Junior Boys - Last Exit
Critic Score
Based on 15 reviews
2004 Ratings: #19 / 458
User Score
Based on 67 ratings
2004 Rank: #210
Liked by 6 people
September 21, 2004 / Release Date
LP / Format
Domino / Label
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
Drowned in Sound
Junior Boys are a group who, with one foot planted firmly in the underground and another kicking about the edges of the mainstream, create pop music for a world where intelligence and creativity are valued over hollow spectacle and the watered down karaoke we’re repeatedly forced to endure in our own living rooms.
90
AllMusic
If you like your pop a little left of center and found the Postal Service to be too cute and syrupy, your fix is here.
89
Pitchfork

At times, that sense of hope seems buried under throbbing beats or kept at arm's length by cold, pristine sonics, but dip your toes beneath that sleek surface and you'll find an album of great warmth, beauty and even soul.

85
Coke Machine Glow

It is indeed a soaring achievement, one seemingly without missteps ... In fact, the only drawback of an album this expertly executed is its smoothness.

80
Tiny Mix Tapes

What keeps Last Exit grounded is the laid-back approach to the vocals and beats.

68
Sputnikmusic

Honestly, I can’t say it’s a tragedy that Last Exit is a memory lane pilgrimage for the bulk of its audience these days. It holds up to, but not above, a respectable extent and is certainly worthwhile for anyone specifically into its constituent elements, but I think it owes half its draw to its value as a time capsule.

pew_lazers
86

I RECOMMEND: More Than Real, Bellona, Last Exit, Birthday, Under The Sun, Teach Me How To Fight, When I'm Not Around

78

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album cohesion: 7
album originality: 10

total = 78%

CheapandLethal
45

Pretty poor

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Track List

Disc 1
1More Than Real
6:39
100
2Bellona
5:38
70
3High Come Down
4:29
80
4Last Exit
6:35
90
5Neon Rider
2:08
70
6Birthday
4:16
70
7Under the Sun
7:02
100
8Three Words
5:46
80
9Teach Me How to Fight
5:31
100
10When I'm Not Around
5:22
100
Disc 2
1Unbirthday
6:04
2Last Exit (Fennesz Mix)
5:35
3Birthday (Manitoba Mix)
5:12
4A Certain Associaton
2:22
Total Length: 1 hour, 12 minutes

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