The Looks
by MSTRKRFT
Metascore
62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Alternative Press
    60
    Sweaty and thick, convincingly urgent and highly sexual. [Jul 2006, p.210]
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  2. Pitchfork
    59
    Keeler succeeds in meticulously reconstructing the electronic music he clearly has a taste for, but without stirring in any of his own personality the songs do little more than run in place, joylessly hitting the marks without changing the rules in any meaningful or attention-grabbing way.
  3. Playlouder
    50
    MSTRKRFT have essentially made an album of great productions and remixes and then forgotten to invite any artists or records along to help them out.
  5. Stylus Magazine
    42
    The Looks is like the Witness Protection Program of electronic disco, where they put the folks for whom the normal anonymity of dance DJ's is simply not enough.
  6. Spin
    40
    Does its best to earn a few Daft Punk comparisons. [Aug 2006, p.82]
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  7. Uncut
    40
    A highly unoriginal record. [Mar 2007, p.86]
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  8. The Guardian
    40
    It just about succeeds in sweaty five-minute blasts, but there's no excuse for a record as flatly anonymous as this.

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User Score
5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 19 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 19
  3. Negative: 5 out of 19
  1. JohnnyS
    Mar 4, 2007
    7
    It does what it wants to do very efficiently and competently: make party beats for people to feel good to. I'd take this over Daft It does what it wants to do very efficiently and competently: make party beats for people to feel good to. I'd take this over Daft Punk's latest offering anytime.… Full Review »
  2. DavidS
    Nov 5, 2006
    8
    I know that people have said Daft Punk, and that was my main reason for picking up this album, but it's differences make it something I know that people have said Daft Punk, and that was my main reason for picking up this album, but it's differences make it something that, if you can get past the actual strangeness of the album, it has a unique, gritty charm. It's unique, and a breath of fresh air from the usual electronica genre.… Full Review »
  3. ChrisL
    Oct 11, 2006
    7
    Since most of us go through school with a score of 70 representing a C, I've given a 7 for this album. It's not terribly great, but Since most of us go through school with a score of 70 representing a C, I've given a 7 for this album. It's not terribly great, but its amusing to see the many people on here calling it Daft Punk rehash. I don't really think Daft Punk holds the patent on vocoder use, sorry to say. Even if that's the case, where is D.P. to save us from the crushed hopes following Human After All? Overall, not a bad album, but it feels pretty hollow.… Full Review »
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