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Universal acclaim- based on 133 Ratings
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Positive: 114 out of 133
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Mixed: 12 out of 133
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Negative: 7 out of 133
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DogpillOct 6, 2005an awsome masterpiece
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danieljoOct 12, 2005Better than You Forgot It In People. All the negative reviews come down to lazy listeners, and the fact that these listeners/reviewers diidn't give the album enough time to grow on them.
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bssOct 6, 2005One of the best records of 2005. Actually, one of the best in the last 5 years. This record will change your life. Just buy it.
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jrjOct 9, 2005
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AaronOct 5, 2005This is one of the very best discs to come out this year. Almost as good as 'You Forgot It In People'. A dazzling album of songs that straddle the line between being experimental (but not pretentious) and pop oriented. Yet that undeniable BSS sound is apparent throughout. Excellent album.
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BennyOct 6, 2005I guess i'm alone on this, but this is easily the single greatest album I have heard this year. Everything I would have expected and far, far more. This, again in my apparently offbeat opinion, is far great than YFIIP
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GarethOct 8, 2005Just another fine indication of how awesome this band is in general, one of the best albums of 2005. right up there with Bloc Party and Wolf Parade, this band really restores my faith in music, and just shows how creative and brilliant it can be.
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NickT.Oct 26, 2006
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StewartHAug 22, 2006Shows that there is great beauty and pop greatness in chaos. Absolutely love this record!!
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SamHJul 16, 2007One of the best albums ever, beautiful from start to finish, almost two years since it was released, and I still listen to it regularly.
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agOct 10, 2005this band just makes the best freaking music, it's really that simple. we hate your hate.
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AmkyOct 13, 2005It's awesome.
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BrianSOct 29, 2005
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DanlyJun 15, 2006When I listen to this band I think that everyone in it is truly enlightened. So inspiring! my goal in life is to be able to produce songs as well mixed, and perform in a collective as gifted as these kids.
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MarkSOct 16, 2005
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semusDec 23, 2005as 2005 comes to a close, we neeed to look at the shape of the albums put out this year. There have been some sweet contributions on the indie and rock scene, and BSS is, arguably, on the top that list. "S/t" has everything you want and need from this band.
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endakMay 18, 2006Some may call this music "sloppy, chaotic, unfocused and indulgent".WRONG! This music is joy unconfined;people coming together; leaving their ego's at the door and going all out to express and communicate. Guess what?They suceed! Time to scrap individualism and get TOGETHER!
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CraigJOct 5, 2005This is a great follow up to one of the best albums of the decade. But this album just seems to fall short to one of the best albums I believe will ever be released in Illinoise. Everytime I hear these hyped albums like wolf parade, kanye and bss, they all fall short compared to illinoise.
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JaredOct 20, 2005Self-indulgence has never sounded this good.
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KrisBOct 20, 2005It's so hard, with Broken Social Scene to decipher a scrambled mess from brilliance. You pretty much have to trust your gut. My gut told me that this album was brilliant. It lost a little gusto towards the middle-end but more than made up for it with track 14, probably the best song on either album.
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LeightonPOct 5, 2005An excellent album that is even more experimental than You Forgot It In People. Where this differs is in the raw production and even more fusions of genres.
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Brendan"EagleEye"WOct 8, 2005
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PaulMJan 6, 2006Amazing stuff. If I was to describe it perfectly I'd say its a mixture of My Bloody Valentine and Drop Nineteens with a taste of The Go! Team Hugely thrilling stuff
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JustinAOct 12, 2005A few of the songs get lost in the noise (see: "Ibi..."), but overall, an exceptional record. Louder than YFIIP, but just as beautiful and wonderfully produced.
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AaronGOct 12, 2005
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TimROct 13, 2005
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BradVNov 9, 2005Amazing album. Anyone doubting the simple brilliance of the songs underneath the layers of sound should check out the recent stripped down BSS set on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic. Can't wait to see 'em live next week!
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StevenBOct 4, 2005Almost flawless. Up there with Sufjan, New Pornographers and Wolf Parade as some of the best of '05.
