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Citrus
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80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 34 Ratings

  • Summary: Their music sounds British and the vocals are sometimes in Japanese, but this four-piece shoegaze outfit (returning here with a second album) hails from Brooklyn.

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Thursday
On gentle ground I waited for you In drops of dew I wished that were you With heavy hands I reached out for you My skin soaking wet My eyes searched... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Drowned In Sound
    90
    Asobi Seksu are a band possessing talent and ability far beyond their years and with Citrus they have fully realised their potential in a particularly short time. It is difficult to see how they will be able to better this sophomore release, but you wouldn't bet against them having a few trump cards left up their collective sleeves.
  2. musicOMH.com
    90
    There's plenty of pop tunes here, but there's also enough self expression and leftfield rambling to make this an album of real interest.
  3. cokemachineglow
    83
    Nearly everything about Citrus is so accomplished, refined, and downright transcendent that it could very well stand alongside Loveless as a modernized shoegaze staple.
  4. Neumu.net
    80
    Although Loveless and Psychocandy are obvious reference points, this album actually succeeds most on its charming, candy-colored pop songs.
  5. Tiny Mix Tapes
    80
    If this isn't the album you are blaring out of your car all summer long, you aren't having enough fun.
  6. Prefix Magazine
    80
    One of the year's best guitar-rock albums.
  7. Paste Magazine
    60
    Citrus is the crossroads where My Bloody Valentine and Sonic Youth mingle. [Aug 2006, p.88]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
  1. SethC.
    Oct 30, 2007
    10
    Simply the most enjoyable album of 2006.
  2. JacksonS
    Jun 5, 2006
    10
    I'm not sure how anybody could find any major problems with this album - to my ears, it's nothing short of a masterpiece. I'll I'm not sure how anybody could find any major problems with this album - to my ears, it's nothing short of a masterpiece. I'll agree that the MBV comparisons are used a little too liberally, but that's not necessarily a bad thing - it just means that Asobi Seksu stands on their own two feet musically. This is really supreme, lovely, shoegazey indie pop, and a tremendous improvement over the band's last album. Plus bonus points for the gorgeous cover art - it's in a BRIGHT neon orange jewel case!… Expand
  4. JamesD
    Jun 1, 2006
    9
    Truly great album.
  5. robertg
    Jun 18, 2006
    9
    One of my favorites of the year so far.
  6. Roryzilla
    Jul 30, 2023
    9
    It seems to me that a lot of people don't like the record because some people compared it to loveless. I'm not even going to compare it toIt seems to me that a lot of people don't like the record because some people compared it to loveless. I'm not even going to compare it to loveless because I think this album is so good it can stand as a brilliant album all by itself. Every song on this album is brilliant, it's true shoegaze pop joy.… Expand
  7. chasej
    Jun 8, 2006
    8
    it's not perfect...but it's damn close. anyone that expected to hear "loveless" because they got compared to MBV is frankly it's not perfect...but it's damn close. anyone that expected to hear "loveless" because they got compared to MBV is frankly foolish. they are not MBV and they are not really trying to be anymore....there are elements of Radiohead, Blone Redhead, YYYs, and Broken Social Scene here. This is a band that will only continue to evolve, and barring internal conflict, they will probably release a huge album in two years or so. And I don't mean huge in the way that Madonna is huge, I mean huge in the way that Pavement was, which is to say devastatingly good.… Collapse
  8. Brandon
    Jun 2, 2006
    2
    Those Loveless comparisons are way off the mark. I felt duped by such positive reviews when I finally heard the record. I think the MBV Those Loveless comparisons are way off the mark. I felt duped by such positive reviews when I finally heard the record. I think the MBV comparisons were thrown out there a little too hastily.… Expand

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