Tarot Sport
by Fuck Buttons
  • Record Label: ATP
  • Release Date: Oct 20, 2009
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 55 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 46 out of 55
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 55
  3. Negative: 6 out of 55

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  1. JohnW.
    Oct 24, 2009
    1
    WOW really? This is not good at all...it doesn't take much these days to be highly acclaimed does it? Just push a bunch of "buttons" and make noise no one has to have any real musical talent to play this crap..I could make better jams on garageband using apple loops!
  2. CailyD
    Nov 1, 2009
    1
    Really overrated and lazy music. It's just a bunch of noise with a beat occasionally thrown over top.
  3. AndrewE
    Oct 29, 2009
    1
    Wow this is absolutely horrendous. find a cool sound on your computer, loop it over and over for 5 minutes, and then scream like some 15-year-old emo kid into a microphone distorted to sound like youre in a trashcan for another 5 minutes, and youll get a 9.0 rating from pitchfork and all these other idiotic, lonely hipster dudes who somehow caught a job reviewing music because they have Wow this is absolutely horrendous. find a cool sound on your computer, loop it over and over for 5 minutes, and then scream like some 15-year-old emo kid into a microphone distorted to sound like youre in a trashcan for another 5 minutes, and youll get a 9.0 rating from pitchfork and all these other idiotic, lonely hipster dudes who somehow caught a job reviewing music because they have so much time on their hands due to the fact that all they do is play video games and talk about zombie movies. THIS IS NOT MUSIC. if you want to listen to the background music for a movie, then this is what youll love. horrendous.… Expand

Awards & Rankings

27
#27 Best Album of 2009
58
#58 Most Discussed Album of 2009

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Drowned In Sound
    90
    Tarot Sport doesn’t pause to bang or whimper. Tarot Sport accelerates.
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  2. musicOMH.com
    90
    And such are the music's joyous highs, subtle thrills and rich and deep layers, they can undoubtedly be judged one of the most worthwhile and special bands currently at large.
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  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    Whereas Mogwai’s more recent work threatens to make a formula familiar, Fuck Buttons’ fizzling DIY laboratory still has the invention and ingenuity to surprise.
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