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May 13, 2014There’s a fine line between irony and referential lightheartedness. We all need a vehicle to convey emotions, after all, and Chromeo’s is more stylish than most.
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May 9, 2014White Women is consistently fun and well-crafted, a shining example of disco's renewed relevance from a pair of musicians for whom the genre never went out of style.
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May 8, 2014On White Women, even the dodgy in-jokes are drowned out by astute songwriting.
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May 14, 2014White Women is the closest Chromeo have come yet to fully realizing their sound, but it's also far from perfect.
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Under The RadarJun 6, 2014No fillers on White Women, good to go for the duration of the evening. [Jun/Jul 2014, p.84]
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May 13, 2014They didn’t just retain relevance; they released the best album of their entire career.
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May 8, 2014This album does do something to placate their critics on this issue. Kind of.
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May 15, 2014For every track that mines neurotic hetero-masculinity for laughs, however, another is more charitable, which is to say more sentimental. This isn’t necessarily a dealbreaker.
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May 14, 2014Chromeo still aren't the most serious guys in the world, but White Women is a smart pop album rendered in vivid, 3-D detail.
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May 14, 2014Derivative though White Women often is, and knows it is, Chromeo's level of engagement remains well above #TBT posturing.
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May 13, 2014One iffy joke don't stop no show, so take White Women as fun, frivolous, and floor-filling stuff where that slick '80s flair is gloriously bolstered by that modern dancefloor punch.
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May 13, 2014The Canadian duo's disco revival isn't quite as cheeky as similar efforts from, say, Duck Sauce (co-founded by Chromeo singer Dave 1's little brother A-Trak)--but songs like "Sexy Socialite" are clearly meant as clever fun all the same.
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May 12, 2014Featuring the ever-glorious Solange on vocals, it’s a moment of gracefulness that showcases Chromeo’s evident knowledge of when and how to take things down a notch. As a result, it largely accounts for the mostly-pleasant ride that the duo take us on with White Women.
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May 12, 2014It's not that Chromeo's run out of ideas--they've been a one-idea band all along. But now they've got more of the world singing along, so their brand of fun suddenly means a little bit more.
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May 8, 2014There’s a playful sense of bawdy humour at work across White Women. Some may find the irony unpalatable, but there’s little denying Chromeo’s cheeky pop mastery.
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Oct 30, 2014Go ahead, laugh at tongue-in-cheek lines like, "You're a sexy socialite/ I wish you were a socialist/ Instead of worrying about your name on the list," but do so knowing that Chromeo is serious about getting you on the dance floor.
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May 8, 2014Despite a few setbacks, White Women proves that Chromeo are on their way back to form via a playful deconstruction of dance floor jams and an innocent, universal heartache.
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MojoMay 15, 2014Canadian duo's smooth blend of yacht rock, disco, Rick James funk and late-90s French house with lyrics that aim to pastiche modern R&B tropes. [Jun 2014, p.98]
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May 14, 2014Generally the album hits all the right notes, with great vocals and solid sounds, but at times you may be overpowered by the sickly-sweet nature of the beast.
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May 8, 2014The comedy lyrics and tongue-in-cheek delivery mask the fact that behind the japes there are some brilliant songwriting chops.
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May 8, 2014The novelty disco elements are balanced by enough rock-solid grooves that the cheesier moments don’t stink up the whole thing.
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Alternative PressMay 8, 2014Had these songs been released a decade ago, they'd be a sensation. Today? Nah. [Jun 2014, p.105]
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Q MagazineMay 20, 2014White Women has all the depth and staying power of a Christmas cracker joke. [Jun 2014, p.106]
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May 12, 2014Even a run of solid guest stars--Solange, Toro Y Moi and Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig--can’t pump any passion into this flaccid cringe-fest.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 28 out of 35
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Mixed: 4 out of 35
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Negative: 3 out of 35
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Jul 1, 2020Huge thanks to Game Grumps for introducing me to "Old 45's". I unironically enjoy that track!
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May 26, 2014