| Europe | ||||
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| Released | May 2012 | |||
| Genre | Indie pop | |||
| Length | 39:54 | |||
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| Producer | Simon Trought | |||
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Europe is the second full-length album from the London indie pop group Allo Darlin'. The album was released in May 2012 by Fortuna Pop! in the United Kingdom and Slumberland Records in the United States.
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.4/10 [1] |
| Metacritic | 82/100 [2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The A.V. Club | B [4] |
| The Boston Phoenix |  [5] |
| MSN Music (Expert Witness) | A− [6] |
| NME | 8/10 [7] |
| Pitchfork | 8.1/10 [8] |
| PopMatters | 9/10 [9] |
| Rolling Stone | [10] |
| Spin | 8/10 [11] |
| Uncut | 7/10 [12] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Europe received an average score of 82, which indicates "universal acclaim", based on reviews from 18 critics. [2] Europe was also tallied by Metacritic as the 32nd best reviewed album of 2012 by the end of the year by mainstream critics. [13]
The album was listed at number 42 on Rolling Stone 's list of the top 50 albums of 2012. [14]
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