Finisterre
by Saint Etienne
Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Rolling Stone
    60
    A gem for the highly sensitive. [17 Oct 2002, p.72]
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  2. Delusions of Adequacy
    60
    While individual songs work on their own, the album seldom succeeds as a whole.
  3. Mixer
    60
    The disc comes across like the best B-sides compliation you've never heard. [Nov 2002, p.77]
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  5. PopMatters
    50
    At its best, Finisterre finds Saint Etienne exploring new moods within their familiar formula of '60s acoustic sounds meet '90s electronica rhythms; at its worst, which is far more often, it clumsily grafts hip-hop and electro-synth on to the group's increasingly shopworn pop hooks.
  6. Billboard
    50
    Missteps more than it hits.

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User Score
7.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
  1. DanT
    Jan 7, 2004
    9
    Though I can't say I appreciate all their songs, the up tempo jams have been installed in my mix sessions to add much needed class and Though I can't say I appreciate all their songs, the up tempo jams have been installed in my mix sessions to add much needed class and flavor for the ignorant masses that "dance" in my face.… Full Review »
  2. robert
    Dec 4, 2003
    9
    their best since "so tough". the title track has to be one of their best ever.
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