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9.1
53473
9.1 |
A.V. Club
It’s a contemplative LP, one that takes in societal ills and unstoppable entropy, recognizing that much of that darkness and chaos originates from within
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9.0
53310
9.0 |
No Ripcord
If nothing else can be said about The Terror, it at least represents the culmination of all of The Flaming Lips’ oddball experiments and elongated, anti-sonorous jams into a single, abrasively beautiful cacophony
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9.0
53333
9.0 |
Loud And Quiet
It is as desolate as it is honest, and flourishes because it taps into something so universal, so human and so beautiful, with such unusual relish
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9.0
53490
9.0 |
Spin
As long as they can occasionally make their self-indulgence sound this bold, Coyne deserves all the toys he can get
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9.0
53614
9.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
The energy poured into The Terror reveals a band that doesn’t mind sacrificing all they’ve earned for a fresh though
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9.0
52724
9.0 |
Bowlegs
An album so full of fear and dread that one is left physically shaken
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9.0
52885
9.0 |
musicOMH
While The Terror feels at first glance like an exercise in noise and disintegration, repeated listens reveal it to be a dark, challenging, and ultimately rewarding work of genius
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8.5
53530
8.5 |
Paste Magazine
In many ways, The Terror is very reminiscent of Pink Floyd’s meditation on madness, Dark Side of the Moon. Both records are hypnotizing, trance-inducing explorations of dark themes
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8.0
53487
8.0 |
Rolling Stone
A gripping middle-age-mystic crisis with rude, cosmic-German electronics crowding Wayne Coyne's tremulous boy-explorer voice
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8.0
53416
8.0 |
Slant Magazine
A seemingly happy guy who spends his time singing about fighting robots sometimes has demons to fight just like the rest of us
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8.0
53443
8.0 |
All Music
The Lips don't make it sound easy, which is why The Terror is so powerful
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Digital Fix
At the end of the world bring headphones
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8.0
52904
8.0 |
The AU Review
Tthere’s a circular framework to this album. “Always There…In Our Hearts” has freakish similarities to the first track “Look…. The Sun Is Rising” and it’s no accident
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8.0
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8.0 |
The 405
With The Terror, the visual side is in the imagery the music creates: and its sound is cohesive, powerful and emotive
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8.0
52964
8.0 |
State
Like observing a car-crash in gory microscopic slow motion
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8.0
52717
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
A brave, difficult and experimental album, The Terror reminds us that there’s more to this band than glitter bombs and dancing bears
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8.0
52718
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
It’s the Flaming Lips at their most preoccupied with nothing other than music, and it sounds wholly f*cking weird, but great
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8.0
52730
8.0 |
Mojo
Coyne has said the album is sometimes "the sonic equivalent of Edvard Munch's The Scream". But it's not all like that. It's also cleansing, immersive. Print edition only
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8.0
52734
8.0 |
Q
The Terror is dark and experimental, full of synths and loops that owe more to Krautrock than guitar bands. Print edition only
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8.0
52751
8.0 |
NME
Enjoy that psychedelic drone groove. It's an anxious riot
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8.0
52807
8.0 |
Independent on Sunday
Beautiful, blissful melodies are buried in there
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8.0
52816
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The Scotsman
The Terror is typically atypical of The Flaming Lips – just when you thought they were committed to eccentric enterprises, they produce something heartfelt and earnest
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Skinny
An album of august eminence; an impressive addition to an illustrious canon
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7.8
53012
7.8 |
Pitchfork
With The Terror, the Lips take the bold step of bursting their own bubble
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7.8
53275
7.8 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Those who fell in love with the Flaming Lips’ playful side may not find much to enjoy initially, but the treasure lies in the discovery – of just how deep the roots of these songs reach, and how carefully they are seeded and interlaced, one on top of the other
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7.7
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7.7 |
Beats Per Minute
The Terror is an important release for The Flaming Lips, because it suggests that despite the band approaching three decades of music-making, they are still full of creativity
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7.0
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7.0 |
Uncut
Sonic brutality and lashings of existential dread
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7.0
53024
7.0 |
DIY
But do we want to be impressed, or do we want to be entertained? Do we just want our Flaming Lips back?
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6.0
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6.0 |
God Is In The TV
A little indulgent if not even boring in places, the space-y vibe passages seep or bleed into each other to create one long cinematic lunar hymn
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Arts Desk
Unlike so many bands who simply adopt psychedelia as a sonic style, the Flaming Lips understand the psychedelic mindset
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6.0
52805
6.0 |
The Observer
The Terror is by no means a bad record. It's just the low that comes with the highs
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6.0
53413
6.0 |
PopMatters
This isn’t Coyne floating above the crowd in a huge plastic ball, but this is still very much performance, albeit of a more personal nature
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6.0
53316
6.0 |
Under The Radar
Review 1: Lyrically, if the band hadn’t thought to call the album The Terror it might have been strongly suggested by someone else (7/10). Review 2: It's a record that's intentionally no fun at all (5/10)
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