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10.0
71104
10.0 |
The Arts Desk
Their finest hour
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9.0
71103
9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
It's easy to see why they're leaving the traditional format if they've perfected it
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9.0
71106
9.0 |
Exclaim
Reminds us of the power of the full-length and of what has made them such singular figures in electronic music
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8.5
71502
8.5 |
Beardfood
There's no sonic conflict though; it's a seamless meld
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Music
An emotional ride of joy, pain, bliss, love and hope
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8.0
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8.0 |
Mojo
Exhilarating pan Scandinavian hook-up with Robyn. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
Q
There's nothing to suggest creative exhaustion. Print edition only
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8.0
71203
8.0 |
DIY
If there was ever a final motif of Röyksopp, it was their ability to make the risky and surreal sound simple
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8.0
71220
8.0 |
All Music
A strong finale in the duo's signature style
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8.0
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8.0 |
PopMatters
Will never be looked upon as a terribly uplifting experience, but its lyrical content treats heartache, despair, self-hatred, remorse, depression, and the fear of the unknown with utter respect.
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8.0
71102
8.0 |
musicOMH
If this is the end of this current stage of the Röyksopp story, it’s a pretty classy way to bow out
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7.5
71386
7.5 |
Crack
Marked by a sense of mourning... you’re left humbled and, inevitably, grateful
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7.5
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7.5 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Succeeds in that it does what Röyksopp intended for it to do: say goodbye smoothly by way of a fully formed aesthetic
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7.0
71186
7.0 |
Slant Magazine
The best tracks boast a fiercely renewed energy that suggests Berge and Brundtland still have much more to offer
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6.0
71172
6.0 |
Drowned In Sound
In truth there’s nothing here that, in isolation, is weak - there’s little that progresses Ro¨yksopp’s sound, granted, but as a summing up ahead of a big full stop The Inevitable End demonstrates their strengths pretty damn well
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6.0
71107
6.0 |
The Guardian
The makers of Poor Leno and Remind Me are recognisably present, but so is the group that creates coffee-table electronica so ennui-laden that one feels the tiredness, boredom and despair descending as one listens
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6.0
71105
6.0 |
The 405
An odd farewell from a band who never truly delivered on their potential
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Irish Times
They leave this pitch in much the same fashion as they arrived, bearing belters and bruisers full of emotional gambits and finely egged ennui
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5.9
71299
5.9 |
Pitchfork
Röyksopp have said The Inevitable End is "headphones music" for "home listening," and with apologies to Brundtland and Berge, I must report that repeated, attentive listens at home, on headphones, have been at times all but maddening for me
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5.8
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5.8 |
Consequence Of Sound
Doesn’t have too much to say that hasn’t already been said either by Röyksopp or their descendants, but when it does hit on something, it screams its lungs dry
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5.0
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5.0 |
NME
It's the sound of a band once introspective but alive, now lost, depressed and completely unavailable
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4.0
71108
4.0 |
The FT
A disappointing farewell, nothing like as good as their recent excellent mini-album
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