No, No, No
by Beirut
  • Record Label: 4AD
  • Release Date: Sep 11, 2015
User Score
6.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 27 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 27
  3. Negative: 3 out of 27
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  1. nirvanafreak
    Sep 11, 2015
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Rating:58/100
    Favourite Tracks: No No No, Gibraltar, As Needed, Perth
    Least Favourite Tracks: August Holland
    This record may be small but instrumentally it's very grand. The bass and the piano sound really nice together and they're mixed really well, the whole record has a really crisp sound. If I could give them advice I'd say use more of the Bongo. It sounds so good on 'Gibraltar'. Give me more of that bongo boy. It's a really feel good album but Nordon's melodies are, for the most part, underwhelming which can really drag down the lyrics. What he's saying could resonate with a lot of people if it caught their ear. Even if it's sometimes difficult to understand him. Another thing that could be improved on this album is the variety of the songs because 3 or 4 tracks on here sound a little too similar and when there's only 9 tracks it's a bit of a problem.
    Will I Return To It: To the lead singles yeah
    If You Like This Try: The Gulag Orkestar by Beirut    … Expand

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Metascore
64

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. NOW Magazine
    Nov 11, 2015
    60
    No No No's a pleasantly nostalgic experience, but ultimately it feels insubstantial.
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  2. Magnet
    Sep 22, 2015
    80
    No No No plays less like a travelogue than simply what it is: a really good--if brief--Beirut album. [No. 124, p.52]
  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    Sep 22, 2015
    40
    The record peaks with its first two songs.... The rest is Condon shirking off the grandeur of his earlier arrangements with his simplest songs yet, but without showing he’s got the songwriting chops to move on.
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