ACR Loco
by A Certain Ratio
  • Record Label: Mute
  • Release Date: Sep 25, 2020
Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. Pitchfork
    Sep 28, 2020
    69
    The occasional clumsiness of ACR Loco is easy to forgive in light of the album’s musical pleasures. After a deep dive into their back pages, A Certain Ratio found a powerful formula: paying heed to where they came from while keeping the door open for more all night parties in their future.
  2. PopMatters
    Sep 25, 2020
    70
    A Certain Ratio's musical expansiveness is felt most strongly on the album's closing track, "Taxi Guy", a percussion/horns/electronics-fueled instrumental.
  3. Uncut
    Sep 24, 2020
    70
    Offers something for everyone. [Nov 2020, p.25]
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  5. AllMusic
    Sep 24, 2020
    70
    It's a continuation of what the band did three decades earlier on ACR: MCR, which showed Weatherall and company the way forward, all the way down to the recruitment of Denise Johnson as lead vocalist.
  6. musicOMH.com
    Sep 24, 2020
    70
    A heady amalgam of Ibiza chill-out anthems and Carnival bangers, with poignant choruses and repeated minor chords, ACR Loco is a stomping reminder to celebrate the eccentric pleasures of life in multicultural cities and the liberating night life they offer.

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