Be Your Own Pet
by Be Your Own Pet
User Score
7.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 27 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 27
  3. Negative: 5 out of 27

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  1. Nick
    Jun 10, 2006
    4
    More hype than talent. More style than substance. Hey they are still young maybe they will get better. Probably not.
  2. DecepticonPom
    Sep 9, 2006
    4
    Too short, too fast - just like the longevity of this album.
  3. EdG
    Jun 8, 2006
    6
    It's okay, it is what it is: high energy fun; forgettable songs and melodies. Just because it fulfills the low expectations of its chosen genre doesn't make it amazing stuff. I'm trying to imagine how it could be better. And how it could be worse. A 6 rating is about right.
  4. GuyH
    Jan 8, 2007
    8
    Shame on you if you can't enjoy this!! "I need more subtlety, variety, meaningful lyrics, moan, grumble, moan..." This album aint for you buddy!! As the lady would put it herself "I'm sorry ... I'm NOT SORRY!!!!!" The lyrics are so hysterically funny at points you can't help but laugh! Awesome
  5. LouiseB
    Jun 24, 2006
    9
    Well, to the people that talk bad about BYOP i say screw you all. I love the album!! It just makes me want to move and rock out, there sound is different wild. So bye everyone.. Im going to go listen to their album! *SMILES* xx
  6. MicahG
    Jun 5, 2006
    9
    This album rocks baby!!! It's not perfect, or pretty...It's a wild spastic mess with little boundries or rules and rebellious as hell..and thus punk rock in it's truest form
  7. JohnE
    Sep 10, 2007
    10
    I'm 45 yrz old ha! and I LOVE Be Yr Own Pet!!!! They've got a million times more personality, humor, energy and charm...Bunk Skunk Trunk and Bog are the two best punk songz I've heard since 1977! I mean come on, all those boymallpunk bandz sound freakin' TAME in comparison (boring, too).
  8. ChadS
    Jun 16, 2006
    7
    Jemina Pearl on "Late Night w/Conan O'Brien" conned me into buying this cd. Be Your Own Pet is a great live act. Pearl is a lot more fun than watching Elvis Costello stand in front of the Honolulu Symphony. The parental advisory label is total b*******. There's absolutely nothing menacing about the term "mother******" in the album's best track, the charmingly carnal "Bunk Jemina Pearl on "Late Night w/Conan O'Brien" conned me into buying this cd. Be Your Own Pet is a great live act. Pearl is a lot more fun than watching Elvis Costello stand in front of the Honolulu Symphony. The parental advisory label is total b*******. There's absolutely nothing menacing about the term "mother******" in the album's best track, the charmingly carnal "Bunk Trunk Skunk". Be Your Own Pet is a little monotonous, but you might pardon them if you can't get the sight of Pearl's hair flailing all around.… Expand
  9. MattD.
    Jun 20, 2006
    6
    Hey, it's different to hear an album by youngsters now that is on the purer side of punk. Better than Fever To Tell by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, which is the type of sound it aspires to.
  10. ScottP
    Jun 7, 2006
    2
    Kind of sound like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs... when they weren't good.
  11. BarryW
    Aug 28, 2006
    9
    a real adrenaline rush, superb album
  12. DavidC
    Aug 29, 2006
    1
    One of the worst releases of 2006, easily. How did this group of untalented hipsters ever get signed to Ecstatic Peace? Moore must be losing his mind along with his hearing after one too many SY shows.
  13. MitchellS
    Aug 6, 2006
    0
    Worst album (of over 50) I've heard this year.
  14. JoelS
    Sep 10, 2006
    9
    Not really ground-breaking. But the songs are all so fun and catchy! Very, very solid stuff
  15. gaby
    Jun 12, 2006
    3
    kids, kids, kids, no substance, one big song, not originale, + i hate when bands stop in the middle of a show over and over to talk to each other and start over songs it anoying. one song thought cat something was good but they did it twice (don't push it ) gaby
  16. TB0ne
    Jun 28, 2006
    9
    Great songs. Screw everyone that doesn't like them. Best songs for DL: Adventure, Bog, We will Vacation, October- first account (YYY maps-esque), bicycle, thresher's flail. I waited a month to write this review in case the fever to tell about this band wore off. No it didn't. They're better than the Yeah Yeah Yeahs in my book. They're also better than 90% of the Great songs. Screw everyone that doesn't like them. Best songs for DL: Adventure, Bog, We will Vacation, October- first account (YYY maps-esque), bicycle, thresher's flail. I waited a month to write this review in case the fever to tell about this band wore off. No it didn't. They're better than the Yeah Yeah Yeahs in my book. They're also better than 90% of the stuff I heard this year, so I give them a 9. Kids don't soften your sound for the radio, critics, emptyV or anybody else.… Expand

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. cokemachineglow
    65
    Yes, the album drags. Yes, the tracks bleed into each other. It is, ultimately, a tiring listen from a band whose sole aim seems to be to innervate every neurone in your body.
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  2. musicOMH.com
    80
    This is a young band not taking themselves too seriously, and you can really picture them as they rock out and enjoy themselves.
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  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    Much of the reason for bothering with BYOP lies in the absolute glory of hearing Pearl succeed in making every lyrical couplet she spews forth sound as if she's been drinking cider since birth and is ready to hurl... anytime... now!
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