Suddenly
by Caribou
  • Record Label: Merge
  • Release Date: Feb 28, 2020
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 59 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 52 out of 59
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 59
  3. Negative: 2 out of 59
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  1. NormanAlee
    Jul 10, 2020
    0
    This album has criminally simple a brick like tracks with no imagery and creativity. Very repetitive monotonous straightforward constructions.

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72
#72 Best Album of 2020

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Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. Record Collector
    Apr 7, 2020
    80
    Suddenly is at its best when blending head, heart and feet to make another smart party album – among Caribou’s best yet.
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  2. The Quietus
    Mar 27, 2020
    50
    The narrative and sonic stylings of these songs have the aesthetic qualities of intimate music, but Snaith’s anonymous intonations, sometimes bathed in layers of muddy distortion, hold the listener at a frustrating distance. Like the album’s artwork it advertises transparency, but delivers only more obscurity.
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  3. Paste Magazine
    Mar 6, 2020
    85
    Coupled with some of the loosest, most pop-minded production of Snaith’s career, Suddenly becomes a glimmer of optimism, immaculate music for communal grief and celebration. In that, it’s the most vital album of his career.
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