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Gravity The Seducer

Ladytron

Gravity The Seducer

Fifth album of electronic pop from the Liverpudlian quartet, once described by Brian Eno as "the best of English pop music."

ADM rating[?]

6.8

Label
Nettwerk
UK Release date
12/09/2011
US Release date
20/09/2011
  1. 10.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    As always, Ladytron make the world feel a more haunted, evocative, romantic place. Faultless
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  2. 9.0 |   Blurt

    Their best and most well-rounded record
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  3. 9.0 |   Clash

    By stripping back the layers of overbearing electronic production of the past, they’ve recorded an album of lush and elegant pop music, beguiling and gloriously cinematic
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  4. 8.0 |   The Digital Fix

    Like all the best pop infiltrators, they inch towards broad appeal with stealth and little in the way of compromise
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  5. 8.0 |   No Ripcord

    It just might be the album that Ladytron have been working towards for a decade
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  6. 8.0 |   Rave Magazine

    Ladies Hawke and Gaga have brought female-fronted synth pop to the charts over the last few years, but you get the impression that, even when those guys have moved on, Ladytron will still be churning out subtly excellent albums like this
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  7. 7.0 |   Under The Radar

    With Gravity, the band is veering into bigger soundscapes with more ethereal sounds and detours
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  8. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    The Liverpool band once again proves there’s more to Ladytron than meets the eye
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  9. 7.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    They leave on a totally unexpected high note, producing memorable moments in ways they hadn’t before
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  10. 7.0 |   NME

    It's masochistically delightful
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  11. 7.0 |   BBC

    There are enough moments of beguiling brilliance to suggest that if they stick to the new direction, the destination could be very exciting
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  12. 6.7 |   A.V. Club

    While Gravity is a bit cold to the touch, that wintry feel is also a big part of Ladytron’s charm
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  13. 6.0 |   Pitchfork

    A transitional album bearing the growing pains and separation anxiety that we usually associate with bands that are in between periods of true inspiration
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  14. 6.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Cooler, calmer and more calculated
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  15. 6.0 |   Slant Magazine

    Feels weightless in the best sense
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  16. 6.0 |   Spin

    Polishes chillwave's hazy psychedelia into glossy yet dense ice sculptures
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  17. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Aims to be the great leap forward, but still falls a little short. Print edition only

  18. 6.0 |   Q

    A certain lack of variety costs points. Print edition only

  19. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    Despite its undeniable worth, Gravity the Seducer leaves an "if only …" in its wake
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  20. 5.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    For diehard fans Gravity The Seducer is replete with pleasing moments. For fans of novel musical statements, not so much
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  21. 4.0 |   Uncut

    They sound rudderless and turgid. Print edition only


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