Mouse On MarsBest Mouse On Mars Albums Ranked

Idiology

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9.6

“There's a stereotype that people who like to write about music eventually become jaded. After years of sawing through one stack of promo records after another, the thinking goes, critics develop a love/hate relationship with the medium and begin to think of listening as drudgery. Adding some credence to this idea is the undeniable fact that music writers are so often confronted with music they fin”

Glam

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9.1

“In 1998, Mouse on Mars issued music from a rejected film soundtrack that turned out to be one of their finest albums. Alternatively jagged and lush, it moves with ease from the most billowy ambience to jet-black industrial grind.”

Parastrophics

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8.2

“After a six-year pause, Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma return with their best record since 2001's hyper-eclectic Idiology.”

Radical Connector

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8.1

“Mouse on Mars have yet to repeat themselves. Radical Connector boasts the longest gestation of any Mouse on Mars album since the duo formed over a decade ago, and the departure on this record is dramatic enough that it's easy to imagine at least two other transistional LPs between it and 2001's landmark Idiology. Here, the duo shake their progressive IDM constructs for alien club bangers.”

Live04

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8.0

“The first Mouse on Mars live album, this was pieced together from shows recorded during the band's extensive 2004 tours.”

Rost Pocks

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8.0

“Seefeel was among the first bands described as "post-rock" by journalist Simon Reynolds. If you've heard Seefeel, it's obvious that Reynolds' definition of the term didn't take. His version of post-rock described bands that started with a rock structure and instrumental set-up (guitars, bass, drums, etc.), but used these tools to create music that put more focus on rhythm and texture, as was more ”