Love Letters
by Metronomy
  • Record Label: Elektra
  • Release Date: Mar 11, 2014
Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
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  1. Resident Advisor
    Mar 21, 2014
    60
    Love Letters is more mature, doleful and disconnected from club trends.
  2. PopMatters
    Mar 19, 2014
    60
    Love Letters [is] not quite a glorious failure, but more of an intermittently-glorious muddle.
  3. Drowned In Sound
    Mar 18, 2014
    60
    There’s a nagging feeling that those derivative misses aren't so much accidental misfires as born out of a writer keen to remain free of the pressures of success. That prevents a promising record from being as good as it had the potential to be.
  5. Rolling Stone
    Mar 11, 2014
    60
    Mostly miserable on their perpetual holiday, Metronomy at least manage to let some sunshine in.
  6. The Observer (UK)
    Mar 10, 2014
    60
    The bulk of Love Letters, though, backs off from the glittering mainstream superhighway on to a road less travelled.
  7. The Guardian
    Mar 6, 2014
    60
    It is perhaps testament to his [Joe Mount's] unwitting dedication to being coy and British that Love Letters is the quartet's most indie and foppish-sounding album yet.
  8. Pitchfork
    Mar 10, 2014
    52
    If only the rest of the record caught on to that out-front force--the words on Love Letters might scan as more than lonely fridge-magnet poetry, the beats might feel like more than just placeholders, and the music could be something to dance to instead of just drift off to.
  9. The Quietus
    Mar 14, 2014
    50
    Like a vivid dream melting away in the first few minutes of morning, Love Letters has an uncanny beauty, but one that remains firmly out of reach.
  10. Consequence
    Mar 10, 2014
    42
    Metronomy must have many more experimental ideas to sift through before settling down with any one particular sound, just failing to come up with a compelling, powerful way to tell this story.

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User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 53 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 42 out of 53
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 53
  3. Negative: 2 out of 53
  1. marcmyworks
    Jul 13, 2016
    7
    This was a slightly disappointing follow-up to the incredible "English Riviera" as Metronomy's sound moves even more low-fi than in previousThis was a slightly disappointing follow-up to the incredible "English Riviera" as Metronomy's sound moves even more low-fi than in previous efforts. Download: Love Letters, I'm Aquarius, Reservoir.… Full Review »
  2. MCRR
    Feb 20, 2015
    7
    Delightful and at times intricate pop makes this album far more alluring than previous Metronomy albums. 'Love Letters' is the most obviousDelightful and at times intricate pop makes this album far more alluring than previous Metronomy albums. 'Love Letters' is the most obvious radio friendly number and indeed the best best track on the album, however, the album is littered with quality and refrained dynamics that provide high end listening. An original, delicate album that has considerable substance.… Full Review »
  3. Muddsjr
    Jun 2, 2014
    8
    personally, at the start of the album, I was worrying slightly as to whether I would like this or not, fortunately however, the furtherpersonally, at the start of the album, I was worrying slightly as to whether I would like this or not, fortunately however, the further through this album you get, the more enjoyable it happens to become. Metronomy seem to have taken a lot more of an experimental and poppier route, If not a more hard and what may be for some fans, a less rewarding listen. Personally however, I believe this is the sound of a band going good.… Full Review »
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