- Artist
- Fontaines D.C.
- Album
- Dopamine Chamber
Based on 17 reviews from outlets we track. Scores run 50 to 100.
| The gist | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dork | 5/5 | 100 | “Staking their claim to be the best band of their generation.” |
| Louder Than War | 5/5 | 100 | “Sometimes the biggest band in the world does make the best record that defines the moment” |
| DIY | 5/5 | 100 | “A mirror to our times casting back a stark, frightening image.” |
| musicOMH | 5/5 | 100 | “Fifth album finds Dublin quintet sounding grandiose and exhilarating, evolving while refusing to compromise any of their identity Fifth album finds Dublin quintet sounding grandiose and exhilarating, evolving while refusing…” |
| NME | 5/5 | 100 | “Fontaines D.C.'s 'Dopamine Chamber' dives deeper into the extremes of ‘Romance’ for a dark but exhilarating reflection of end times.” |
| Rolling Stone UK | 5.0/5 | 100 | “After the surreal technicolour dreams of 'Romance', Fontaines D.C. have landed back on Earth to dissect our fractured reality. The result is something truly special.” |
| Consequence | B+ | 88 | “Fontaines D.C.'s new album Dopamine Chamber is a jagged, synth-heavy reinvention, featuring some of their boldest songs yet.” |
| Clash | 8/10 | 80 | “Fontaines D.C.’s last album, ‘Romance’, saw the Dublin quintet morph into Guitar Hero-style characters, remixing the unbuttoned shirts of post-punk past” |
| Riff Magazine | 8/10 | 80 | “Fontaines D.C. explore escapism and hedonism with sleek instrumentation and a multitude of captivating moments.” |
| Rolling Stone | 4/5 | 80 | “On Dopamine Chamber, Fontaines D.C. reaches further into electronic moodiness for an that hits just right for our nightmarish times.” |
| Paste | C+ | 78 | “Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.” |
| Pitchfork | 7.8/10 | 78 | “Read Shaad D’Souza’s review of the album.” |
| Spill Magazine | 7.7/10 | 77 | “FONTAINES D.C. DOPAMINE CHAMBER XL RECORDINGS Dopamine Chamber is Fontaines D.C.’s fifth album, following 2024’s hugely successful Romance. There was a lot of pressure for the band to live up…” |
| Beats Per Minute | 77% | 77 | “Music News, Reviews, Interviews, Videos and MP3s” |
| Uncut | 7/10 | 70 | “Dopamine Chamber finds Fontaines DC pushing further from their post-punk roots, pairing grand, atmospheric pop with Grian Chatten's bleakest lyrics yet” |
| No Ripcord | 6.5/10 | 65 | “The fifth album from Dublin’s Fontaines D.C. trades post-punk for polished pop-rock jams.” |
| Spectrum Culture | 50/100 | 50 | “Fontaines D.C.’s latest album Dopamine Chamber doubles down on synthesizers and chokes out their previous sound; most of the album ends up sounding the same.” |
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How the Breakdown works
Every outlet’s score is converted to 0–100 (2/5 is 40, 5.9/10 is 59, a B+ is 88) and averaged. Grades follow the B-Side scale: A is 90–100, B 80–89, C 70–79, D 60–69, F below 60. Critics who liked it is the share of outlets that scored it 75 or higher; the Breakdown shows green at 75 and up, red below. Divisiveness asks a different question: not whether critics liked it, but how close their scores are to each other. Five critics who all give it 50 are Unanimous, even though none of them liked it. The labels run Unanimous, Broad agreement, Some debate, Divided, and Contentious. Replay rate comes from listeners, not critics: yes counts fully, a few tracks counts half, no counts zero. The gist quotes each outlet’s own summary of its review. Scores marked est. come from reviews that publish no number.
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