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8.0
53366
8.0 |
The Guardian
There are hooks, refrains and phrases that stick in your head and infect with their admirable silliness
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8.0
53394
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
The music proves mostly unstoppable, riding ear-bleed tribal-martial percussion, speaker-destroying synth stabs and ragga attitude
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8.0
53442
8.0 |
All Music
Think of Free the Universe as Major Lazer's second great modern ragga meltdown
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8.0
53546
8.0 |
Slant Magazine
Free the Universe is, after all, a party album, and by using an energetic mix of faces both famous and obscure, Diplo keeps his grungy dancehall rave running on all cylinders
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7.0
53620
7.0 |
Spin
Free the Universe is freaked-out pop with no qualms about delivering, say, a sunny, beachside reggae jam with Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig crooning the verses
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7.0
53795
7.0 |
Uncut
It's all enjoyably preposterous. Print edition only
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7.0
53488
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
A hell of a party
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7.0
53405
7.0 |
NME
An hour of instant sunshine
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7.0
54126
7.0 |
PopMatters
This is track after track of high intensity party music and there’s barely a break to be found
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6.0
54905
6.0 |
The Irish Times
By and large, Major Lazer’s big guns are still set to stun
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6.0
53398
6.0 |
The Observer
The 2009 debut was silly and entertaining in equal measure; album number two ramps up the risibility factor even further and will make most sense at one of the group's barnstorming live shows
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6.0
53367
6.0 |
The Digital Fix
It's strange, it's listenable - and equally not so
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6.0
53377
6.0 |
Clash
Major Lazer stands for firing on an all cylinders but doesn’t warn against the oomph taking leave of absence
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6.0
53364
6.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Free The Universe is still, at its very core, a dancehall record, with plenty of guest appearances from Jamaican veterans like Elephant Man, Shaggy and Vybz Karte
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6.0
53493
6.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Save yourself some time and simply add “Jet Blue Jet”, “Jah No Partial”, “Sweat”, “Bubble Butt”, and “Mashup the Dance” to your club-banger playlist
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6.0
54054
6.0 |
Mojo
As unyielding and brash as its creator. Print edition only
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6.0
54063
6.0 |
Q
The new depth is a good look. Print edition only
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5.7
53467
5.7 |
Pitchfork
What should've been a more faithful yet adventurous transition into a new phase for Major Lazer winds up sounding like so much less than the sum of its parts
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5.0
53363
5.0 |
musicOMH
There are the seeds of two worthwhile projects here, but no chance of them ever uniting under the Major Lazer banner. Time for an honourable discharge
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4.0
53365
4.0 |
The Skinny
Shamelessly catering to lowbrow tastes, this is a bloated, humourless, vapid album that will probably soundtrack the Spring Break of a million douchebags. Creatively bankrupt
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