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7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 45 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 36 out of 45
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 45
  3. Negative: 7 out of 45

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  1. ChristianP.
    Sep 26, 2009
    3
    Embarrassingly overrated. one great song, and even that is about twice as long as it needs to be. What a bore.
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. JackH
    Oct 18, 2009
    9
    This is simply good music, filled with passion and heartache. Daniel Brockman should have another listen.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. LoriB.
    Oct 3, 2009
    10
    Cannot stop listening to this album.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  4. IrvingIrving
    Oct 9, 2009
    9
    God how I hate The Phoenix. Their drivel amounts to the most compelling argument to read pitchfork, lame as it is.
    • 0 of 1 users said yes
  5. OliverBillenness
    Oct 9, 2009
    10
    Excellent. As near to perfect as an album has got in 2009.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  6. Joel
    Oct 8, 2009
    10
    A modern classic.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  7. robotrobot
    Sep 23, 2009
    10
    Rad. Gonna be huge.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  8. mg
    Sep 25, 2009
    0
    Simply AWFUL !!!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  9. mikeharpy
    Sep 25, 2009
    10
    Their music gives me hope,fun, and tickels my ears with all types of greatly thought out music...i love it.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  10. ClaireM.
    Sep 26, 2009
    10
    Great!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  11. SpencerW.
    Sep 26, 2009
    9
    What a surprise!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  12. PeterB.
    Sep 25, 2009
    9
    Fine indeed!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  13. AndrewK.
    Sep 26, 2009
    9
    Inexplicably infectious and overflowing with a gorgeous sense of melancholy.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  14. every1acritic
    Jan 23, 2011
    10
    We all know the back story by now... this was my favorite release of 2009 and it was followed up in 2010 by the excellent ep 'broken dreams club'. 'Album' is filled with radio ready songs (i think four different songs have been released as singles?) and has a nice variety to it. Lust for life, morning light, god damned, laura, all classics. Its going to be interesting to see how this band evolves, but if the BDC ep is any indication, look for more great things to come from girls!… Expand
  15. alabasterjones
    Jul 22, 2011
    2
    I do like the singer's voice...it reminds me of Elvis Costello. However, Costello's tunes had balls, brains, and had some compelling points to make about the psyche of the lonely, self-pitying sap. This charisma-free mimicry has none of the above. Without their crazy back-story, we probably would never have heard of this band, and we wouldn't have missed out on much.
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Metascore
80 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 22
  3. Negative: 1 out of 22
  1. All Music Guide
    80
    Girls' 2009 album (simply titled Album) actually proved itself worthy of the hype upon its release.
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  2. cokemachineglow
    81
    Despite having ties to shitgaze, this isn't a record obsessed with that aesthetic, and this works to its advantage, since these songs clearly aspire to be bigger than that and have very real potential to be.
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  3. Drowned In Sound
    80
    Its their frivolous experimentalism and willingness to toy with all aspects of the past that make Girls such an invitingly warm and honest proposition
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