Oui | ||||
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Released | October 3, 2000 | |||
Genre | Indie Post-rock Bossa nova | |||
Length | 40:34 | |||
Label | Thrill Jockey | |||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 75/100 [1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Robert Christgau | [3] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
Pitchfork Media | 9.0/10 [5] |
Spin | 5/10 [6] |
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Trouser Press called the album "lackluster," writing that it "adheres closely to the formula but fails to generate any sort of spark from it." [9] The Chicago Tribune called it the band's "most delicately engrossing work, its charms illustrated in tiny moments of bliss such as the ghostly, Jobim-like fade of 'The Colony Room' or the lush yet fragile orchestrations of 'Seemingly'." [10] SF Weekly deemed it "an unfortunate downtempo detour." [11]
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