Soft Sounds From Another Planet
by Japanese Breakfast
User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 56 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 47 out of 56
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 56
  3. Negative: 3 out of 56
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  1. TrentRey
    Jul 18, 2017
    9
    A very well-written album. This is one of the years best album, and the years best indie album. This project is incredible and should get the attention that it deserves. The album strongest tracks are Road Head, Machinist, Soft Sounds From Another Planet, Boyish and Till Death.
  2. HugOfThunder
    Aug 2, 2017
    9
    I had never heard of this artist, so I went in with an open mind and was very pleasantly surprised. This is by far one of my favourite albums of 2017 and I can't stop listening to it. The pure, raw emotion is amazing.
  3. Music_Observer
    Aug 15, 2017
    7
    Although it may not reach a height of true amazement, the timbre was indeed wonderfully soft and carried enough energy, and giving way to a bit to typical song conventions worked well with well-formed and melodically interesting layers, but sadly leaving behind slow and shallow harmonic progressions. My Score: 126/180 (Good) = 7/10
  4. hayden1o0
    Oct 8, 2019
    9
    The sound mixing and various instruments on Soft Sounds blend together masterfully with Michelle Zauner's heartbreakingly lovely vocals; complimenting each other on every song. Each track transitions smoothly into the other, and despite a few sounding a little to similar- what you're left with is a melancholic and beautiful Indie album that you'll come back to again and again. TheThe sound mixing and various instruments on Soft Sounds blend together masterfully with Michelle Zauner's heartbreakingly lovely vocals; complimenting each other on every song. Each track transitions smoothly into the other, and despite a few sounding a little to similar- what you're left with is a melancholic and beautiful Indie album that you'll come back to again and again. The standouts here are Road Head, Boyish, Till Death, and Diving Woman; which has become my favorite track of 2017. Seriously.… Expand
  5. l00000l077
    Apr 17, 2023
    10
    michelle has an amazing voice. jb is one of the few artists i've listened to all their work, but i always come back to ssfap.

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#70 Best Album of 2017

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Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. No Ripcord
    Aug 24, 2017
    80
    It’s a wondrous gem of an album that, even at its most lustrous, manifests itself with biting precision.
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  2. Q Magazine
    Aug 1, 2017
    80
    Personal but detached, fizzling but restrained, it's indie-pop with a brain and a soul. [Sep 2017, p.110]
  3. PopMatters
    Jul 20, 2017
    80
    Michelle Zauner conjures the macro in the micro. Her richly observed songs convey intimate details and observations that conjure the immensity of concepts like love, sex, and desire.
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