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10.0
85492
10.0 |
Q
Junk is deeply uncool, uncooly deep, and utterly magnifique. Print edition only
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9.1
85635
9.1 |
A.V. Club
A romantic milieu guides Junk, despite its palpable disdain the disposability of pop love songs you hear on the radio. Yet throughout the album, these songs are unassumingly gorgeous and maudlin, with jarring unpredictability
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8.5
85718
8.5 |
Under The Radar
With Junk, Anthony Gonzalez challenges the expectations of the devotees of past M83 projects, guiding them to embellished fabrications of the follies of pop's past
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8.3
85489
8.3 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Muppets In Space album cover aside, Gonzalez has still left plenty on Junk for his merry usual band of misfits—the lovers, the dreamers, and him
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8.0
85491
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
It's a peculiar thing, often very beautiful indeed, and whether or not it can ingratiate itself into the mainstream, it represents another fascinating step in a fascinating career
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8.0
85567
8.0 |
NOW
While Gonzalez nails this cosmic marriage of many distinct influences, the album's simple compositions are its most poignant
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8.0
85769
8.0 |
Gig Soup
It takes on a whole new level of oxymoron, bringing forth a dignified level of cheese that recaptures those elements that we all profess, secretly or not, to love
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7.0
85797
7.0 |
FasterLouder
Think of the album as being equivalent to a long black coffee: while it’s enjoyable in an immediate sense – with the added utility of putting a bit of extra spring in your step – there’s no denying that it’ll leave something of a bitter taste in your mouth
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7.0
85560
7.0 |
Exclaim
With Junk, Gonzalez has taken M83 into a whole new galaxy that is just as ambitious and starry-eyed as everything that came before it
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7.0
86035
7.0 |
musicOMH
It is in Anthony Gonzalez’ veins to make pop music where the listener will swoon, dream and ultimately smile. Despite the mournful lag in the middle of JUNK, that is what he does once again here
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7.0
86924
7.0 |
Uncut
French dream-pop doyen’s grand folly. Print edition only
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7.0
85490
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Once Gonzalez has had his fun and begins to settle in to the ways of the old M83, but with a bit of a pop sheen to it, is when Junk works best
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6.8
85709
6.8 |
Pitchfork
The new M83 album almost makes you wonder: How much can you mine vintage sounds without them finally falling apart?
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6.5
85804
6.5 |
Beardfood
Compared to the euphoria of ‘Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming’, this incohesive pile of cheese can only be called a disappointment
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6.5
85519
6.5 |
The 405
It's a superficial thrill ride but without those evocative moments, that captivating emotional core, it lacks staying power
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6.3
86123
6.3 |
Earbuddy
Gonzalez has certainly crafted a distinctively strange work, but that strangeness falls into unoriginality or overindulgence quite a bit
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6.0
85520
6.0 |
The Music
'Junk' is destined for short term consumption
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6.0
85637
6.0 |
The Guardian
Nostalgia electronica, cheesy but refined
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6.0
85487
6.0 |
Spin
M83’s Anthony Gonzalez finds his past, present, and future self’s happy place on ‘Junk’
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6.0
85504
6.0 |
Slant Magazine
The meat forming Junk's cheeseburger patty is arch deluxe
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5.6
85722
5.6 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
There’s nothing new to be found here, no previously unexplored nook or cranny that M83 turns into something fresh
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5.0
86091
5.0 |
PopMatters
What connected on a deeper emotional level with Saturday=Youth is replaced by a chasm of wonder: what in good God’s name was the band’s central idea with Junk?
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5.0
85510
5.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Wacky and colorful, but also filled with empty calories
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4.0
85493
4.0 |
Mojo
Overblown and cloying, it destroys any early promise by way of total saccharine overdose. Print edition only
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4.0
85656
4.0 |
DIY
What ‘Junk’ lacks alongside its bonkers, anything-goes mentality is any real purpose
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4.0
85661
4.0 |
Evening Standard
Deep into the realms of tastelessness
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4.0
85602
4.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Junk is purely for Anthony Gonzalez. In that regard, it is indeed his most personal work. It is indeed a statement, though a cheap and hollow one, worthy of its title. Frankly, you expect better
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4.0
85623
4.0 |
Spectrum Culture
Gonzalez has made an album that gives you the finger
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4.0
85933
4.0 |
Rolling Stone
Junk leans too heavily on the quirks from the past, rife with the least flattering odds and ends of a time long gone
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