Our Love
by Caribou
  • Record Label: Merge
  • Release Date: Oct 7, 2014
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 75 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 63 out of 75
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 75
  3. Negative: 5 out of 75
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  1. revillo
    Oct 9, 2014
    5
    I've been a long fan of Caribou's music, especially the thrilling Up in Flames and the luscious pop on Andorra, but I'm having trouble following him into this new territory. Our Love showcases relatively simple ideas stretched thinly over these spare tracks, reluctant to take any left turns or offer anything challenging. While that might function nicely for a low-key electronic ambientI've been a long fan of Caribou's music, especially the thrilling Up in Flames and the luscious pop on Andorra, but I'm having trouble following him into this new territory. Our Love showcases relatively simple ideas stretched thinly over these spare tracks, reluctant to take any left turns or offer anything challenging. While that might function nicely for a low-key electronic ambient album, I can't help feel like I've heard everything here before. The angelic vocals on the pretty but flat 'Silver' for example, were done more soulfully by Mayer Hawthorne and Rhye. If you are gonna go for these cookie-cutter drum n bass loops, at least add some zest or humor like hot chip and cut copy. Critics talk about something unifying in the lyrics, but few of the songs even have any other than a bitesize vocal sample, and those that do are just serving you rather straightforward lamentations about girls who didn't quite pan out.… Expand

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Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 33 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 33
  3. Negative: 0 out of 33
  1. Under The Radar
    Dec 19, 2014
    60
    For all its intriguing flourishes, it's hard not to think of Our Love as a slightly limp but occasionally brilliant follow-up. [Dec 2014, p.62]
  2. Mojo
    Nov 5, 2014
    80
    [An] irresistibly immersive fourth album. [Nov 2014, p.89]
  3. Magnet
    Nov 5, 2014
    85
    Snaith crafted Out Love with all the care of a handwritten mixtape. [No. 114, p.52]
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