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Based on 15 critic reviews
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Album Info
Label: FS Studios
Release Date: 05 May 2009
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Electronic
Summary
The New York duo's third album was produced with Jeff Saltzman.
Also By This Artist: #1 Odyssey
Also On The Web: Official Artist Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Urb
Entertainment resurrects the group. Their music disconnects, only to connect again.
Read Full Review >Alternative Press
However modern our world, Fischerspooner continues to give us a reason to listen. [Jun 2009, p.111]
Lost At Sea
2009's Entertainment finds the duo reverting somewhat to their more flamboyant origins while still trying to stay current. It's a divergent approach that fortunately works more for the record than against it.
Read Full Review >Prefix Magazine
With their third album, Entertainment, they succeed best whenever they are warming up their familiar electro sound with pop elements rather than aping worldly sophistication.
Read Full Review >Q Magazine
Things tail off towards the end--'Infidels Of The World Unite' is a clumsy stab at politics, but is so vague it might be about anything-but overall this is impressive enough. [Jun 2009, p.122]
Uncut
There's still a stertility to their sound on this third album, but laced with sax, treated guitars and memorable choruses, it ranks as their best. [Jun 2009, p.109]
All Music Guide
It's far from revolutionary and it's certainly not deep, but as often as not, Entertainment at least manages to live up to its title.
Read Full Review >musicOMH.com
Entertainment, though, sounds tame by anyone's standards; and by eschewing their seedy, sweaty origins in favour of clean-cut pop, they've dumped those elements of their act which made them unique in the first place.
Read Full Review >PopMatters
If you have a disdain for pretentious artistes but are looking to dance your ass off while imbibing delicious pop hooks and mostly simple though by no means run-of-the-mill pop lyrics, then just hold your nose and let yourself go.
Read Full Review >Pitchfork
So Entertainment might be music for their performances, it might be for others' dance performances, but it's not for the dance floor.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club)
As long as Fischerspooner exists, it will likely excel at Entertainment’s titular activity onstage, but the days of that happening on studio albums appear to be waning.
Read Full Review >Hartford Courant
Professionalism is the order of the day, and most of Entertainment, recorded over two years and produced by Killers boardman Jeff Satzman, aims for the same middle ground.
Read Full Review >Under The Radar
The brashness of the band's seminal debut is gone, and what's left is a band that seems to have rushed an album out only in order to get back on stage to try to make it interesting. [Spring 2009, p.79]
New Musical Express
All that seems to have been lost over the years of caning from the likes of ‘We Are Electric’ and ‘Danse En France’ are the tunes.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Adam C gave it a6:
It's really unfair to review this purely as a music release. Anyone who's seen them live and read their background can tell you that fischerspooner must be appreciated not only as music but also as a performance art experience culminating from many fields of discipline. That said, this is probably not as musically relevant and solid as their first album nor as accessible as their more sensible second release. Most successful attempts are "The Best Revenge" and "Supply and Demand."
