For Ever

Jungle - For Ever
Critic Score
Based on 19 reviews
2018 Ratings: #677 / 890
User Score
Based on 241 ratings
2018 Rank: #413
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CRITIC REVIEWS

85
Northern Transmissions
With pop needing a constant shake up, Jungle show the beauty that can come from a band full of brilliant minds.
80
AllMusic

A band this successful could have left their private lives uninvestigated and turned in something more guarded and rote, but the palpable honesty of these songs is what makes them soar.

80
NME
The LA dream may not have come to fruition this time, but ‘For Ever’ proves Jungle are well on their way.
80
Exclaim!

While their self-titled played like a vibrant homage to the UK's underground scene, For Ever is Jungle's Hollywood album, both in scope and substance.

80
Dork

‘For Ever’ is a success - an invitation to fall in love with that Jungle world that pulled everyone close and daring to do more. This is how to be a band who don’t jump into the world around them, but creates their own orbit instead - ready to jump in?

80
God Is in the TV

For Ever might be occupied with the idea of false promises being broken but the meaningful lyrics and the always-fascinating blend of new and old soul, funk, electronic lounge, mean that Jungle themselves still live up to their hype, even if California doesn’t in their eyes.

75
The Line of Best Fit

Falsettos, grooves, glossy funk, it’s all still there, but there’s a substance to it all now.

70
Under the Radar

Jungle remain impossibly slick on For Ever, which creates an enjoyable listen, but a little bit more soul would be welcome.

60
Loud and Quiet

Just like their debut, there’s promise here, but it’ll take a little more substance to make the most of it.

60
The Independent

Jungle occasionally feel like the aural equivalent of a travel agency: their music’s insistent bounce is very accommodating. But whoever decided that each yearning falsetto should be layered up and Insta-filtered – shorn of awkward ridges and imperfections – may be a sociopath.

60
Mojo

While there's a sense that Jungle lack the invention of Young Fathers, whose vocals they echo, or Thundercat, whose disaffection they share, For Ever's Sunset Strip soap opera is always compelling.

60
Clash

Considered as a whole, ‘For Ever’ feels like an opportunity missed.

60
DIY

With such a distinctive sound, it’s hard for Jungle to really move anywhere but in a straight line; ‘For Ever’ might be safe, but safe might not be enough second time around.

60
Drowned in Sound
It’s an album which is not sure whether it wants to be happy or sad; to accept the inevitable nothingness of existence or keep searching for answers.
50
Pitchfork

On their second album, the buzzy UK group only sometimes overcomes their style-over-substance sound that coats their glossy songs.

50
Rolling Stone

This music still tends to slip into the background, affable but never striking.

DarkCat
65

(Analbumaday Day 309)

I’m feeling the vibes, it’s just not really music I enjoy all that much. It’s one of those cases where I’d be lying to say it’s bad music, but I see little reason to praise it either. I just really like the atmosphere out of everything I could mention, it’s very chill and upbeat in a way, the vocals are fine, the instrumental didn’t wow me much, but I could at least feel the energy.

WillNeot
88

The first album I've heard from Jungle and instantly fell in love with them.

MinatoArisato
70

Fun and funky, I like this project it could be better but it's decent.

Best Track: Beat 54 (All Good Now)
Worst Track: Home

WillNeot
88

The first album I've heard from Jungle and instantly fell in love with them.

myparaday
69

(analbumaday day 309) This is objectively good music but I also think it's just that. I feel that despite how good it sounds there is no charm in the performance that keeps me listening to the album and enjoying it. Apart from that it's good just I guess not for me or at least I'm not feeling it.

DarkCat
65

(Analbumaday Day 309)

I’m feeling the vibes, it’s just not really music I enjoy all that much. It’s one of those cases where I’d be lying to say it’s bad music, but I see little reason to praise it either. I just really like the atmosphere out of everything I could mention, it’s very chill and upbeat in a way, the vocals are fine, the instrumental didn’t wow me much, but I could at least feel the energy.

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Track List

1Smile
3:07
84
2Heavy, California
3:04
92
3Beat 54 (All Good Now)
4:06
86
4Cherry
3:16
80
5Happy Man
3:11
86
6Casio
3:54
90
7Mama Oh No
3:17
79
8House In LA
4:43
82
9Give Over
3:33
73
10Cosurmyne
3:39
76
11Home
2:12
70
12(More and More) It Ain't Easy
3:11
70
13Pray
4:40
82
Total Length: 45 minutes

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Added on: July 26, 2018