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Optometry

by Dj Spooky

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All Time

of 455,611

4,124
2000's

of 265,875

629
2002

of 42,285

70

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.

Overall Rating: 2.9276 Optometry is ranked overall as 2.9276 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.0427 Optometry has an avg. critic score of 3.0427 out of 4 stars

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Entertainment Weekly

Morphs subtly between hip-hop abstraction and unalloyed free-improv exploration

PopMatters

It sounds as if every note, every beat, has been cut apart from the others, examined, modified, and then carefully placed back into the mix. It can be unsettling; also compelling. ...more

All Music Guide

Riff, vamp, timbral fractures, lyrical tension, splintered harmonics, and a constant, seductive sense of groove permeate this jazz album, opening up a door onto a brave new future for a free jazz with soul -- Spooky has exceeded all expectations here. ...more

Rolling Stone

At turns pensive and frenetic but always richly textured

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Alternative Press

A cohesive, 100-percent successful ...read the complete review at Alternative Press

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The Wire

Optometry is a success in terms of both sound and...read the complete review at The Wire

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Splendid

Optometry's highlights throw expectation to the wind. They're more than jazz, more than hip-hop, more than whatever the hell "illbient" actually is....read the complete review at Splendid

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The A.V. Club

An outspoken iconoclast with a voracious appetite for critical theory, DJ Spooky has always teetered beneath a narrative ambition that has outweighed his music. As both a writer and a DJ/producer, Spooky helped formulate dance music's reigning conceptual...read the complete review at The A.V. Club

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