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Show Your Bones
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The New York trio's short but highly anticipated sophomore set--which features a mellower, more polished sound--was produced by Squeak E Clean and mixed by Alan Moulder.
| LABEL: | Interscope |
| RELEASE DATE: | 28 March 2006 |
| DISCS: | 1 disc |
| GENRE(S): | Indie, Rock |
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The average user rating for this album is 7.9 (out of 10) based on 65 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Fabio L gave it a10:
A great album all around. Worlds different than Fever to Tell... still a masterpiece.
Nick E gave it a6:
I give this somewhere between a 6 and a 7. The sound is definitely more polished and the songs are more tamely written than most everything on "Fever to Tell". Which isn't to say that they're bad - some tracks, particularly the first few, are outstanding. But a lot of the really poppy flourishes fall flat. By the end of this album I felt like it could have been the score for the movie "Reality Bites" had it come out a dozen years earlier. And I don't mean that as a compliment.
Reuben F gave it an8:
For a band with a Riot Grrl influence, this album is remarkably polished in sound. A number of songs rate among the best of 2006, including 'Turn Into', 'Cheated Hearts', 'Honeybear' and 'Gold Lion'. Karen O made quite an impression down under in her live performances in 2003 ;-)
Pedro O gave it a10:
Siouxsie must love this. I do.
Amurabi M gave it an8:
It´s clear than "Show Your Bones" shows...some guts. Brave, coraegous and risked, this album is just a continuation of the wonderful job of previous album. But, "Show..." is more than that. It seems than the band are trylng not just show its bones but they are trying to do something more affordable with them. This is a personal album for The Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Looks like a change, musically and personally. Ambitious, powerful and conscious that they are the avant garde (for the failure of The Strokes) of alternative music right now. They are not trying to replicate its first album, au contraire, they are trying to redefine its sound. A sound than its closer to a dance punk music than art punk. Producer seems very important here. The producer makes them sound bigger, louder and clearer. They have fantastic songs: "Gold Lion", "Way Out" and "Fancy" (with some keyboards inside). But the glorious, "Cheated Hearts", "Dudley" and, above all, "Turn Into", elevates to the band to the status of great roc´k´n´roll bands. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs made a fantastic album, but the real brain in this is the guitar player Nick Zinner, a guy who plays monstruous riffs and textures similar to My Bloody Valentine, with the same skills. Karen O looks changed, but her voice is just the same. This album looks alike a couple dancing in its wedding, savage, sensual but overall, exquisitely as the whole album is playing. This is a magnificent album, a triumph to this band previousily called: "The Nerd, The Goth and The Whore".
Betty gave it a5:
Very sour sophomore album. Trying too hard to fit with other things that are popular right now. Karen may as well join Tegan and Sara, she sounds enough like them now.
Jahar gave it an8:
Much more polished and listener friendly than "Fever to Tell."
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