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So This Is Goodbye
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79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 32 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 37 Ratings

  • Summary: This is the second album for the acclaimed Canadian electronica outfit led by Jeremy Greenspan.

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When No One Cares
When no one cares and the phone never rings the nights are endless things you're like a child that cries and no one heeds the crying you're like a... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 32
  3. Negative: 1 out of 32
  1. Stylus Magazine
    100
    Where Last Exit was indebted to the clubbier side of dance pop--with its tendency to wind songs around Dark’s close-clipped beats--So This Is Goodbye is a post-aught pop record first and foremost, an elegant, spacious collection of flash-frozen R&B and soft disco laments.
  2. musicOMH.com
    90
    One moment I feel like I am listening to Underworld's frantic blast combined with the Blue Nile's slowly evolving elegance, the next it could be The Pet Shop Boys' sailing in the slip stream of Depeche Mode. I can't nail down the sound beyond the fact that it's breathtaking.
  3. Almost Cool
    83
    Even more engaging than their debut, So This Is Goodbye is another amazing album from Junior Boys, and one of the better releases of the year.
  4. Prefix Magazine
    80
    So This Is Goodbye displays an impressive maturation on the part of Junior Boys leading man Jamie Greenspan.
  5. Los Angeles Times
    75
    In the 1980s, artists such as Bronski Beat and David Sylvian used a similar sonic palette. But there's a distance to Greenspan's perfectly constructed grooves and well-modulated lyrics that falls somewhere between ironic and mournful.
  6. ShakingThrough.net
    68
    The Boys are still presenting themselves as an emotionally sensitive duo, but the smoothness pulls the urgency out of some of their problems.
  7. Spin
    30
    Greenspan turns the pathos of 2004's Last Exit into nearly intolerable bathos, with the beats now noticeably dragging. [Oct 2006, p.98]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 26
  3. Negative: 1 out of 26
  1. LeeB.
    Oct 28, 2007
    10
    Simply an amazing record. Top to bottom the record shines. Definitely the best record of 2006, without a doubt in my mind. The songs are Simply an amazing record. Top to bottom the record shines. Definitely the best record of 2006, without a doubt in my mind. The songs are tremendous in both their subtleties and minimalistic change, and Greenspan's vocals just hit you where it hurts. Truly beautiful, a must buy.… Expand
  2. LongIsland
    Sep 21, 2006
    10
    The best electronica album I've heard Since Kid A
  4. NeilerM
    Nov 30, 2006
    10
    Brand New Retro Robot Synth Funk...Album of the year!
  5. m.shoe
    Sep 17, 2006
    9
    cant stop listening to this.
  6. bobbyk
    Mar 1, 2007
    9
    Syth-pop perfection. An aside: why Spin is still considered relevant, especially on Metacritic is beyond me.
  7. ToddW
    Sep 27, 2006
    9
    Like Neon Golden and Give Up, two offerings lost in our cultural wilderness, this album perfectly melds the intricacies of polyrhythmic Like Neon Golden and Give Up, two offerings lost in our cultural wilderness, this album perfectly melds the intricacies of polyrhythmic electronica with the best melodic pop. Jeremy Greenspan has matured exponentially as a songwriter since Last Exit, replacing the more detached ambiance with warmer hues. For those of you who wish Depeche Mode was more substance than style, this should be your next purchase.… Expand
  8. jason
    Dec 3, 2006
    2
    This genre is just not catching on. Afew listens and it'll be in resale bins across the planet. Last Exit was the same. Acouple steps This genre is just not catching on. Afew listens and it'll be in resale bins across the planet. Last Exit was the same. Acouple steps and some neat sounds, but collecting dust after a month....don't make the same mistake and save your money this time.… Expand

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