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90
Really, you owe it to yourself to give this album a chance. I wouldn’t be surprised if they play Interpol off the stage this summer. I can pay this collection of songs no higher compliment than that.
11y
80
You’re unlikely to hear anything as powerful and focussed in 2015 as Algiers’ debut, but it’s not for the faint-hearted.
10y
80
The result is something rare: a near-perfect mesh of melody and dissonance designed to lure the listener in before exposing the harsh truth.
11y
80
All of these seemingly disparate historical musical elements are distilled in such a startling manner, they carve something new from the fragments. This is a stunning debut.
11y
80
While gospel and punk seem to be inherently at odds with one another, Algiers has beautifully and powerfully illustrated that they share much in common.
11y
80
Who knows what the future has in store for them. For now, let us celebrate this. An astonishing debut from an essential new band.
10y
80
Georgia's Algiers fuse post-punk, gospel and more on their fantastic debut LP.
8y
77
Though they project the righteous indignation required of all great protest music, their music doesn’t so much represent a raised fist as a shoulder aching from the stress of trying to keep it aloft.
11y
75
One of the rare new acts with a truly original sound.
10y
70
‘Algiers’ is often akin to a more abrasive UNKLE album: full of lung-busting gospel vocals, drum machines and scrawly goth guitar.
11y
60
It’s a suitably foreboding, uncomfortable listen, doom-laden choirs filling what empty space dares to exist between the pounding bass and scattered drum machine work.
11y
Not really a bad album, but it doesn't accomplish much. First off, Algiers sound like a budget Imagine Dragons on here, and that's not usually the feel most bands go for. The majority of the outros were unnecessarily long and totally got in the way of the album's flow. I did enjoy some songs though, and I feel like the background humming was a large part of that. It was utilized well but ended up being added to almost every track as the album progressed. It doesn't really have a post-punk feel ... read more
God, this is easily my favorite Algiers release. I want to bump it up to a 10 so bad, but I just can't bring myself to for some reason and I can't figure out why. There's something missing but it's so minimal that I can't quite pinpoint what it is. Maybe a lack of sonic focus? Even so, the sounds brought to every single song are exciting, spine-chilling, and thrilling. Franklin James Fisher is a one-of-a-kind vocalist, whose voice can occasionally be pitchy but he has the charisma and the power ... read more
Not sure what is making me scratch my head harder; the album art or the fact that one of the top comments called this band a budget Imagine Dragons.
Best track: Black Eunuch
What is this fusion? More like confusion. They must have a real imagination, and their imagening dragons.
Ok so guys this does not sound like Imagine Dragons. Just cause there are big vocals, booming drums responded with claps doesn't make it sound immediately like Imagine Dragons. That being said, this is an amazing album. It combines Gospel elements and soul elements but puts then into this Industrial atmosphere, It's quite intense and I love it. It didn't even immediately feel like ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Remains 3:05 | 77 |
| 2 | Claudette 3:31 | 78 |
| 3 | And When You Fall 3:41 | 78 |
| 4 | Blood 5:38 | 80 |
| 5 | Old Girl 4:24 | 76 |
| 6 | Irony. Utility. Pretext. 4:30 | 79 |
| 7 | But She Was Not Flying 3:58 | 76 |
| 8 | Black Eunuch 3:39 | 80 |
| 9 | Games 3:49 | 75 |
| 10 | In Parallax 5:41 | 77 |
| 11 | Untitled 2:39 | 75 |
Total Length: 44 minutes
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| #5 | / | Treble |
| #13 | / | PopMatters |
| #18 | / | The Needle Drop |
| #24 | / | Entertainment Weekly |
| #38 | / | Drowned in Sound |
| #51 | / | Uncut |
| #63 | / | The Quietus |
| #80 | / | Under the Radar |
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