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Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 27 Ratings

  • Summary: This is the debut full-length release for the electro pop twin sister duo of Miranda and Elektra Kibley-Jansson (daughters of The Church's Steve Kilbey and Pink Champagne's Karin Jansson).
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Julian
I'll meet you in the city I'll pick you up at night I'll drive you through the suburbs I'll get you there in time I'll meet you in the city I'll stay... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Dec 7, 2015
    80
    Consistently melodic, it’s packed full of hooks and almost suspiciously on-trend.
  2. Q Magazine
    Apr 14, 2015
    80
    A moody, sensual record that unwraps its pleasures slowly. [May 2015, p.111]
  3. Apr 24, 2015
    80
    These songs ache with longing, and Lucid Dreaming possesses a strange allure that goes far beyond the sum of its parts.
  4. Apr 14, 2015
    70
    One gets the feeling that they will have to make such a decision prior to album number two. Until then, what we have here with Lucid Dreaming is an enjoyable--but flawed - debut LP that hints at something special, but whose sum of its parts are ultimately greater than the whole.
  5. May 1, 2015
    70
    At times, Lucid Dreaming can get a little too hazy and downbeat for its own good, but as a portrait of a duo in motion, it suggests Say Lou Lou are heading in the right direction.
  6. Apr 16, 2015
    65
    There are a select few tracks on Lucid Dreaming that you'll be delighted to include on a party playlist, but this isn't an album that you'll be playing on loop.
  7. Apr 14, 2015
    58
    For an act so consistent in their sound, it’s hard to get a bead on their ambitions.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. Jun 12, 2016
    10
    Why is this album an amazing piece of work? Well, let me tell you, this album managed to add all that pop and dreampop were in the lastWhy is this album an amazing piece of work? Well, let me tell you, this album managed to add all that pop and dreampop were in the last decade. With soft and well-aimed voices, we travel through ballads like Hard For A Man and Peppermint which show the combined vocals and lyrical richness. Hope to see more in their next album. Expand
  2. Jan 23, 2021
    7
    Although it's kinda flat sonically, it's correct and listeneable synthpop, and it does achieve the gloriously soothing quality of a dream pop record.