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Point
by Cornelius
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Overall Rating:
3.1681
Avg. Critic Score:
3.0581
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Stylus MagazineMore rounded and less determinedly schizo than Fantasma, Point is a great album of delicious odd-pop made by a whimsically modest genius. ...more
ShakingThrough.netPoint opens with the sound of chirping birds breaking through a technological barrier (perhaps pecking at wires strung from Cornelius' Nakameguro studio), followed by a brief tonal respite and ultimately the fusion of nature and technology into a ...more
E! OnlineA far more streamlined affair, songs stretch out into dreamy extended jams that make bossa nova rhythms, sizzling electronics and screeching metal guitars seem like perfectly acceptable bedfellows. ...more
Q MagazineFrom rock riffs to cheesy electronics, nothing is off limits here, the gurgling stream of playful beats and gorgeous melodies carried along on a tide of Can's dreamy krautrock, ambient instrumental bliss and infectious '70s rock grooves. ...more
PopMattersPoint might actually be a perfect album, but that doesn't mean that I'm going to end up loving it. Nothing sticks out; nothing disturbs the ear or the mind or the heart; nothing is objectionable. The flow might actually be TOO impressive, and the ...more
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L.A. WeeklyPoint is even weirder than previous Cornelius records, even if its emphasis on acoustic guitars makes it seem uncharacteristically mellow at first listen. ...more
New Musical ExpressIt's the mischievous desire to deconstruct his own perfectly rounded pop snapshots that marks him down as a post-everything ...more
SplendidWhile Point may be less viscerally invasive than any of its recorded counterparts, it remains a beautifully orchestrated exercise in modern pop construction. ...more
Tiny Mix Tapes.comOccasionally I get really tired of my full-time job. Who doesn’t? One day, in particular, I had really had it. I was determined not to subject myself to it for another day and decided I was going to “call in sick” and take the day off. ...more
PrefixMagFor some reason, whenever I hear the words 'Japanese' and 'pop' together in a sentence, several unpleasant images come to mind. I think of billboard-sized Britneys selling their virginal likenesses and diluted, Westernized vocal standards to ...more
nme.comLike a collection of commercial suicide notes, 'Point' reaffirms that there's no end to the wilfully obscurantist manoeuvres of Keigo Oyamada, aka Cornelius . Not for him mere sublime popscapery dressed in its Sunday best - especially when there's ...more
All Music GuideAn album as much about focus and precision as its predecessor was about appropriating and reconfiguring sounds and styles into a psychedelic free for all. ...more
PitchforkThe cleverness, technical mastery and ping-pong stereo effects are all there in spades, but this time they're all much more mellow than you'd think. Listen right and you'll hardly notice them, because you'll be wrapped up by the thing I initially ...more
Austin ChronicleWhile Point is ultimately plenty of fun, it's also serious work that can be taken seriously. ...more
Pitch Fork MediaMy initial thought was that, with Point , Cornelius had made an album not of songs but of machines: twittering little trinkets and gewgaws, clockwork formalist tricks, hooks, and grooves, tiny snazzy robots covered with push-buttons and blinking lights. ...more
Playloudersample: Smoke What a finish! Collapsing inferno of slightly too much white noise followed by a squeezing of the sort of harmonic bubble wrap that Prince used to bedeck his paisley-patterned walls with? We'll have some of that. Why, it'd be ...more
PlaylouderAdmittedly, this time round he's prone to touch on more comfortable territory than before... but often there's a delicious sense of him going back to basics without sacrificing the benefits of modern technology. ...more
Almost CoolPoint is playful and fun, and although it sometimes sounds like different tracks are constructed exactly the same as others, just with different instruments, it also makes for a much more cohesive release than his debut. ...more
Drowned In SoundTaking a bit of a break after his debut album Fantasma and the one-two punch of his CM and FM remix discs, Cornelius is back with a 45 minute release that is much more cohesive than his stateside debut, while still containing moments that are ...more
Almost CoolTaking a bit of a break after his debut album Fantasma and the one-two punch of his CM and FM remix discs, Cornelius is back with a 45 minute release that is much more cohesive than his stateside debut, while still containing moments that are ...more
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