Rolling Stone - 4 stars out of 5 -- "UTOPIA mostly sends the orchestra packing, building its bright-lit world around bird-song samples, flutes, harp, choir and electronics, with input from innovative co-producers Arca and Rabit....The set radiates playfulness and pleasure..."

Spin - "UTOPIA is full-on music-theater unlike anything Bjrk has yet attempted, and the rare tenth album by such an established artist to genuinely surprise with unforced and meaningful reinvention."

Entertainment Weekly - "[T]here's still something thrilling about an artist who continues to invent herself: reaching further with every symphonic blip and wild birdcall, and redefining what it means to write a love song." -- Grade: B+

Magnet - "[A]n equally ebullient, brainy and romantic follow-up -- as dedicated in its love to gods and goddesses as it is to tenderness and carnality."

NME (Magazine) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "UTOPIA is where art, real life and deep experimentation intersects, and it's utterly compelling."

Pitchfork (Website) - "It's a long, skittering discovery of googly-eyed romance, a rebuke of the violence inherited by men, and a generous offering of love song after love song, rendered musically with unerring elegance and passion."