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9.1
80208
9.1 |
A.V. Club
With even more glossy production than Settle, Caracal is high-quality Top 40 material
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8.0
80212
8.0 |
All Music
The Lawrences, along with their songwriting partners, cover the ups and downs of falling in and out of love in sharper fashion
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8.0
80179
8.0 |
The Music
Pretentious title aside, the English brothers thankfully seem to have stuck to their strengths and challenged themselves to avoid overthinking their approach, simply improving on what Settle lacked
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8.0
80181
8.0 |
NME
‘Caracal’ is about Disclosure maturing, moving on and showing the listener how to rave respectably. This is dance music for grown-ups
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8.0
80182
8.0 |
Q
It's the songs that really shine. Print edition only
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8.0
80183
8.0 |
Mojo
Nothing less than one of the best pop albums of the year. Print edition only
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8.0
80306
8.0 |
musicOMH
Disclosure become fully paid up members of the rare club that admits dance producers with more than one good album
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7.5
80432
7.5 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Is Caracal as huge and loud and groundbreaking as Settle? No, but Disclosure’s second album was never going to be as huge and loud and groundbreaking as Settle
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7.0
81098
7.0 |
PopMatters
Caracal offers the same slick production value and luxury grooves that made Settle a crossover phenomenon
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7.0
80425
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
When the singers serve the grooves, the Lawrence brothers reassert their standing as the 21st century's great house ambassadors
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7.0
80301
7.0 |
Slant Magazine
As much as they respect the deep-house gods, Caracal sees Disclosure wrestling to resist and thankfully losing
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7.0
80303
7.0 |
Spin
The Howard brothers remain peerless as producers, and, if anything, their sophomore album’s overtures to pop-friendliness breaks even more walls for them going forward
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6.7
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6.7 |
Consequence Of Sound
It won’t take you anywhere you haven’t been before, but damn if you won’t have fun getting there anyway
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6.6
80243
6.6 |
Pitchfork
Ultimately, Caracal just doesn’t feel much fun, and even its highs are nowhere near Settle’s polished bliss
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6.5
89506
6.5 |
AU Review
Perhaps they are victims of anticipation so high it’s impossible to meet the expectation, but it feels more like resting on their laurels
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6.0
80544
6.0 |
FasterLouder
The ambient, neo soul cuts that dotted Settle are everywhere on Caracal – in fact, the entire record is one luxurious dip into slow-burning beats
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6.0
80441
6.0 |
Gig Soup
If you are a Disclosure fan already then you’ll probably enjoy ‘Caracal,’ but don’t expect it to blow you out of the water in the way that ‘Settle’ did
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6.0
80453
6.0 |
NOW
Caracal is consistently good but also feels manicured and safe
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6.0
80325
6.0 |
DIY
The duo are submerged in style and an A-list cast to the point where they forget how to pen pop songs
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6.0
80335
6.0 |
Exclaim
There's plenty more to come from these young artists, and Caracal gives the sense that Disclosure's masterpiece could be just an album or two away
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6.0
80287
6.0 |
The Observer
Too often the songs feel either overly familiar (the Sam Smith-assisted Omen, the AlunaGeorge-esque Superego), or strangely undercooked
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6.0
80180
6.0 |
The FT
New songs shift towards a smoother R&B groove, as though slipping into pop’s VIP area
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6.0
80234
6.0 |
State
There’s a sense that they are already resting on their laurels, and regardless of how game-changing that first album was, at only two albums in, Disclosure have not deserved that rest yet
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6.0
80204
6.0 |
The Guardian
In their bid to become suave and seductive, they sacrifice the energy and rapturous pop hooks of their debut
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6.0
80178
6.0 |
The 405
There's a desire constantly present on Caracal to increase Disclosure's range as a musical act, but as an event, Caracal is underwhelming
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5.5
80472
5.5 |
Spectrum Culture
Caracal feels like a step back
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5.5
80869
5.5 |
Beardfood
Besides some agreeable songs, this record just doesn't work at all
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5.2
80343
5.2 |
Resident Advisor
Caracal has the effect of a magician performing a trick twice in a row, rendering once clandestine, miraculous movements suddenly obvious, over-rehearsed and unnatural
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5.0
80371
5.0 |
Clash
Ultimately, 'Caracal' lacks 'Settle''s exuberance, and plays it safe far too often
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5.0
80177
5.0 |
Loud And Quiet
It lacks the heft, swagger and, crucially, the buoyant personality that defined its predecessor
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4.0
80175
4.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Marks the end of Disclosure as a band, and the beginning of Disclosure as a hit-dispensing enterprise that manufactures durable, no-stain, easy-to-clean products to please every audience
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4.0
80176
4.0 |
The Arts Desk
Few of the featured singers make an impression, universally overwhelmed by soothing, boring, adult-orientated garage production
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