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Sep 25, 2015With even more glossy production than Settle, Caracal is high-quality Top 40 material.
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Nov 23, 2015Caracal is about Disclosure maturing, moving on and showing the listener how to rave respectably. This is dance music for grown-ups.
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UncutSep 25, 2015Caracal has the market in mind, but not at the expense of quality. [Nov 2015, p.75]
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Sep 25, 2015What Disclosure have done really well here is kept with the style that has rightly made them huge, honing their songwriting skills further in conjunction with a group of very well chosen collaborators. Caracal, then, passes the test.
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Sep 24, 2015Although the tracks rarely surprise, frequently falling back on familiar sounds and structures -- loping basslines and synthesizer shadings that escalate at the same tempo always arrive on time, for instance--they're as well-built as those of the debut, and the Lawrences, along with their songwriting partners, cover the ups and downs of falling in and out of love in sharper fashion.
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Q MagazineSep 18, 2015Caracal proves a more stealthy beast than its predecessor.... It's indeed the songs, though, which really shine. [Oct 2015, p.105]
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Sep 18, 2015Big and bold with smart production touches and melodies to match, this is an album destined for stadiums.
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MojoSep 18, 2015Caracal is nothing less than one of the best pop albums of the year. [Oct 2015, p.90]
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Sep 30, 2015Disclosure’s second album was never going to be as huge and loud and groundbreaking as Settle. So rather than lamenting the loss, check out what you’re missing. Because what you’re missing is terrific.
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Oct 20, 2015Caracal offers the same slick production value and luxury grooves that made Settle a crossover phenomenon, so even if you don’t find yourself enamored with the more narrow direction Disclosure have taken their finely crafted sound, you still might find yourself dancing along.
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Sep 29, 2015When the singers serve the grooves, the Lawrence brothers reassert their standing as the 21st century's great house ambassadors.
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Sep 28, 2015If Settle was the thunderstorm, Caracal is the unmistakable scent left in the air afterward.
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Sep 25, 2015These are heftier tracks that, because of their added weight, move slower; and like any collection of thematically linked subwoofer-challenging, chart-charting songs, some feel a little Skyped-in--or at least tailored a little too much to their guiding spotlights.
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Oct 1, 2015Disclosure has found the perfect center of the Venn diagram of house music and mainstream pop. This is music you can play at the club and play for your mom; it won’t take you anywhere you haven’t been before, but damn if you won’t have fun getting there anyway.
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Sep 25, 2015Ultimately, Caracal just doesn’t feel much fun, and even its highs are nowhere near Settle’s polished bliss.
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Sep 30, 2015Caracal is consistently good but also feels manicured and safe.
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Sep 28, 2015Thankfully the big-name guests step up to the plate, specifically Miguel on the hazy Good Intentions; the Weeknd, who continues his pop trajectory on Nocturnal; and Lorde, who slinks playfully around Magnets’ subtle electro shuffle. Overall, however, Caracal is an early sign a shake-up may be needed.
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Sep 25, 2015Too often, Disclosure find themselves playing it safe.
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Sep 24, 2015In their bid to become suave and seductive, they sacrifice the energy and rapturous pop hooks of their debut: apart from the heady live favourite Bang That, there are no surprises, no risks.
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Sep 18, 2015Caracal is the kind of effort that diehard fans might convince themselves to appreciate, and then never play again.
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Sep 28, 2015Caracal has the effect of a magician performing a trick twice in a row, rendering once clandestine, miraculous movements suddenly obvious, over-rehearsed and unnatural.
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Sep 28, 2015Even an all-star cast can't save Caracal from its restrained atmosphere and overly polished production
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Sep 25, 2015Pleasantly executed exercise in retro dance pop.
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Sep 22, 2015The Lawrence bros do pull some new tricks on Caracal. But the album marks the end of Disclosure as a band, and the beginning of Disclosure as a hit-dispensing enterprise that manufactures durable, no-stain, easy-to-clean products to please every audience.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 110 out of 140
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Mixed: 21 out of 140
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Negative: 9 out of 140
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