I See You
by The xx
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 324 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 272 out of 324
  2. Mixed: 37 out of 324
  3. Negative: 15 out of 324
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  1. Tom_Bombadil
    Jan 16, 2017
    6
    Jamie produces it, so it obviously cannot be bad (or even not pleasing to listen to), but Romy and Oliver make for the most boring vocal duet in recent history of music. Overall it's ok. Not every song is worth the listen, but if you are the kind of person who liked Coexist I don't see how you can find this one to be much worse.
  2. rudster1138
    Jan 20, 2017
    4
    I found it difficult to get through this album. Certainly there are some standout tracks. "On Hold" is a decent if not great tune, featuring a creative use of a Hall & Oates sample, and I really like the sounds on "A Violent Noise", a case where the production saves the meh vocals. Listening to the project in one session reveals the "sameness" of the whole thing. The biggest problem forI found it difficult to get through this album. Certainly there are some standout tracks. "On Hold" is a decent if not great tune, featuring a creative use of a Hall & Oates sample, and I really like the sounds on "A Violent Noise", a case where the production saves the meh vocals. Listening to the project in one session reveals the "sameness" of the whole thing. The biggest problem for me is not the production, which isn't bad, it's the utterly bland and emotionless vocals that rarely rise beyond speaking volume. There is no range at all in the 2 lead vocals which just results to each song sounding the saaame.… Expand
  3. Teraphonic
    Feb 22, 2017
    6
    Most of the tracks show more renovativity in editing than the relatively traditional singing method. So sometimes vocal seems superfluous. Compared to Jamie's full-of-characteristic voice, Romy's performance somehow flows into mediocre. Especially contradiction is more obvious in those fast-tempo songs.
  4. Shebetun
    Feb 4, 2020
    6
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  5. Crystalised94
    Sep 17, 2022
    5
    Brilliant band, national treasures that will go down in history. Understated pop

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#36 Best Album of 2017
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#41 Most Discussed Album of 2017
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#21 Most Shared Album of 2017

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Metascore
85

Universal acclaim - based on 35 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 35
  3. Negative: 0 out of 35
  1. The Telegraph (UK)
    Apr 19, 2017
    80
    Splashes of new musical colour correspond with a growing confidence and maturity in the songs themselves, but the overall mood remains intensely vulnerable.
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  2. Magnet
    Feb 14, 2017
    90
    It continues to add up to something special. [No. 139, p.51]
  3. Mixmag
    Feb 6, 2017
    90
    The xx have undergone a gentle makeover, but what lies at their heart remains the same. Songs for lovers. Songs for the rejected. Songs for all of us.
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