Lightning Dust - Fantasy
Critic Score
Based on 14 reviews
2013 Ratings: #870 / 1115
User Score
Based on 9 ratings
June 25, 2013 / Release Date
LP / Format
Jagjaguwar / Label
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CRITIC REVIEWS

80
AllMusic

The best songs on Fantasy are easily the best in Lightning Dust's catalog because of this winning combination of pushed boundaries and inspired writing.

80
The Line of Best Fit

Lightning Dust’s giving close attention to details of composition, resisting the temptation to stretch material or ideas too thinly, has brought about an album of ambition and maturity, of subtle shades of darkness and light, of promise fulfilled.

80
Slant Magazine

If the songs on the first half of Fantasy trigger the chemicals in your brain, the captivating tracks that comprise the second half implore you to submit to them completely.

70
Consequence of Sound

It’s a fresh sound, if a smidge antiseptic, with its disaffected, synth-slathered melancholy evoking a neon-streaked dance floor where everyone wears party hats ironically

60
musicOMH

At times Lightning Dust produce some sublime moments on Fantasy but there are too few of these to warrant repetitive plays of the album as a whole.

55
Pitchfork

While it's hard to fault a band for branching out beyond their established template, the tidy electronic textures of Fantasy don't begin to match the mysterious depths of Lightning Dust's best work.

50
Under the Radar

Experimenting with a change of direction for your third record is understandable, but drifting so far away from the qualities that made your sound so individual? That's a little harder to forgive. 

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Track List

1Diamond
3:33
2Reckless and Wild
3:54
3Mirror
3:45
4Moon
3:14
5Fire Me Up
4:19
6Loaded Gun
4:02
7In the City Tonight
5:02
8Fire, Flesh And Bone
4:21
9Agatha
4:10
10Never Again
3:06
Total Length: 39 minutes

Year End Lists

#21/Slant
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Added on: June 19, 2013