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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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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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Sep 17, 2022An all time classic. So influential to this day. To think they were just teenagers is mind blowing
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Jun 14, 2022
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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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Sep 1, 2013
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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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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.
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Aug 12, 2010A really excellent album spoiled by the female vocalist needing to be FAR less contrived, pretentious, and FORCED. Horribly over breathy and "choked up" to the point of extremely annoying. Otherwise, Hugo Largo & Tom Verlaine influences are lovely and sound fresh. A real pity about the terribly overcooked female vocals.
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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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BenC.Mar 24, 2010
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SamuelV.Mar 15, 2010Really boring album. I like only two songs here - 'Intro and' 'Islands'
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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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AlekO.Jan 14, 2010Maybe I'm the only one here that things like this, but despite the melodies, the relaxing athmosphere it has, this is a very BORING album. I'm a little tired of 'soft' bands, minimalistic music... sometimes less is not more... it's just average.
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NickJan 4, 2010Putting it simply about this album is all you can do - just a simple, great indie album.
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KolT.Dec 15, 2009My album of the year. Love every song on this record.
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ZbyszekK.Dec 14, 2009Yes! I like this album!
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KevintheDestroyerDec 12, 2009I go back and forth between genius and accidentally incredible. Either way, it's viciously smooth and completely sexy. Great for a rainy weekend or a long morning.
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BarbaraPDec 1, 2009I dare to say that this album is the best of 2009. sexy voices by Romy and Oliver, paused and minimal instruments with a r&b beat. Beautiful!
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GregTNov 19, 2009An extraordinary debut...seamless and seemingly effortless.
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DmitryS.Nov 12, 2009Best album of 2009, no question about it!
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MarkRNov 11, 2009Another overrated bore. This record is neither a game changer, nor the best debut of the year. Don't believe the hype. I just don't get what all the fuss is about. The songs are slow and boring. There's no innovation, there's really little of interest going on here. Yawn.
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MycroftW.Nov 9, 2009If not the best, then definitely the most original album of the year. It's the music Timbaland would make, if he was a bunch of insecure nineteen year old goths from Britain. And I mean that in the best way possible!
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CarolTNov 6, 2009Cool!
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AndyLNov 5, 2009For me, the "For Emma, Forever Ago" of 2009. Gorgeous album.
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ZaneSNov 4, 2009
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BmanOct 30, 2009One of my favorite albums this year. There's never been anything quite like it. The mesh of voices over sparse guitars and drum machines creates a dreamy soundscape that keeps you riveted to the closing track. My favorite songs are Intro, Crystallised and Heart Skipped A Beat. Best British debut since Arctic Monkeys.
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TobyHOct 27, 2009Brilliant most of the time, though it does fade away a little at the end, like most albums this year (apart from Lungs and It's Blitz!). The gloomy and bleak arrangements remind me of Joy Division, but the beats and crazily overused bass give the songs a very modern feel. Indie meets r'n'b! Especially like Islands, Crystalised and Shelter.
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ScottOct 22, 2009When your sound is this sparse and open, the focus goes to the lyrics. while these lyrics aren't bad, I think they could and should be the center piece of the album. in stead I think they hold it back a bit. that being said, I still enjoyed the album and it's among one of the best debut albums I've heard recently.
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EpitaOct 20, 2009It often sounds as though Croft's really having to fight herself not to sound like a more polished sort of singer. Normally I like this less contrived approach but the album as a whole left me unimpressed. I've heard this sort of thing done before and done better.
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MikeMOct 13, 2009Best debut of the year. Indie classic.
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eliOct 12, 2009I discovered this amazing band with this website and I just bought their first record which is simply amazing. They have a particular sound full of rythm but very relaxed at the same time. I highly recommend it!!
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BrianMOct 9, 2009A really great, and dare I say, sexy album. It has a simple, downbeat sound that is very cool. Nothing too fussy or loud but the grooves on this album are definitely worth checking out,
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AlvaroSOct 9, 2009The Best album of 2009. And even more brilliant debut than the pains of being pure ate heart also this year¡¡¡¡¡.
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JenTOct 9, 2009This album is a game-changer. Period.
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PherOct 8, 2009Beautiful record!
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OliviaMOct 8, 2009I love this album so much. Those soft voices. My word.
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chrisOct 7, 2009Amazing, simply amazing.
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JanJ.Oct 7, 2009Well build up songs, great basslines and super darkish atmosphere!
