Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 17
  2. Negative: 1 out of 17
  2. While the signature muffled beats of Shadow are missing, Land is so much more expansive, effortlessly melding electronica and Britpop.
  4. While it’s tempting to disregard ‘Never, Never, Land’ as a frantic attempt to usurp its predecessor in the celebrity stakes, the big-name guests this time around are infinitely more suited to the mood.
  6. 75
    Shadow's bold beat-scaping is missed, but guests galore lace the esoterica with plenty of angsty personality. [Dec 2004, p.124]
  7. Compared to 'Psyence Fiction''s ruthlessly cut glass exterior, this is a rounded, more human record, considerably less calculated and therefore far more approachable.
  8. 70
    At points UNKLE verge on Moby car advert territory, but judicious sampling and that deadpan sci-fi spirit keep the album the right side of experimental. [Sep 2003, p.113]
  9. 70
  10. One of the finer electronic music albums of the past year.
  11. 60
  12. A work of intense drama but little importance.
  13. Far from being either vindicating or enthralling.
  14. Most of the songs on this record float by, leaving little or no impression. [#7]
  15. 40
    A lush but unthrilling album. [Nov 2003, p.122]
  16. Lucky the men from UNKLE have such generous mates, without whom Never, Never, Land would tinkle and whoosh into oblivion.
User Score

Universal acclaim- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. MilanG
    Apr 17, 2005
    Wery refresing album...
  2. PoldoG.
    Jan 30, 2005
    Jan 26, 2005