Zonoscope (studio album) by Cut Copy

Zonoscope by Cut Copy
Year: 2011
Release date: 2011-02-04
Overall rank: 5,308th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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74/100 (from 146 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2011 (119th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (986th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,308th)
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Cut Copy bestography

Zonoscope is ranked 2nd best out of 6 albums by Cut Copy on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Cut Copy is In Ghost Colours which is ranked number 2058 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 806.

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 146 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 24% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 72.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.

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60/100
From 03/13/2019 23:25
First three tracks are legitimately the best start to any electronic album I've ever heard. Rest is mediocre.
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70/100
From 01/08/2019 22:22
Some of their material makes them seem like LCD Soundsystem or Hot Chip wannabes, but there are moments where they shine through on here with some moments of divine originality and legitimately interesting music.
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75/100
From 12/28/2017 21:23
A warm and poppy album that is always pleasant but with a few hiccups here or there.
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From 01/20/2016 14:23
Unequal album. Some strong songs (Need You Know, Where I'm Going, Blink And You'll Miss...) and some weak songs (Pharaon & Pyramids, Strange Nostalgia For The Future, This Is All We've Got)

I love Hot Chip so I can't realy dislike this album...
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From 09/12/2012 15:47
Nice music in the style of the eighties. Unfortunately the end of the album is weak.
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85/100
From 06/08/2012 02:44
a lot fun. beach cruising music.
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From 01/27/2012 16:48
The best album of 2011. I wouldn't compare it to In Ghost Colours (though that album is superior) they have different sounds. It's the sound of tribes in the city, Cut Copy found the perfect sound to bring masses of people together and make them move with bliss (you'd know what I mean if you'd ever been to one of their shows). There really isn't a bad song on here and if pushed to pick a favourite it'd be the massive 15 minute final track "Sun God" - Cut Copy weave a tune so dense and catchy and beautiful that you don't even notice how long it is. It's a pity this album hasn't got more love - it's certainly a grower (I think I've listend to it at least 13 times now and I haven't begun to get sick of it yet).
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80/100
From 12/16/2011 16:24
I hear a lot of early 90s techno, a la psychosonic, in "zonoscope", more a broadly coherent statement than their last album. It'll be a difficult task deciding whether this is better than "in ghost colors" or not.
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From 04/19/2011 10:04
Everything sounds the same.
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