Boys and Diamonds is the debut studio album by husband-and-wife electronica duo

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. It was released on German electronic record label

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on February 28, 2011, and on March 1, 2011, in the United States.

Critical reception

''Boys and Diamonds'' received widely varying reviews from critics, ranging from an F from Consequence of Sound to an A− from

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/ref> Critics who gave the album negative reviews often criticized it for being derivative of world music, or for not living up to the potential of mixing it with electronic pop, as had been Rainbow Arabia's intention. Other critics, though, like Chris Power, praised the album in spite of its derivativeness, because of its memorable hooks, while Allmusic's Rick Anderson wrote that the album exhibited "a well-developed and highly personal sound that draws from any number of exotic musical cultures without depending too much on any one of them."

Track listing

# Boys and Diamonds # Without You # Blind # Nothin Gonna Be Undone # Papai # Jungle Bear # Hai # Mechanical # This Life is Practice # Sayer # Sequenced

Personnel

*Mark Chalecki – mastering *

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– mixing, producer *Rainbow Arabia – engineer, primary artist, producer * Dylan Ryan – drums *Devin Troy Strother – artwork

References

{{Authority control 2011 debut albums Kompakt albums Electronic albums by American artists