RE-ANIMATOR
by Everything Everything
User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 25 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 25
  3. Negative: 1 out of 25
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  1. Tejuinos
    Sep 11, 2020
    8
    Great record! Arch Enemy is my least favorite, i feel like doesnt belong, feels weird in the tracklist, but all the other tracks are fire!
  2. Kebber10
    Sep 20, 2020
    9
    Black Hyena would not look out of place on Thom Yorke‘s Eraser album.. might even be likened to the ‚black swan‘ track but I may be overly influenced by the title similarity.. still both have a similar beat
  3. notor12
    Sep 15, 2020
    10
    In a just world, this would be album of the year.

    Sadly I feel a band like this will always be underappreciated in today's music scene, but it is brilliant music-making.
  4. frankwliam
    Sep 12, 2020
    10
    It is far more relaxed and less eccentric than their previous efforts but by doing that, it is their most cohesive album. Recurring themes are all over the record, the human nature, human mind and doomsday. This time, though, they are exploring those themes in a more “empathetic” way and even if you can’t past enigmatic lyrics, Jonathan's clever and good sense of humor makes everythingIt is far more relaxed and less eccentric than their previous efforts but by doing that, it is their most cohesive album. Recurring themes are all over the record, the human nature, human mind and doomsday. This time, though, they are exploring those themes in a more “empathetic” way and even if you can’t past enigmatic lyrics, Jonathan's clever and good sense of humor makes everything work so well you are going to find yourself bouncing around lyrics like “you are the king of oil" and even relating to "bigots you’re permanently off my christmas list".… Expand
  5. Gave-Droll
    Jul 30, 2021
    9
    This is EE's best album so far, and that's saying something. Quite how it hasn't been shortlisted for this year's Mercury award is beyond me (but they have been robbed before)

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Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. musicOMH.com
    Sep 14, 2020
    80
    As with each album in the quartet’s canon, Re-Animator requires (and deserves) repeated listening. Once that is achieved then the dividends start to pay, and this darkly shaded album is revealed as a very different string to be added to the Everything Everything bow. The band continue to sound like nothing else around.
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  2. Clash Music
    Sep 11, 2020
    80
    A record of sustained power, ‘Re-Animator’ manages to pull together many of the band’s finest elements, offering something complex yet accessible.
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  3. Pitchfork
    Sep 11, 2020
    68
    Re-Animator still holds its own against their other music; at their most traditional, they remain smart songwriters, and even their weaker lyrical moments are more thought-provoking than their peers.
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