Take Me To The Sea
by Jaguar Love
  • Record Label: Matador
  • Release Date: Aug 19, 2008
Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 21
  3. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. Uncut
    60
    Johnny Whitney's helium-pumped, Brian Molko-meets-Freddie Mercury squeal is very much an acquired taste--perhaps for some it will prove insufficuently offset by his bandmates' post-punk adventurism. [Sep 2008, p.92]
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  2. Prefix Magazine
    60
    Take Me to the Sea [is] a cross between sloppy prog-rock and emo that ends up being less than a sum of its parts.
  3. Tiny Mix Tapes
    60
    Jaguar Love inject a vicious vitality into their neon-hued rock, and the idea of a dance punk with real fury behind the party is appealing. But in order to avoid being merely irritating or simply diverting, Jaguar Love could benefit from fully unhinging, with an increase in wrath.
  5. Under The Radar
    50
    If you like your rock tight, shrill, and speedy, this one could be for you. Problem is, as rendered, Jaguar Love's spastics are at war with groove and less than supportive of their progressive ambitions. [Fall 2008, p.86]
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  6. The Guardian
    40
    Two minutes in, that opening song plummets into a mire of self-indulgence - and that's where the rest of the album stays.
  7. Mojo
    40
    He can make a sweet music, as on the soulful warble of 'Georgia,' but on most of the other occasions when Votolato's choppy riffs and off-beam melodies threaten to seduce you, Whitney's caterwaul butts in again. [Sep 2008, p.110]
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  8. Sputnikmusic
    40
    It’s not bad in the sense its unredeemable, just in the sense that it fails to do what it wants to really, really hard.

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User Score
5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 11
  3. Negative: 3 out of 11
  1. EricH.
    Sep 19, 2008
    5
    Take Me to the Sea has its moments, but overall is extremely mediocre compared to its members' past releases.
  2. gentlemanphilosophy
    Aug 27, 2008
    5
    When I heard this album, I thought, I wonder if the lead singer is a hot girl? Then I found out "she" was a he. So then I thought, okay, When I heard this album, I thought, I wonder if the lead singer is a hot girl? Then I found out "she" was a he. So then I thought, okay, okay, but does he at least look like a girl? The answer was yes. And that's enough for me.… Full Review »
  3. EricL.
    Aug 20, 2008
    9
    That dude who gave them a zero is a jackass...the Faint sucks. But this is a great CD, it's like a sequel to Young Machetes, but also That dude who gave them a zero is a jackass...the Faint sucks. But this is a great CD, it's like a sequel to Young Machetes, but also it's not.… Full Review »
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