one's ears. Full Review »