Zoo
by Ceremony
Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
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  1. BBC Music
    Mar 16, 2012
    60
    At its best Zoo prowls menacingly and intensely, shrouded in sheets of steely guitar and fogs of squall and distortion... [But] this mood-heavy mix doesn't always work.
  2. Pitchfork
    Mar 9, 2012
    54
    Too much of it drifts into generic 1960s-nodding garage-rock territory.
  3. PopMatters
    Mar 7, 2012
    50
    For the majority of the record, Ceremony is quite comfortable being average. Neither laudable nor terrible, Ceremony's music sets an easy target, hits the mark, and then moves on to the next task.
  5. DIY Magazine
    Mar 6, 2012
    50
    It's punk rock by the numbers.
  6. Dusted Magazine
    Apr 4, 2012
    40
    Gesturing, though, is just about all it does.
  7. No Ripcord
    Mar 22, 2012
    40
    The song writing is passable, the sound is passable, but passable is usually as boring as it sounds.

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7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. AlexxTrusc
    Mar 30, 2012
    7
    Although on the Ceremony's album "Zoo" you will find a few shortcomings - generally record shows quite high levels. Just to mention a solid,Although on the Ceremony's album "Zoo" you will find a few shortcomings - generally record shows quite high levels. Just to mention a solid, punky "Hysteria" and "Citizen". And although there is somewhere a subdued interlude "Hotel", it's succeeding "Ordinary People" sells the listener a solid, energy rebel kick.… Full Review »
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