Boys and Diamonds

Boys and Diamonds
Studio album by Rainbow Arabia
Released February 28, 2011 (Europe), March 1, 2011 (North America)
Genre Electronic music, electropop
Length 41:37
Label Kompakt
Producer Danny Preston
Rainbow Arabia chronology

Boys and Diamonds
(2011)		 FM Sushi
(2013)

Boys and Diamonds is the debut studio album by husband-and-wife electronica duo Rainbow Arabia. It was released on German electronic record label Kompakt on February 28, 2011, and on March 1, 2011 in the United States.

Critical reception

The album received widely varying reviews from critics, ranging from an F from Consequence of Sound[1] to an A- from Robert Christgau.[2] Critics who gave the album negative reviews often criticized it for being derivative of world music, or for not living up to the potential of mixing it with electronic pop, as had been Rainbow Arabia's intention.[3] Other critics, though, like Chris Power, praised the album in spite of its derivativeness,[4] because of its memorable hooks, while Allmusic's Rick Anderson wrote that the album exhibited "a well-developed and highly personal sound that draws from any number of exotic musical cultures without depending too much on any one of them."[5]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (61%)[6]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [5]
Pitchfork Media (4.9/10)[7]
Robert Christgau (A-)[2]
Consequence of Sound (F)[1]
Tiny Mix Tapes (1.5/5)[8]
Drowned in Sound (6/10)[3]
Filter (80%)[9]

Track listing

  1. Boys and Diamonds
  2. Without You
  3. Blind
  4. Nothin Gonna Be Undone
  5. Papai
  6. Jungle Bear
  7. Hai
  8. Mechanical
  9. This Life is Practice
  10. Sayer
  11. Sequenced

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Young, Alex (12 April 2011). "Album Review: Rainbow Arabia – Boys and Diamonds". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 CG: Rainbow Arabia
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cooke, Robert (9 March 2011). "Boys and Diamonds Review". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  4. ↑ Power, Chris (2011). "Rainbow Arabia Boys and Diamonds Review". BBC iPlayer. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Anderson, Rick. "Boys and Diamonds Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  6. ↑ Boys and Diamonds
  7. ↑ Pytlik, Mark (18 March 2011). "Boys and Diamonds Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  8. ↑ DNC. "Boys and Diamonds". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  9. ↑ Rondeau, Bernardo (12 April 2011). "Boys and Diamonds Review". Filter. Retrieved 12 July 2014.