Let Them Eat Chaos
by Kate Tempest
  • Record Label: Lex
  • Release Date: Oct 7, 2016
Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
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  1. The Observer (UK)
    Oct 10, 2016
    100
    Perhaps Tempest’s greatest achievement is not to fall prey to the pressure for unnecessary revolution; her work sits more comfortably in the tradition of perfecting the groove, not changing it. That perfection might be illusion, but its pursuit can produce wonderful work, as it has right here.
  2. AllMusic
    Dec 12, 2016
    90
    It's a fascinating work of words, for sure, but the weight of Carey's arrangements and the Tempest's surprisingly nimble touch as an emcee make for something distinctive and essential.
  3. musicOMH.com
    Oct 6, 2016
    90
    It’s a vital record that’s a blast of clarity in a muddy, chaotic world.
  5. The Line of Best Fit
    Oct 4, 2016
    90
    She forges a mighty hammer and her album has a thunderous resonance for our times.
  6. RapReviews.com
    Nov 8, 2016
    85
    Let Them Eat Chaos is another fantastic album by an incredible talent.
  7. No Ripcord
    Nov 14, 2016
    80
    The resonance of Let Them Eat Chaos is mammoth, and Tempest’s lexical flair is the difference maker.
  8. Clash Music
    Oct 10, 2016
    80
    Let Them Eat Chaos is engaging and at only 48 minutes it doesn't outstay its welcome. Tempest seems to relish the challenge of delivering a concise but complex story over a compelling variety of instrumentals.
  9. The Skinny
    Oct 10, 2016
    80
    Let Them Eat Chaos dazzles with its linguistically-created, vivid imagery, and ability to evoke overwhelming atmosphere through its sound.
  10. The 405
    Oct 7, 2016
    80
    Channelling the vivacity of the Beatnik poets in her hurtling metre and arrestingly forensic imagery, Tempest unravels a modesty in the metaphysics all the more powerful for its naturalism.
  11. Drowned In Sound
    Oct 6, 2016
    80
    On Let them Eat Chaos Tempest has cemented herself as a poet/rapper of the highest order, who isn’t happy just make the masses smile, but to challenge and make them think and love too.
  12. The Guardian
    Oct 6, 2016
    80
    The words and their delivery are obviously the point of Let Them Eat Chaos, but they aren’t the only thing that makes it compelling. From the slowly pulsating electronic currents of Breaks to Perfect Coffee’s early Chicago house chug, the music is uniformly great.
  13. DIY Magazine
    Oct 5, 2016
    80
    Tempest has delivered a compelling, thought-provoking insight into our troubled times.
  14. The Independent (UK)
    Oct 5, 2016
    80
    Kate Tempest’s follow-up to the dazzling Everybody Down is similarly ambitious in scope, fired by the same compassion and delivered with the same level of energised loquacity.
  15. Mojo
    Oct 4, 2016
    80
    Her characters will wander through your imagination for days after the record's stopped spinning. [Nov 2016, p.86]
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  16. Q Magazine
    Oct 4, 2016
    80
    Let Them Eat Chaos is masterful. [Nov 2016, p.107]
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  17. Uncut
    Oct 4, 2016
    60
    It has its moments. [Nov 2016, p.39]
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User Score
7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 26 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 26
  3. Negative: 5 out of 26
  1. AlexDionisio1
    Oct 7, 2016
    10
    Multifaceted wordsmith Kate Tempest takes on capitalism, gentrification, climate change, war, population disconnectedness and more inMultifaceted wordsmith Kate Tempest takes on capitalism, gentrification, climate change, war, population disconnectedness and more in talented, eloquent, storybook form in her Dan Carey produced sophomore album.… Full Review »
  2. All_ButTrU4
    Feb 11, 2022
    5
    Perhaps Tempest’s greatest achievement is not to fall prey to the pressure for unnecessary revolution; her work sits more comfortably in thePerhaps Tempest’s greatest achievement is not to fall prey to the pressure for unnecessary revolution; her work sits more comfortably in the tradition of perfecting the groove, not changing it. That perfection might be illusion, but its pursuit can produce wonderful work, as it has right here… Full Review »
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