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Nothing But the Beat

David Guetta

Nothing But the Beat

An array of big name guests feature on the latest offering from the huge-selling French producer & DJ

ADM rating[?]

4.9

Label
Positiva
UK Release date
29/08/2011
US Release date
30/08/2011
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  1. 7.0 |   Spin

    A 12-track hit parade of monster club ?anthems
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  2. 7.0 |   The AU Review

    Guetta has certainly held onto his heavyweight DJ title, making an album for all ages and listeners
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  3. 6.5 |   BBC

    It’s a cohesive effort, if not quite a work of art
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  4. 6.0 |   Evening Standard

    Fans of the vacuous sound of current daytime radio will think that 23 tracks aren't nearly enough
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  5. 6.0 |   Daily Telegraph

    As packed and punchy as Black Eyed Peas on steroids, this is the sound of the overground
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  6. 6.0 |   Q

    It's undeniably infectious, maddeningly so at times. Print edition only

  7. 6.0 |   Rolling Stone

    The best tracks here work a surefire formula: Rapper lubricates the throbbing verse, R&B star pretties up the sweeping ballad-big chorus
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  8. 6.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Nothing But the Beat is about what gets people moving on the dance floor
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  9. 5.0 |   The Digital Fix

    It all starts to sound a bit identikit halfway through; that is, if it didn't by track two
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  10. 4.2 |   A.V. Club

    A deficiency of texture and emotional build causes [its songs] to blend into a predictable, exhausting murk of smoke and lasers
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  11. 4.0 |   The Irish Times

    The problem is that Guetta’s formula doesn’t allow for anything but non-stop bish-bash-boom
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  12. 4.0 |   PopMatters

    A showcase of everything that is bad about pop music in 2011: derivative, novelty, shallow, rushed, Auto-Tuned to the ends of the earth and thoroughly uninteresting
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  13. 4.0 |   The Scotsman

    22 million Facebook followers can't be wrong, right?
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  14. 4.0 |   The Guardian

    Guetta's songwriting team is great at luring you in with intros that promise something a little different ... but the lure of the steamroller beat is too strong every time
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  15. 2.0 |   Slant Magazine

    Guetta might be one of the only people given partial credit for creating a sea change in pop music who's also unquestionably the least compelling example of that style
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  16. 2.0 |   The Observer

    There are few surprises on this behemoth of a double album
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