This (Is What I Wanted to Tell You)
by Lambchop
  • Record Label: Merge
  • Release Date: Mar 22, 2019
Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
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  1. Slant Magazine
    Mar 15, 2019
    60
    This album lacks the stitched-together quality of FLOTUS, that certain emphasis on atmosphere, texture, and the unexpected, rather than structure and melody, that makes that album alternately impenetrable and transcendent.
  2. Under The Radar
    Mar 13, 2019
    50
    If not excellent then at least vaguely enticing. [Feb-Apr 2019, p.84]

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User Score
7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 16 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 16
  3. Negative: 1 out of 16
  1. bigrookie
    Apr 5, 2019
    5
    i have loved lambchop for a very long time. i once traveled to berlin to see them as i knew they weren't coming anywhere close to vancouver.i have loved lambchop for a very long time. i once traveled to berlin to see them as i knew they weren't coming anywhere close to vancouver. i, however, am finding it very hard to get behind the last two albums - the latest is even harder than FLOTUS. the songs are lush sounding and beautiful but as soon as i hear the vocoder i go cold. it's likely just the old man in me. i make fun of my daughter's musical tastes as they all have some sort of vocal manipulation going on and now here we are. i salute kurt for going his own way, redefining lambchop and what's expected, i really do. i just will stick, for now, with the back catalogue.… Full Review »
  2. zumaro
    Apr 20, 2019
    9
    Kurt Wagner on an electronic roll right now, and it sounds as good as anything Lambchop has ever released. Masterful - lush and compassionate,Kurt Wagner on an electronic roll right now, and it sounds as good as anything Lambchop has ever released. Masterful - lush and compassionate, yet with an abrasive slightly political edge that keeps showing through. This album is a model of how to successfully reinvent yourself.… Full Review »
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