Planta
Studio album by
CSS
ReleasedJune 11, 2013 (2013-06-11)
GenreElectronic[1]
Length40:22
LabelSelf-released
ProducerDave Sitek
CSS chronology
La Liberación
(2011)		 Planta
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic54/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Consequence of SoundD[4]
DIY[5]
The Line of Best Fit7.5/10[6]
MusicOMH[7]
Now[8]
NME[9]
Pitchfork5/10[1]
Rolling Stone[10]
Slant Magazine[11]

Planta is the fourth studio album by Brazilian indie rock band CSS. It was released on June 11, 2013. The album was produced by David Sitek. It is the band's first album recorded without guitarist Adriano Cintra, who left the band in November 2011.

Critical reception

Planta was met with "mixed or average" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 54 based on 18 reviews.[2]

In a review for AllMusic, critic reviewer Matt Collar wrote: "Planta is a frothy, lightly experimental electro-pop outing that retains all of the band's fun, dance party energy. Planta features all of the old-school-sounding synths and drum machines CSS have built their sound around since their infectious 2006 debut, Cansei de Ser Sexy."[3] Greg Inglis of DIY said: "Planta is the sound of a band rejuvenated, a diverse yet cohesive effort that tightens the sonic screws without losing any of the warmth and identity they've managed to create for themselves."[5]

Track listing

Planta track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Honey"4:02
2."Hangover"2:42
3."Into the Sun"4:57
4."Girlfriend"3:14
5."Dynamite"2:44
6."Sweet"3:52
7."Too Hot"3:58
8."Teenage Tiger Cat"2:52
9."Frankie Goes to North Hollywood"4:26
10."The Hangout"3:02
11."Faith in Love"4:38
Japanese bonus track[12]
No.TitleLength
12."Kawaii"1:12

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Planta
Chart (2013) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[13] 142

References

  1. 1 2 Putal, Puja (July 1, 2013). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Planta by CSS". Metacritic. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  3. 1 2 Collar, Matt. "Planta - CSS". AllMusic. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  4. ↑ Staples, Derek (June 10, 2013). "Album Review: CSS - Planta". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  5. 1 2 Inglis, Greg (June 7, 2013). "DIY Magazine Review". DIY. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  6. ↑ Day, Laurence (May 31, 2013). "The Line of Best Fit Review". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  7. ↑ Welsh, David (June 7, 2013). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  8. ↑ Trapunski, Richard (July 4, 2013). "Now Review". Now. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  9. ↑ Levine, Nick (June 17, 2013). "NME Album Review - Planta by CSS". NME. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  10. ↑ Powell, Mike (July 8, 2013). "CSS, Planta". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  11. ↑ Henderson, Eric (June 11, 2013). "Slant Magazine Review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Planta - CSS". Apple Music. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  13. ↑ "CSSのランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
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