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Tapes
by The Rapture
The New York indie-rock band releases its first mix album.
| LABEL: |
K7 |
| RELEASE DATE: |
25 November 2008 |
| DISCS: |
1 disc |
| GENRE(S): |
Rock, Indie |
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83
The Onion (A.V. Club)
These guys have excellent taste, and they construct an entertaining mélange on Tapes.
70
Drowned In Sound
Though the band are by no means no superstar DJs, the enthusiasm for the music they love is all too apparent. If anything, Tapes will send you digging for the full versions of some fine, forgotten tunes--and that’s no bad thing.
70
Dusted Magazine
It’s great fun, but it’s all boundless energy without centre.
70
PopMatters
We’ll forgive these occasional dips, though, because overall Tapes is so good-natured and inclusive.
70
Rolling Stone
If their hipster stock has dipped since, this mix suggests they can always fall back on their side career as DJs.
70
Slant Magazine
Even if the Rapture really hasn't made much music that sounds like this (their rockist tendencies generally get the better of them), it's nice to know that they're in touch with this fact.
70
Spin
What Tapes lacks in classic names, it makes up for in flow.
66
Pitchfork
This mix might not help the Rapture pass every test of the best club DJs, but when it comes to maybe the most important one--the ability to make clubbers push their way to the booth and breathlessly ask for the title of that amazing cut they just dropped--they've done their studying.
45
Prefix Magazine
Tapes goes through the motions of dance music without ever delivering anything remotely danceable.
40
Under The Radar
Though peppered with worthwhile rarities, Tapes is too lopsidedly paced to work as a party mix. [Winter 2008]
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