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9.0
97978
9.0 |
The Music
Lusciously laid-back vibes that feel more free and lose than the Cornelius to which we are accustomed
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8.0
97977
8.0 |
Under The Radar
What it lacks in frenetic playfulness it makes up in melody and orchestration
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8.0
98137
8.0 |
God Is In The TV
Mellow Waves is an appropriate album title, for the most part. The most part being that there are a lot of gorgeously mellow sounds within
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8.0
98377
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
The sound of an artist reaching a conclusion, one that is content with its place in music history as it is hopeful of the future
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8.0
98482
8.0 |
State
Cornelius’ latest trip has brought us all to a place of languid pleasure; a Lotus-land to live and lie reclined under sonic sedation
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7.7
97987
7.7 |
Pitchfork
Aims for the glowing emotional core of his playful, retro-futuristic aesthetic
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7.5
97985
7.5 |
Spectrum Culture
Has the feel of a pop visionary taking stock as he approaches middle age. It doesn’t reach his early heights, but it makes you look forward to the next high tide.
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7.5
97979
7.5 |
A.V. Club
Mellow Waves is just as nice as it sounds
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7.5
98072
7.5 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Cornelius plays his voice like a drum pad. He soars synthesizers like BGV’s, guitars become metronomes and percussion layered like house music, but replacing consistency with surprise
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7.0
98123
7.0 |
PopMatters
As nice as the vibe is, there is a high level of mental activity here that definitely put it into a more experimental arena than the soft sounds might imply
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7.0
99425
7.0 |
The Quietus
Cornelius’s mastery of the mix is still evident, but the album as a whole comes strangely across as a throwback to former glories rather than an expansion of an idiosyncratic universe
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7.0
97981
7.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
For those who loved the more raucous material, there is some brief shredding on “Sometime/Someplace,” but this is a record that decidedly puts melancholy before rock & roll fun
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6.1
98077
6.1 |
Earbuddy
Lots of trippy synths and computer noises paint a multicolored picture. Seagulls sing in the background. It’s joyous and full of life. Clearly, Cornelius is happy to still make music. But it just doesn’t stand out as it once did
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6.0
98436
6.0 |
Mojo
As a transmitter for cute, stylistic oddness, he remains staunch. Print edition only
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6.0
97982
6.0 |
Exclaim
Oyamada's work as Cornelius over the past 20 years has defied genre, logic and time; on Mellow Waves, it sounds like he's on cruise control
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6.0
97986
6.0 |
The Independent
It’s the overall cool/warm Tropicalismo tone that’s most engaging about Mellow Waves
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6.0
98058
6.0 |
Drowned In Sound
The album comes in light lapping waves of melodic song. It doesn’t wash you away, it doesn’t lure you in to your death. It’s a nice album
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