Somewhere Else

Sally Shapiro - Somewhere Else
Critic Score
Based on 11 reviews
2013 Ratings: #884 / 1115
User Score
Based on 18 ratings
February 26, 2013 / Release Date
LP / Format
- / Label
Electronic / Genre
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CRITIC REVIEWS

72
Beats Per Minute

While Sally Shapiro (the duo) take some much-appreciated baby steps towards new sounds on Somewhere Else, Sally Shapiro the frontwoman remains just as stuck in unrequited love as ever, and the music that supports her is no less bouncy or plasticine as her previous stuff. 

70
musicOMH

Despite their heavy reliance on the past, in Somewhere Else there are more hits than misses.

69
Pitchfork

Somewhere Else isn't quite a departure from Sally Shapiro's last two albums, but in among the sequencers and identikit drums are instruments from a more muted palette: flute, saxophone, and beats that skitter rather than shimmer.

65
Under the Radar

While previous albums bounced with hooky pop jubilance, undercut with disco beats, much of Somewhere Else exists in what sounds like the hours after the party.

60
PopMatters

Somewhere Else can feel like a long EP with a companion remix disc than a complete, cohesive album, boasting some strong singles and filled out with some efforts that are worthwhile enough but can’t quite match up.

50
No Ripcord

It’s difficult to qualify Somewhere Else as middling because it proposes a whole new set of exciting challenges for Shapiro, but it also brings about a befuddling, poorly sequenced effort that crosses out songwriting ingenuity with across-the-board dancehall padding. 

92

If they have ethereal Swedish dance pop in Heaven, it sounds like this.

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Track List

  1. Prescript
  2. I Dream With An Angel Tonight
  3. All My Life
  4. This City's Local Italo Disco Dj Has A
  5. What Can I Do
  6. If It Doesn't Rain
  7. Sundown
  8. Starman (with Electric Youth)
  9. Lives Together
  10. Don't Be Afraid (with Anoraak)
  11. Architectured Love (with Le Prix)
  12. Postscript
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Added on: February 19, 2013