Get to Heaven
by Everything Everything
  • Record Label: RCA
  • Release Date: Jun 22, 2015
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
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  1. The Independent (UK)
    Jun 22, 2015
    60
    Although their go-for-broke approach furnishes ideas to spare, the unwitting effect is a set of lurches from impressive to hopelessly ill-integrated, often over the course of a single song.
  2. The Guardian
    Jun 18, 2015
    60
    It’s often compelling, but you occasionally find yourself gripped by an overwhelming urge to turn it off.
  3. Mojo
    Jun 10, 2015
    60
    Get To Heaven feels both like a band at the peak of their powers and self-consciously dialing everything up to 11 before things go up in flames. [Jul 2015, p.90]
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User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 91 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 82 out of 91
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 91
  3. Negative: 3 out of 91
  1. Earnoseandthr39
    Jun 25, 2015
    10
    What a beauty! I remember reading a review a few years back saying Everything Everything needed to change in some ways to move forward. HasWhat a beauty! I remember reading a review a few years back saying Everything Everything needed to change in some ways to move forward. Has that reviewer heard Get to Heaven now I wonder? This album is perfection twice over. Like someone you just met that immediately seems an old friend and a friend for life.… Full Review »
  2. johnobject
    Jun 22, 2015
    10
    It seems that Everything Everything can do no wrong — and somehow they're still getting better. A record this good only gets made once in aIt seems that Everything Everything can do no wrong — and somehow they're still getting better. A record this good only gets made once in a decade. Jonathan Higgs is nothing short of genius — half of the lyrics on the record deserve to be tattooed on bodies, printed on t-shirts and posters, and the other half — written in stone.… Full Review »
  3. ori_with_an_a
    Sep 8, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. Starting off with a heavy bang, "To the Blade" is a fantastic opener, keeping the listener awake and setting the ground for the rest of the album. "Distant Past" shows a perfect mix of the band's experimentalism and radio accessibility, and brilliantly prepares the listener to this new sound which wasn't heard in EE's previous releases. The rest of the album is just as amazing, with tracks such as "No Reptiles" and "We Sleep in Pairs" being absolute masterpieces.… Full Review »
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