New Eyes
by Clean Bandit
  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Jun 17, 2014
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 45 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 36 out of 45
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 45
  3. Negative: 3 out of 45
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  1. Felipe_Kohn
    Sep 3, 2014
    7
    New Eyes is a pretty album, dancing hits with classical influences. Rather Be is intense but it has defects and "Extraordinary" is predictable. At least, it can be a option to listen when there isn't anything better.

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Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
  1. The Quietus
    Jun 10, 2014
    50
    It's not all bad, and sometimes the reverse is true, with the strings the best thing about the track; the opening figure from 'A+E' is very pretty and the violin rising up in 'Cologne' is melodious and elegant, but they both give way to more of the electro-flotsam.
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  2. DIY Magazine
    Jun 5, 2014
    40
    After an ‘Our Version of Events’-worthy build, it’s crying out for something slightly off-kilter to douse the saccharine overload, but instead shoots for a bounding chorus of ‘Rather Be’-proportions, which misses in favour of something that can only be described as 90s dance clunk.
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  3. AllMusic
    Jun 3, 2014
    60
    New Eyes remains such a small, subtle, and soft record that by the end, it doesn't feel very daring or different.
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