Boys and Diamonds is the debut studio album by husband-and-wife electronica duo Rainbow Arabia. It was released on German electronic record label Kompakt on February 28, 2011, and on March 1, 2011, in the United States.
Boys and Diamonds received widely varying reviews from critics, ranging from an F from Consequence of Sound[1] to an A− from Robert Christgau.[2] 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.[3] Other critics, though, like Chris Power, praised the album in spite of its derivativeness,[4] 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."[5]
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