Flamagra
by Flying Lotus
  • Record Label: Warp
  • Release Date: May 24, 2019
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 63 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 49 out of 63
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 63
  3. Negative: 6 out of 63
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  1. Albraaa
    May 28, 2019
    4
    Well produced - yes. Interesting - maybe. Enjoyable listen - no. Probably least favourite of his albums in my personal opinion. The often high octane off-kilter beats don't satisfy like they used to. Feel somewhat repetitive when it's clearly not and old tracks making of feature. A great piece of music production with very talented musicians but somehow they are still fails to satisfy inWell produced - yes. Interesting - maybe. Enjoyable listen - no. Probably least favourite of his albums in my personal opinion. The often high octane off-kilter beats don't satisfy like they used to. Feel somewhat repetitive when it's clearly not and old tracks making of feature. A great piece of music production with very talented musicians but somehow they are still fails to satisfy in an end-to-end listen… Expand

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. The Wire
    Jun 20, 2019
    80
    Flamagra is still more accessible than either Quiet or Dead! and this is most likely due to Ellison’s choice of vocal collaborators. [Jul 2019, p.49]
  2. The Quietus
    Jun 5, 2019
    70
    Everything on Flamagra sounds amazing. The beats are crisp and crunchy, the synths and loops are tight and catchy, the basslines are deep and wobbly and the vocals floating above it all take centre stage, but because everything sounds so perfectly measured it’s hard to get excited about the next song, as it all merges into one long sixty-two minute listening experience.
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  3. PopMatters
    Jun 3, 2019
    60
    First, there is almost nothing here that is objectively difficult to listen to. Most of the material goes down rather easily, and indeed some of it seems more than accessible. The paradox that confronts us here (and elsewhere), though, is that this is a largely frictionless experience. It feels as if the album doesn't ever get quite weird enough somehow, and there are frequent rather non-descript jazzy interludes that don't so much provide connective tissue as they merely put us into a slightly vapid holding pattern ("Remind U", "Debbie Is Depressed", "FF4", and passim).
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