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Golden Echo

Kimbra

Golden Echo

Second album from the New Zealand singer, encompassing electropop, soul and R&B

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
Warner Bros
UK Release date
19/08/2014
US Release date
19/08/2014
  1. 10.0 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    A shape-shifting marvel of a record from beginning to end
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  2. 9.0 |   FasterLouder

    There’s barely space to breathe on this record, but it doesn’t matter – the songs are so elastic and changeable that they absorb the mind-boggling array of sounds within
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  3. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    The Golden Echo isn’t a perfect album, but it contains more than a few moments of pop perfection
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  4. 8.0 |   Exclaim

    On her sophomore effort, The Golden Echo, Kimbra hasn't reined in her sonic exploration, yet there's a more cohesive feel to the project
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  5. 8.0 |   The 405

    It's mad and quirky, bursting with colour and passion for her inspirations
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  6. 8.0 |   All Music

    An album that just becomes more engaging with time, The Golden Echo lives up to its name: it refashions the best of what came before it into something alluringly modern and a lot of fun
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  7. 7.0 |   Spin

    The Golden Hour is much more about imperfection and imbalance
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  8. 7.0 |   Paste Magazine

    At its worst, The Golden Echo is admirably faceless, exhausting in its eager quest to be everything to everyone at once. At its best, it’s subversive pop brilliance
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  9. 6.7 |   Consequence Of Sound

    For most of its length, The Golden Echo is so jam-packed that the songs where Kimbra tones down the decor and lets her lyrics ring become some of the most interesting
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  10. 6.5 |   Beardfood

    A quirky mix of sounds ensures it isn't dated and will hold up past the ambiguity of 2014
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  11. 5.0 |   PopMatters

    As well intentioned as it is, with occasional mesmerizing production that flutters back and forth, everything leaves you feeling like there should have been more at the root of this project
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  12. 4.3 |   Pitchfork

    Amongst this interminable mess are enough moments that show Kimbra to be one of the most adventurous pop artists going
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  13. 4.2 |   Pretty Much Amazing

    It starts off brilliantly, but by the end of twelve tracks, it tapers off into an incessant and increasingly underwhelming performance
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