Ma Fleur
by The Cinematic Orchestra
  • Record Label: Domino
  • Release Date: Jun 5, 2007
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17

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  1. robertm
    Jun 15, 2007
    2
    Shockingly bad compared to their first two albums. Although it was predictible for them to move into the territory of trying to appeal to a large audience, it is a shame because Cinematic Orchestra on this new disc sounds very more like an adult contemporary jazz band than an innovative sampling based cutup live jazz band. I rate Motion a 10/10, this album is a very strong 2/10

Awards & Rankings

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#97 Best Album of 2007
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#42 Most Shared Album of 2007

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. BBC collective
    100
    It’s not just the recurrent meditations on mortality that makes Ma Fleur even more heart-rendingly beautiful than 2002’s Everyday, it’s also how The Cinematic Orchestra’s new album actually feels.
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  2. Drowned In Sound
    80
    While Ma Fleur is no better than The Cinematic Orchestra’s previous scores, it is equally gorgeous in how it responds to and ekes out intellectual quagmires of song.
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  3. musicOMH.com
    80
    With its frequent emotional crescendos, then quiet dying away, Ma Fleur is more than a match for its predecessors, and will undoubtedly cement The Cinematic Orchestra’s reputation as intellectually sustaining performers of beautiful, emotive music.
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