Adventures In The Underground Journey To The Stars
by South
Metascore
66

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14
  1. NOW Magazine
    90
    While sometimes dreamy and ethereal, South are able to bridge quieter moments with danceable, gloomy pop – simply speaking, a great achievement.
  2. cokemachineglow
    79
    South have an ear for melody, uniformly excellent production values, and a good sense of dynamics; all of which manifests itself in some very satisfying melodic Brit-pop.
  3. Lost At Sea
    75
    Even with a couple of clunkers, “Adventures in the Underground Journey to The Stars is without question South’s best effort to date simply because it has done more to command the listener’s attention.
  5. Filter
    74
    There's a newfound emotionality here. [#19, p.93]
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  6. Pitchfork
    71
    Overall, South are in roughly the same place they've always been, making good post-Britpop music that sounds fantastic and sometimes erupts in a moment of unadulterated brilliance.
  7. AllMusic
    70
    Fans of Badly Drawn Boy's Have You Fed the Fish? and Doves' Some Cities should understand Adventures in the Underground Journey to the Stars.
  8. Prefix Magazine
    70
    An abundance of hook-laden choruses, New Order analog-boogie and Stone Roses-cool could not be more frustratingly baked into this crumbly crust.
  9. PopMatters
    70
    What they’ve offered up is something that sounds like the Brit-jangle of the Stone Roses but less optimistic, a bit ballsier, and ultimately not as compelling.
  10. Delusions of Adequacy
    70
    While the tunes on Adventures may be a bit more nebulous and a bit less intricate than those found on From Here on In and With the Tides, they are by no means any less engaging, and in some cases are even more resplendent.
  11. Slant Magazine
    60
    Adventures is a bright, beautifully wrapped package filled with nothing but styrofoam packing peanuts.
  12. Under The Radar
    60
    Where the album falls short is with the incessant and often redundant ballads. [#13, p.88]
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  13. Drowned In Sound
    50
    Parts of this record sound more like final clasps of desperation rather than any forward progression.
  14. Uncut
    40
    The London trio have wheeled in so many trunkloads of technical expertise to embellish the material that it starts to stagger under its own weight. [Nov 2006, p.128]
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  15. musicOMH.com
    30
    They're not completely terrible. Their music won't damage your ears or insult you, it's just quite spectacularly dull.

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User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 2 out of 10
  1. MikeyC
    May 10, 2007
    4
    Disappointing, however, contains some of Souths best tracks, which would be "Shallow", "You Are One", "A Place In Displacement", and "Flesh Disappointing, however, contains some of Souths best tracks, which would be "Shallow", "You Are One", "A Place In Displacement", and "Flesh And Bone". The rest of the album is truely unremarkable filler, sadly. Pray that they revisit the bliss of From Here On In.… Full Review »
  2. AlexJ
    May 14, 2006
    9
    This is an excellent album! I'd even say that this is as good as the album "With the tides". The best tracks are You are one (my This is an excellent album! I'd even say that this is as good as the album "With the tides". The best tracks are You are one (my favorite and can't miss next single!), A place in displacement, Shallow, Pieces of a dream and Up close and personal. I think it's a shame that this band is not widely known. I just can't stop listening to Adventures. It's way better than the last Coldplay record.… Full Review »
  3. Jo
    May 12, 2006
    9
    For anyone who caompares them with Doves, With The Tides is indeed a bit doves-like, but with much better songs on it. Really, this band is For anyone who caompares them with Doves, With The Tides is indeed a bit doves-like, but with much better songs on it. Really, this band is very underrated in whole europe, they deserve tons of airplay with such classic tunes. This is their second very good cd, not as good as With The Tides tough… Full Review »
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