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8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 26 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 23 out of 26
  2. Negative: 2 out of 26

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Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 19 Critic Reviews

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  1. Uncut
    80
    Waits -- now in complete mastery of his unique art -- knows what he's doing, and the stark, unforgiving brutality is leavened, or granted grace, by passages of purple pathos. [Co-Album Of The Month, June 2002, p.106]
  2. Like waking up one morning to discover you suddenly like coffee, this is one of those albums that feels natural; the discord and the overwrought weepiness, the experimentalism and the simplicity -- everything works. It fits.
  3. Q Magazine
    80
    A powerful and almost gleeful celebration of the horrors of the world. [May 2002, p.114]