Personal Computer
by Silicon
Metascore
66

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. NOW Magazine
    Aug 26, 2015
    60
    It's often a little too wacky and silly for its own good, but overall Personal Computer is a fun collection of weirdo funk pop.
  2. Q Magazine
    Aug 26, 2015
    60
    The only disappointment that, at barely half-an-hour, there isn't a bit more of it. [Oct 2015, p.113]
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  3. PopMatters
    Aug 26, 2015
    60
    There’s no doubt that his first LP as Silicon is the work of a talented multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, one who will only go from strength to strength. It may suffer from some of the falsity it wishes to expose, and it may be a little too pessimistic in its outlook, but it melds its diverse influences into tightly composed songs fit for the 21st century.

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  1. Dagamingphoenix
    Sep 20, 2016
    9
    The perfect amount of weird makes this jazzy, retro-electro pop record succeed. With lyrics revolving around a technologically obsessedThe perfect amount of weird makes this jazzy, retro-electro pop record succeed. With lyrics revolving around a technologically obsessed society and a minimalistic cover reflecting Nielsen's recent foray into art.
    The jazz imbued synths and near-falsetto vocals remind me of Shamir, but with a pretty "dead" voice.
    Kody's voice is devoid of feeling, and that actually works well as the tracks such as "Personal Computer" when he croons on about technology replacing human friends.
    A hilarious interlude and mellow closer further contribute to filling the only hole on this LP, it's length.
    At 10 songs, with half of them under 3 minutes (and the rest barely crossing that line) I was left unsatisfied and turned to his other albums under different alibis, and I was by how crazy he was at mint chick shows compared with his muted performance here.

    So, a wonderfully strange debut, just a little on the short side...    … Full Review »
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