Artwork
by The Used
  • Record Label: Reprise
  • Release Date: Sep 1, 2009
Metascore
56

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 2 out of 8
  1. AllMusic
    60
    Hooks never mattered to the Used anyway, so having a higher grade of execution helps underscore the Used's point, which ironically just makes the whole thing uglier and harder to take.
  2. The A.V. Club
    50
    Peeling off much of the outfit’s Utah-bred oddness and emotive chaos, the album is a clear ploy at breaking through to a more pop-inclined audience.
  3. Rolling Stone
    40
    He delivers overheated poetry like "As history gets lost and as I took that final breath, I felt alive," and his bandmates rock like shiny Satans.

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User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 22 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 22
  3. Negative: 4 out of 22
  1. burton117
    Feb 27, 2020
    10
    Every single song hits so deeply, and on such a personal level. The violent way everything works together to convey art, is why this is pure Artwork.
  2. RyFox
    Dec 19, 2015
    9
    This album has a case in which I enjoy every song except for one. In this case, I enjoy every song except for Born To Quit. I also sort ofThis album has a case in which I enjoy every song except for one. In this case, I enjoy every song except for Born To Quit. I also sort of enjoy the "gross pop" style they were going for. Which is why this album gets a 9/10… Full Review »
  3. CalR
    Feb 20, 2012
    1
    The Used began their career in promise with Bert's voice being distinctive and their sound interesting and more complex than some of theirThe Used began their career in promise with Bert's voice being distinctive and their sound interesting and more complex than some of their peers. Flash forward 7 years and Artwork is the sound of a band running on fumes of its own energy. Here arrives the over-production sin of a band whose work has been decreasing severely with each release until we arrive at this- an empty, archaic record from a movement which has long been extinguished.… Full Review »
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