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Universal acclaim- based on 426 Ratings
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Positive: 377 out of 426
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Mixed: 26 out of 426
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Negative: 23 out of 426
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Sep 17, 2022When this was released and came on the scene. It changed everything. Everything any of these 3 do has that taste level and thought unlike most out there
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Apr 24, 2018This album is an minimalist pop classic, none of their subsequent albums or even Jamie's solo album can top this
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Dec 18, 2017xx is an amazing debut album for an amazing band. In fact, this band has become my favorite band since hearing this album. From the first track to the last, this is low, soft, ambient music is flawless.
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Mar 12, 2017Emotional down to its very core. A renewing story of love, lust, and finding romance again. The sounds intertwined with its intimate lyrics are unique and bring a sound that no artist has created before.
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Jan 7, 2017É incrÃvel como eles conseguem fazer um som maravilhoso com enorme simplicidade, e as letras são fantasticas, as batidas são divinas e com uma enorme possibilidade de remix.
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Jan 6, 2017This album is incredible. The sparse dissonant vocals, combined with the minimalist electronic beats provide for an atmosphere that feels isolated and calm.
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Aug 9, 20168.0 z
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Jun 13, 2015This record redefined pop.
It is intimate, soft, elegant and moving.
Its minimal style (which is a revisitation of Young Marble Giant's sound) mixed with the dark mood of the trio are what will become the unique characteristics of The XX and what will make you love this album. -
Aug 7, 2014What makes this album so special is not its songs themselves, nor its lyrics or voices, nor even its instrumentation, but its special common, yet original rhythm and structure. The perfect example that (at times) less is more; way more.
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Feb 16, 2014The XX's debut is a soft, beautiful and generally very, very good debut for a band that obviously aren't there to make loads of noise that the common band might do. This is an album that comes at its most enjoyable when played in the evening.
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Oct 25, 2012
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Sep 8, 2012Great debut album, however it manages to become dull over time. Coexist is a breath of fresh air for returning fans.
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Aug 28, 2012Esse cd sem duvida alguma é perfeito. Eu ouço ele desde que foi lançado ate hoje ( 3 anos) e ainda me surpreendo. O Novo cd tambem ta excelente e manteve a mesma estrutura!!!
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Jul 5, 2012
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Apr 25, 2012
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Apr 7, 2012The xx have a sound that is very unique compared to other indie rock bands and that is a primary reason this album is so enjoyable. The songs are simple but soothing and overral are a refreshing change to the repetitive dribble of most indie pop bands. I look forward to the xx's follow up album.
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Jan 27, 2012Music unlike most anything I've heard before. Quietly confident, other worldly, spooky. It's too easy to label this as 'atmospheric', but the imagery this music creates is so magical. So easy to listen to, so easy to fall in love with.
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Jan 6, 2012This album is really, truly and utterly one of the greatest albums of indie rock. It is an album with great compositions, great lyrics. It is an album worth listening to.
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Dec 27, 2011Intro, VCR and Islands are the highlights, but all amazing... loved ever minute listening to it, and I would recommend anyone to listen to it, be good to have good headphones since the bass in some of the songs are out of this world!
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Nov 27, 2011Even though the music feels simple and could be boring, this. vocally driven album cuts deep.
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Mar 1, 2011Completely different from anything I've ever heard. The XX debut's album is simply astonishing. Just so different from **** they have today. Each song is just so catchy. Romy Madley Croft and Oliver Sim's vocals are like sex. They are THAT good. All In All, The XX's debut album is amazing. A-
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Sep 8, 2010Well deserved Mercury Prize.
I would recommend 'Crystalised', and a hidden gem from the album is actually the intro. 'Heart Skipped A Beat' is also lovely. -
ElliotM.Apr 12, 2010An almost perfect album with mesmerising sounds and a brilliant flow. Songs have a lyrical beauty and are mixed to perfection making this one of the greatest début albums ever. Their next album is greatly anticipated.
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ThePeewee69Mar 11, 2010It seems so simple and yet a so complex album. I loved to hear again and again. It has a big flaw: it is a very small album: 7 tracks end so fast that I need to put the album in loop.
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MichalA.Mar 8, 2010My favorite album of 2009. Sexy, addicting, energetic!
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TroyP.Feb 14, 2010I played this record non-stop for weeks after I bought it, and liked it more every time. After a while, it got displaced by new and possibly interesting new releases. But, I keep coming back to xx again and again. Intimate and free-flowing, The XX have made a nearly flawless album, and I can only hope that they have at least one more in them. In any case, this was the record of 2009, hands down.
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SteveL.Feb 11, 2010
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NickV.Jan 20, 2010Music these days is in essence utter shit. This is different.
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MikeJan 20, 2010This is one of the best albums i have ever heard, not trying to recreate just another popular sound. This is in my opinion a groundbreaking album, and a huge breath of fresh air in what seems to be a fastly genre merging music market.
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Awards & Rankings
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Mar 4, 2011It's hard to imagine their music getting much better. But it's not hard to imagine their lives getting much better. Which may be all their music needs.
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The XX is for lovers and non-lovers alike, though even its surefire appeal I wouldn't call this a pop album. I would deem it sensual, musical in-out.
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The album's explication of its own interest in contrast and conversation is perhaps its greatest virtue.