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Peace is the Mission

Major Lazer

Peace is the Mission

Third album from the dancehall/reggae/EDM outfit set up and exec produced by Diplo

ADM rating[?]

6.2

Label
Because Music
UK Release date
01/06/2015
US Release date
01/06/2015
  1. 8.0 |   State

    Despite the odd misstep, this is still the biggest party-starting album of 2015 so far
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  2. 8.0 |   DIY

    What Diplo has created in his third Major Lazer outing is no mere concept, no experiment - it’s a damn blueprint
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  3. 8.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    This record should be a requirement for the music collection of anyone who wants to remember where pop music and EDM were in 2015
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  4. 7.4 |   Pitchfork

    They've made a great pop record through uniting some of the globe's most exciting and celebrated pop artists
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  5. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    It's hard to think of anyone else who could bring so much together inside one gigantic DJ tent and make it all flow so well
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  6. 7.0 |   FasterLouder

    Although patchy, Peace still has enough worth salvaging to make it a worthwhile investment for your dancing shoes
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  7. 7.0 |   Beardfood

    This is his best complete collection to date
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  8. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    Peace Is the Mission provides the comforting thesis: if peace can be achieved by dancing, this is the album to spin
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  9. 6.0 |   Gig Soup

    Major Lazer's most gallant attempt at winning over a radio audience yet. For the most part, they've succeeded - if their mission was indeed to hit the pop market
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  10. 6.0 |   Q

    Feels like too much of a splurge to be enjoyable right through. Print edition only

  11. 6.0 |   The Skinny

    PITM will either press your buttons, like the smartly curated disco nonsense that it is, or it’ll mash your keyboard like an uninvited cat
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  12. 6.0 |   Digital Spy

    Major Lazer's most valiant attempt at winning over the radio airwaves yet
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  13. 6.0 |   The Music

    Once his underground vanity project, Major Lazer seems now Diplo’s flagship sailing toward chartland, and it’ll be time for many to hit the lifeboats
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  14. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    Be Together is too silken, and there are missteps with vocalists (such as Ellie Goulding on the syrupy Powerful). There is so much potential here
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  15. 6.0 |   The Observer

    The more restrained moments, such as hit single Lean On, nicely accentuate the crazed moombahton intensity of tracks such as Blaze up the Fire
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  16. 6.0 |   Mojo

    A party-popping pleasure dome of insistent dancehall treasures with a trendier-than-thou guest list. Print edition only

  17. 6.0 |   Under The Radar

    The whole thing is a little cheap, but clever, making it so much fun to be on the receiving end
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  18. 6.0 |   Exclaim

    Probably best to not overthink it — let it unfurl like the cartoon act it is, and just replay the tracks that make you move
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  19. 5.0 |   Spin

    Diplo and Co. threw everything at the wall and turned around, pretending it stuck when all that’s really left is the splatter from undercooked leftovers
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  20. 4.2 |   Pretty Much Amazing

    In the end Major Lazer’s wilted sense of identity overpowers the special tracks on the album
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  21. 4.0 |   The Arts Desk

    Peace is the Mission suggests that Diplo is ready to step down from being a leader of the pack as far as dance music is concerned, to being just another face in the crowd
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  22. 4.0 |   NOW

    Dated cheeseball synth presets, uninspired choruses, goofy samples and clunky rhythm programming
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Major Lazer: Peace is the Mission

  • Download full album for just £6.49
  • 1. Be Together (feat. Wild Belle) £0.99
  • 2. Too Original (feat. Elliphant & Jovi Rockwell) £0.99
  • 3. Blaze Up The Fire (feat. Chronixx) £0.99
  • 4. Lean On (feat. MØ & DJ Snake) £0.99
  • 5. Powerful (feat. Ellie Goulding & Tarrus Riley) £0.99
  • 6. Light It Up (feat. Nyla) £0.99
  • 7. Roll The Bass £0.99
  • 8. Night Riders (feat. Travi$ Scott, 2 Chainz, Pusha T & Mad Cobra) £0.99
  • 9. All My Love (feat. Ariana Grande & Machel Montano) [Remix] £0.99
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