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Real Life Is No Cool

Lindstrom & Christabelle

Real Life Is No Cool

Dance producer Hans-Peter Lindstrøm teams up with fellow Norwegian singer Christabelle in his latest beat-heavy project

ADM rating[?]

7.1

Label
Smalltown Supersound
UK Release date
01/01/2010
  1. 10.0 |   The Irish Times

    Their unrestrained approach works with track after track, going higher and further than what has just gone before. Prepare for takeoff
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  2. 9.0 |   The Quietus

    The long-form disco don has made an instant-hit, Saturday night album that anyone could love. In fact, Real Life Is No Cool offers no other option
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  3. 9.0 |   Rave Magazine

    If the thought of 28-minute-long disco jams doesn’t appeal, it’s also a great place for the uninitiated to encounter this masterful producer
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  4. 8.1 |   Pitchfork

    Real Life Is No Cool isn't just the achingly stylish and neatly accessible dance record ... it also constitutes a fresh new take on the strand of retro-futurism that Lindstrøm helped create
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  5. 8.0 |   Uncut

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  6. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    We have been blessed with an embraceable record from a contemporary dance music auteur and a partner who proves a skilful wingwoman
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  7. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    ... his take on 1980s funk-pop is exhilaratingly woozy, psychedelic and strange, never sliding into retro pastiche. An object lesson in less being more
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  8. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Real Life Is No Cool has a thoroughly modern spirit while still managing to coalesce decades of dance music into one fluid statement
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  9. 7.0 |   No Ripcord

    A little more consistency in their focus and less pointlessly meandering distraction could see them produce something truly classic
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  10. 6.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

  11. 6.0 |   Observer Music Monthly

    Print edition only

  12. 6.0 |   The Sunday Times

    ...obviously in debt to mainstream legends such as Prince (on Keep It Up) and Michael Jackson (on Baby Can’t Stop, an unashamed pastiche of the Off the Wall sound)
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  13. 6.0 |   The Digital Fix

    ...her voice is smooth, versatile and - listen up X-Factor contestants! - never needlessly showy

  14. 5.0 |   PopMatters

    Moroder had the divine presence of Donna Summer, whereas Lindstrøm has Christabelle Isabelle Sandoo
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  15. 3.0 |   Under The Radar

    An album that wildly oscillates between discordance and boredom
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