The Sound of Music
by Laibach
  • Record Label: Mute
  • Release Date: Nov 23, 2018
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
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  1. brookadam
    Nov 23, 2018
    10
    Absolutely amazing. Songs that initially sound strange become genuinely well thought out catchy and downright brilliant. There’s this idea it doesn’t matter what the words are but how they are said, that transforms all of these classic kids songs into something more. But that doesn’t matter because you look at the lyrics at a completely different angle and it works so well. Great bandAbsolutely amazing. Songs that initially sound strange become genuinely well thought out catchy and downright brilliant. There’s this idea it doesn’t matter what the words are but how they are said, that transforms all of these classic kids songs into something more. But that doesn’t matter because you look at the lyrics at a completely different angle and it works so well. Great band great album. Oddly powerful.… Expand

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Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Under The Radar
    Dec 21, 2018
    80
    There's a couple of additions to the soundtrack in the shape of Korean folk standards "Arirang" and "The Sound of Gayageum" along with an address from the North Korean minister for Cultural Relations tagged onto the end.
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  2. PopMatters
    Nov 29, 2018
    80
    Truly an artifact of an artistically authentic, cold war-era radical sensibility which predates today's insipid art movements, the album is one of those which will make you think more than it'll make you dance. In this day and age, that's certainly something we could all use more of.
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  3. musicOMH.com
    Nov 26, 2018
    60
    Divorced from the context of the North Korea shows the purpose of these songs seems a little unclear, even factoring in the wordplay of “How do you solve a problem like Korea”, so the final few tracks are crucial to the album.
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