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DevonA.Oct 6, 2009This is Real Music And Nothing Fake Made Buy Sell Outs, and Absolute Perfection.
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SeanM.Oct 6, 2009Brilliant first album, I still cant stop listening to it!!
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CharlesW.Oct 6, 2009Soothing, refreshing & simple.
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ACyborgOct 1, 2009Strongest impression!!
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MitchellZ.Sep 27, 2009Wow. This was a true revelation. It grows and grows. the minimal groove, the paired vocals... amazing!
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PeteSep 27, 2009Great album, can't stop listening.
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JonathanASep 24, 2009Really surprised by this one. Dark, sensual indierock for the midnight hour. Four, five listens in, and I'm addicted to it. Best debut of 09, and one of the best of the year.
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MichaelR.Sep 22, 2009I have a rule when it comes to buying a bands album. I have to enjoy more than four of thier songs. I was in a frenzy throughout the whole album.
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lucas.Sep 17, 2009Finally a great album for this sad 2009.
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alexgSep 14, 2009Good album, but let s not exaggerate things: poor adolescent lyrics and a bit boring.
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PB.Sep 12, 2009It seems simple at first. Repeated listening quickly disabuses you of that conclusion though. "Shelter" first to stay in my head.
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BKCSep 10, 2009Great album, very mature sound for the the age of this group. Possibly my favorite album of 2009.
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RGSep 7, 2009Simply great!
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RogerASep 6, 2009A stunning album, fills a niche no other has and is unlikely to be usurped or tired of for the foreseeable future.
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WK.Sep 3, 2009It's amazing! The Best album 2009!
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PaulT.Sep 2, 2009Amazing!
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IdaR.Sep 2, 2009One of the best albums I have heard all year. Every song is great and they all flow together very well.
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billybAug 31, 2009Stunning Best album of the year so far.
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NicholasDAug 30, 2009I really liked this album a lot the first time i listened to it, unfortunately the more I listen to it the more frustrated I get. Kinda like Nouvelle Vague without the excellent covers which leaves you with great voices but nothing earth shatteringly new or spectacular. Coming soon to a coffee or candle shop near you. 10 bucks says my ex-girlfriend is listening to this right now.
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StevoAug 28, 2009Awesome album. I cannot stop listening to "islands". Up there for best album I've heard so far this year along with Animal Collective, the Antlers, and Phoenix.
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JeffCAug 28, 2009Best album I've heard all year. Totally infectious. Has been on repeat for over a week. Love it.
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TeaL.Aug 28, 2009Good, simple, but overrated. We can expect great things from The XX in the future.
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KeithW.Aug 28, 2009Great album, with absolutely no filler at all. Atmospheric and sparse, achieved without being pretentious or unnatural. The duet works extremely well, and the band's music and lyrics reflects its maturity considering their age and their probable experience with music. Amazing.
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a.nony-mousAug 26, 2009Sparse and fragmented musical ideas congeal and then fall apart, leaving in their wake subtle but intricate melodies that only repeated listens will reveal. a very unique open and spacious sound made with very un-unique instruments. an excellent debut album by any standards.
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LukeAug 24, 2009This is nonsense.
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TomPAug 23, 2009Not saying too much, but this is still certainly the best album I've heard in 2009.
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discombobulatorAug 19, 2009I really enjoy the simplicity of the arrangements and the understated tone. So much music just sounds overproduced. Its like a reaciton to all that pop music with vocals treated with that god-awful autotune rubbish. NICE.
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RandiTAug 18, 2009Love this album. It borrows from many of my favorite sounds (New Wave, Alternative) while also managing to sound fresh and new. What is also astounding is the band members, comprised of 2 men and 2 women, are only 19!!! Check them out.
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MikeM.Aug 18, 2009BORING.
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LuisC.Aug 18, 2009This is what the crap played on the radio should sound like. It's simple yet creatively satisfying.
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CarlosDAug 18, 2009It's unique, it's elegant and it's just freaking incredible. It's baby making music for people with $300 headphones. The XX's debut stuns on the first listen and just keeps getting better.
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GregMAug 18, 2009I'm in love with this band! Only heard about them last week and have been playing the album EVERY day since!
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CoreyBAug 17, 2009Excellent debut album; stripped down and sparse, but still absolutely captivating and unique. This will make a lot of critic's top ten lists this year, and it should. The male and female lead singers also complement each other quite nicely; give this one a chance, it may sound a bit boring at first but it's worth the investment to get to know.
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MichelleJAug 17, 2009Unbelievable, literally speechless.
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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.