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I Am The Fun Blame Monster
Universal acclaim
Based on 14 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 24 votes
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Album Info
Label: Muuuhahaha!
Release Date: 20 June 2003
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Indie, Rock
Summary
The quirky, Portland, Ore.-based indie rock trio recorded this highly-regarded genre-twisting debut album with the aid of a homemade software program.
Also By This Artist: Friend And Foe
Also On The Web: Official Menomena Site [Highly Recommended] Order Online: CD Baby
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Tiny Mix Tapes
This is one of the albums of the year: completely out of left field and completely solid from start to finish.
Read Full Review >Delusions of Adequacy
One of the most surprising, challenging, and important albums of the year.
Read Full Review >Pitchfork
Suffice to say, Menomena are a hugely creative band, and with I Am the Fun Blame Monster, they've managed to make an album that's extremely accessible yet entirely unconventional.
Read Full Review >Dusted Magazine
While it makes no effort to conceal its intellect, it solicits an under-the-table emotional connection the Seas and Cakes of the indiesphere simply will not allow.
Read Full Review >Stylus Magazine
I Am the Fun Blame Monster is totally vibrant, totally groovy, and once again, totally awesome.
Read Full Review >Logo
It will take at least ten listens before you hear everything that’s going on, and ten more to understand it, yet this is far from impenetrable; it boasts a melody line that any pop princess would sell her plastic soul for, and prompts the idea that Knopf and his cohorts have been hanging around a crossroads doing just the same.
Read Full Review >Under The Radar
While the production techniques are so ingenious as to occasionally outshine the melodic content of the songs themselves, these are first and foremost pop songs. [#8, p.115]
ShakingThrough.net
A promising debut from a band more clever than it is musically accomplished.
Read Full Review >All Music Guide
Menomena clearly thinks of itself as a clever bunch of musicians. Maybe next time around they'll be more interested in sharing their wit with their listeners rather than just alluding to it.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 24 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
jay k gave it a7:
A promise of things to come..worth checking out but friend or foe is the one for me.
Nels J gave it a10:
I have no idea how anyone could deem this album "boring". Inventive and highly unconventional, this is a beautifully crafted album that clearly had a lot of time put into it. The first album in a long time that has kept me on my toes throughout the entire thing.
[Anonymous] gave it a10:
beautiful pop!
[Anonymous] gave it a4:
Sorry... but its boring :(
Ian R gave it a 9:
yeah, this is really that awesome i think.
drone gave it a 10:
Incredible, fabulous, wonderful, amazing. Pretty darn close to perfection.
wacky man gave it a 9:
Highly innovative and original!
