• Record Label: Jive
  • Release Date: Jan 21, 2003
Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 13
  2. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    91
    Lovebox rarely disappoints. [24/31 Jan 2003, p.100]
  2. Mojo
    80
    A slick, clever and diverse set of populist dance and digi-rock songs. [Nov 2002, p.110]
  3. Alternative Press
    80
    With Lovebox, they do another about-face, dirtying up and slowing down their song-structured house tracks into a grimy soul/funk/house/hip-hop amalgam. [March 2003, p.94]
  4. Mixer
    80
    The album's edgy urban vibe, psychedelia and reggae find the Armada merging all of their varied influences into a collection that pounces with monster grooves and purrs with low-slung downtempo tunes. [Jan 2003, p.72]
  5. The album's wanton schizophonia results in such a switched-on pileup of styles that Groove Armada have earned their own rubric -- call it electrocrash, and consider it great.
  6. Lovebox brings together [their] disparate elements in a convenient package, highlighting the knob-twiddlers' many talents.
  7. Lovebox veers more toward the rock and soul spectrum than previous efforts.
  8. Urb
    70
    Positively dripping with crude funk. [Mar 2003, p.95]
User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. Mar 16, 2021
    10
    Not one song that disappoints. Madder and Easy being the most memorable of the bunch.
  2. JiggityMydiggity
    Oct 16, 2004
    9
    Oh my! This rocks! Soulful songs and grooving tracks. I would highly recommend it!
  3. Windu
    Jun 24, 2003
    8
    Not their best, but still a lot of fun to listen to. If you bought this and enjoy it, you should check out Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub).