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| 0.0 | JS19 | March 2nd 16 |
This is gonna surprise everyone and actually be Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 6 calling it now
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| 4.5 superb | SCREAMorphine | April 8th 16 |
Loved the direction M83 took with junk.rEvery track feels inspired and I can hear the effort in all parts to make sure it was executed perfectly.rGreat album .r
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| 3.5 great | rpdamen | April 12th 16 |
nowhere near as bad as all the reactionists are making out.
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| 4.0 excellent | Mrjohnsini | April 11th 16 |
People are too harsh on chill ass groovy ass music. This is some chill ass groovy ass music.
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| 1.0 awful | TetraVaal | April 6th 16 |
If any album could evolve to the point of actually eating my ass, this one would. Huge plunge for M83. Garbage. Other than Steve Vai's solo on 'Go!' there is nothing on this album even remotely worth recommending.
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| 2.4 average | Erwann S. STAFF | October 14th 19 |
Welp. A third of the songs have kickass moments, another third are just forgettable nostalgic tunes, and the other third are baddey bad.
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| 2.5 average | Rik VII (sound-off ratings out of 10) | July 23rd 19 |
There's a couple of great tracks to be found on Junk (particularly Solitude, which utilizes a sweeping string section), but the number of songs that are forgettable or downright annoying (mostly the latter) is way too high to be justified. It's one of those inconsistent albums that deliver a handful of songs that I'll gladly listen to every now and then and a lot of waste (or, you know, "junk") that I don't feel is worth returning to at all. Still better than the debut. - 5.0
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| 2.0 poor | TheManMachine | June 21st 16 |
Tempting as it is, I vowed to not use the word 'junk' while describing 'Junk'. Cuz one, a bit easy+evident, and cuz two, this isn't "anything that is regarded as worthless, meaningless, or contemptible; trash." Really. It's pretty much full-time corny and at-times horrendously ho-hum, draggingly tottering from obnox to mopey to quizzical, toting bilingual schmaltz and maladroit vocal pitch-shifts and 'tis overlong to boot, but it's not junk (oops). Gonzalez is just too capable a mood-synth/electro interlayer to not allow some amenities to emanate. As for the schmaltz, I'll take Susanne Sundfor's lass-laced plain ol' sappy ballad over any of the Mai Lan features, the so-called Beck feature, heck most of the remainder; call that a positive or negative. Never made any vows about the cover art, however -- rather relevant, in a way.
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| 2.5 average | Nathaniel | May 12th 16 |
First 5 or so songs are awesome! everything else, not so great.
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| 2.5 average | Monstar1790 | April 8th 16 |
This gives The Life of Pablo a run for its money as the most obnoxious album of the year, but it's not terrible. There are moments of solid songwriting but the lactose overdose threatens to derail the album.
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| 2.5 average | furyroad97 | April 8th 16 |
I'm getting the feeling Dead Cities is always gonna be the high point of M83 for me. That being said, this is kind of a step back from Hurry Up, We're Dreaming & probably more on par with Saturdays=Youth for me at its best. It's still alright, but it's one of the group's weaker moments in a while & not the best sign coming from an album 5 years after the last. Hardcore M83 fans might get their fix just fine, but everyone else should just spin the new Underworld instead.
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| 3.5 great | SaveYourBreath | April 8th 16 |
I'll miss the dream pop that littered their last two albums and the
shoegaze of their earlier material, but there are lots incredibly solid pop songs on this. After Hurry
Up I think it makes sense they went this way. This is
going to be a very critically torn album.
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| 1.5 very poor | doofy | January 9th 24 |
| 2.5 average | Lassie | February 16th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Snuron | July 24th 22 |
| 2.5 average | mkodo | January 18th 22 |
| 3.0 good | Jerrad | August 31st 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | ilia | August 19th 20 |
| 1.5 very poor | eureka | August 5th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sowing STAFF | May 11th 20 |
| 1.5 very poor | igi78 | January 7th 20 |
| 1.5 very poor | ian b | July 14th 19 |
| 2.5 average | Faraudo | September 13th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | hipo88 | August 3rd 18 |
| 3.0 good | nateiv | December 18th 17 |
| 2.0 poor | Rdv | December 7th 17 |
| 1.0 awful | Tyll | October 31st 17 |
| 1.0 awful | Caronte | September 9th 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | Arkadin | September 2nd 17 |
| 2.5 average | gschwen | August 10th 17 |
| 3.5 great | WesCH1 | July 10th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Prole | May 31st 17 |
| 2.5 average | aiioli | April 8th 17 |
| 2.0 poor | Pleb | March 17th 17 |
| 2.5 average | gijsr | March 14th 17 |
| 2.5 average | BoJean | January 11th 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | Brandon | January 2nd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | teahead | December 17th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Divaman | November 14th 16 |
| 2.5 average | ellagos | November 11th 16 |
| 2.0 poor | elemunt | September 28th 16 |
| 2.0 poor | wwf | August 2nd 16 |
| 2.5 average | Nrap | July 17th 16 |
| 3.0 good | d1ise | June 15th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | A.R.O. STAFF | June 10th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | trtles | June 6th 16 |
| 2.0 poor | bungy | June 3rd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Coast | June 1st 16 |
| 2.5 average | Enzx | May 25th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | ylfsmj | May 24th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Rail | May 1st 16 |
| 3.5 great | eazye | April 28th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Pangea | April 26th 16 |
| 3.0 good | JJKeys | April 21st 16 |
| 2.5 average | anat CONTRIBUTOR | April 17th 16 |
| 1.5 very poor | dtcgb | April 16th 16 |
| 1.5 very poor | djunior | April 13th 16 |
| 2.5 average | iGuter | April 12th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Xhoven | April 12th 16 |
| 2.5 average | JWT155 | April 12th 16 |
| 3.5 great | nprmw | April 11th 16 |
| 3.5 great | vai90 | April 11th 16 |
| 1.5 very poor | Jade | April 11th 16 |
| 2.0 poor | Runeii | April 10th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Irving EMERITUS | April 10th 16 |
| 2.0 poor | 081301 | April 10th 16 |
| 1.5 very poor | jtswope | April 10th 16 |
| 3.0 good | heck | April 9th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Keira | April 9th 16 |
| 2.5 average | N2B3J | April 9th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lagoped | April 9th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | JoshieG | April 9th 16 |
| 2.8 good | Rudy K. EMERITUS | April 9th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Tom Read CONTRIBUTOR | April 9th 16 |
| 2.0 poor | fdrc | April 8th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Peter | April 8th 16 |
| 3.5 great | matzo | April 8th 16 |
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