Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. 91
    Roosevelt listens less like a dynamic pop album and more like a static soundtrack that only becomes more and more significant as time goes on.
  2. Aug 19, 2016
    82
    Given the album’s August release date, this is one of the nearly perfect LPs for the last few hazy weeks of a brilliant summer.
  3. Aug 26, 2016
    80
    More often than not, his debut is one that gives any room a light up disco floor, makes any moment a reason to escape to the Ibiza nightclub in your mind.
  4. 80
    This debut album has a slick sonic design and retro flavour akin to Random Access Memories, but ratrher than the 70s, he’s gazing fondly back at the early rave era.
  5. Aug 25, 2016
    70
    There are few surprises in Roosevelt's brand of dance music, but that seems decidedly the point; the synapses it triggers feel like the most welcomingly comfortable sort of sparks, firing on familiar-but-welcome cylinders.
  6. Aug 18, 2016
    70
    Every song on the record contributes to this air of reverie, a testament to Roosevelt’s strength as a producer, as one track languidly slips into the next. If anything, it can get a little too laid back--it’s the kind of record that's so uniform it ends before you realize it.
User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 19 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 19
  3. Negative: 2 out of 19
  1. Nov 21, 2016
    10
    I think Roosevelt shows up here his talent as producer and as a musician, creating this vibe that is kinda unique to his music, with everyI think Roosevelt shows up here his talent as producer and as a musician, creating this vibe that is kinda unique to his music, with every song, it feels that is a production as a whole, just not separated bits that join together in an LP. Full Review »