Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. With its illusory, ethereal production, wistful melodies, and oft-funereal pace, this is one of those rare albums that can completely absorb you in such a way as to almost dissolve the world around you, and make you feel like you've been transported to another realm of existence within the course of 58 minutes.
  2. A completely out-of-control garage-folk-psych-pop record that is always in control and is neither garagey nor folky nor psychedelic nor pop.
  3. Mojo
    80
    A wealth of gorgeous melodies and hallucinogenic kitchen-sink orchestrations. [Dec 2001, p.98]
  4. Bold, adventurous, whimsical and witty, this debut offering from Circulatory System proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that there are still signs of life to be found in the Elephant 6 collective.
  5. Q Magazine
    80
    Eerie, exotic and utterly enchanting. [Mar 2002, p.116]
  6. Plays like a musical companion piece to Richard Linklater's film Waking Life.
  7. Ambivalent and unexceptional.
  8. Uncut
    60
    The acid-daze reveries are rich in detail, thought the baleful undertow and samey melodies lose momentum over the 22 tracks. [Apr 2002, p.113]
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 16 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 16
  2. Negative: 4 out of 16
  1. sethc
    Oct 17, 2005
    10
    Like beatles meets early floyd meets the E6 collective. A great album.
  2. TimC
    Apr 14, 2005
    10
    The best album ever made.
  3. Ryanc
    Mar 5, 2005
    10
    Anyone who said this wasn't brilliant was only joking