Grey Oceans
by CocoRosie
  • Record Label: Sub Pop
  • Release Date: May 11, 2010
User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 22 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 22
  3. Negative: 3 out of 22

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  1. jeremy
    May 17, 2010
    10
    People just don't get them.
  2. BakaNaGaijin
    Oct 15, 2011
    8
    The scattered memories from the childhood, tastes of forgotten dreams, the thoughts that live in the bottom of our minds... All these things come to me while I listen to this strange yet beautiful music. You might not like this music, but I am sure it's worth a try.
  3. type77
    Sep 4, 2020
    10
    Grey Oceans is a masterpiece, even down to the widely disliked cover. Every moment of this album is pure bliss. Trinity's Crying is the most beautiful song I have ever heard, its synth line is incredible, and I am absolutely obsessed with Bianca's "wear exhausted flames of light". RIP Burn Face is simply stunning. The beats on Hopscotch are magnificent. I will 100% be purchasing a physicalGrey Oceans is a masterpiece, even down to the widely disliked cover. Every moment of this album is pure bliss. Trinity's Crying is the most beautiful song I have ever heard, its synth line is incredible, and I am absolutely obsessed with Bianca's "wear exhausted flames of light". RIP Burn Face is simply stunning. The beats on Hopscotch are magnificent. I will 100% be purchasing a physical copy of this album in the near future.… Expand

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Metascore
60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 21
  3. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. AllMusic
    60
    While they have many good ideas, sometimes they have too many good ideas at once and end up gilding the lily (or putting a blue fake fur mustache on it, as the case may be).
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  2. BBC Music
    50
    What saves Grey Oceans is the occasional good idea: the Eastern-tinged Smokey Taboo mixes tablas and wilting strings with Bianca's woozy, half-rapped vocal to impressive effect, while the very peculiar Fairy Paradise is, more or less, Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy as remixed by Paul van Dyk.
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  3. Drowned In Sound
    60
    So after the outré highs and lows of Grey Oceans have played their last syllable, it's hard to know what to think of it, apart from being slightly underwhelmed for the most part.
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