sentences:  Peter Robinson of NME wrote that the album is "fresh, feisty and fierce", but also that it "lacks a definitive thumper likely to propel the duo to the chart status you'd reckon".Pitchfork's Mark Martelli was less receptive and wrote that "too much calculation has gone into "Machine Says Yes".The record smacks of market research, not the craven, late-night interplay that communicates real soul."