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AdamBOct 5, 2005
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RyanDOct 7, 2005
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philhMar 17, 2006a post-nuclear campsite covered in icing sugar. the glint of foggy metal and whispers. my ancestor's tensions. rinse and glow. quiet fossils. distances. sun-top.
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IsaacLSep 1, 2006
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PatrickOOct 14, 2005The best noise rock album I have heard since EVOL.
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AaronCOct 16, 2005I have only listened to this new album a few times, so I don't think i can give it a final review yet because of all the multi layering might take 20 listens to sort out. What i've heard so far is pretty good. Got to say I love the epics, and besides lovers spit the slow jams are a quik skip. But these guys rock my world and live they are amazing.
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GeoffDNov 7, 2005
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FREDSOct 19, 2005Honestly I can't be critic with bss cuz i love them but anyway, is a great album, i have to listen a bit more to know if it sounds better than "you forgot"
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mattaOct 5, 2005While it doesn't reach the highest highs of You Forgot It In People, it is probably a more consistent album, with a few classic tracks. Not one of the absolute best albums of '05, but still in the top twenty.
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evOct 7, 2005
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phillipbJan 18, 2006more aggresive than their last albums. but the same complex sound.
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WilCJun 27, 2006this is an ablum you need your full attention to understand or apreciate.
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RichardEJul 15, 2006Awesome.....seriously blows your mind!
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MichaelBOct 11, 2005
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AndyWNov 15, 2005
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JoséDDec 12, 2005One of the most original and thrilling albums of the year
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jesseDec 13, 2005kind of loses a bit of steam towards the end (but the last track is beautiful), but it is the most sonically overwhelming album since sung tongs... or maybe loveless...
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TerryWOct 28, 2005
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emilywOct 31, 2005
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McJNov 15, 2005pssst...C A. You forgot it...
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JulesNov 17, 2005
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MarcyCDec 29, 2005This album is not immediately accessible the way a normal album is. Listen to it repeatedly, and then it gets under your skin. It's lush, wild, complicated, bordering on the chaotic sometimes. Swimmers, It's All Gonna Break, Superconnected, 7/4 Shoreline--all fabulous tunes.
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Apr 17, 2014Despite the uneven tone of the record, the sloppiness of some tracks ("Bandwitch", "Windsurfing Nation"), the pretentiousness of the lyrics of almost all the songs, this is a pretty good follow up to YFIIP, and nearly tops it. Love it. BSS is one of my fave bands ever.
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ChrisCOct 15, 2005I was a bit disapointed by all the distortion, but I really can't stop listening to this album. While it's not as accessable as YFIIP, it's quite an addicting and emotional album. The songs can't be taken out of context, but as a whole, a great listen.
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JasonSOct 7, 2005
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NoahHOct 8, 2005
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vicarOct 12, 2005
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AlecOct 14, 2005A very good album. Definitly not as good as YFIP but then again there's not much that is. It's less popy and has a more ambient feel but the songs are mostly pretty good. I'm enjoying it.
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AlexPNov 15, 2005Yes, shambolic, quixotic, and kinda princess-y (
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AlfredT.Oct 21, 2005
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Jun 14, 2013Now I'd be lying if I said this an kaleidoscope of a record, but it's almost the truth. Broken Social Scene make a song so chaotic, so melodic, and so captivating all at once. The amount of detail and layers on all these tracks are perfectly textured, only way BSS can do it.
All In All, Broken Social Scene is an album full of ambition, and for the most part triumph. B+ -
ThesingerfromStarsOct 4, 2005These guys are more than capable of composing a killer track, but they're still unbelieveably pretentious. Any group with song names like 'Our Faces Split the Coast in Half' needs to immediately re-evaluate their position in society and throw away all the berets they own.
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EffEllOct 26, 2005
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C.B.Oct 24, 2005very good, but not as good as thier last one. They went too soft...
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FletcherBJan 5, 2006Grossly underrated Grossly overproduced.
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BFDec 28, 2005Not quite up to YFIIP. The lyrics aren't nearly as good and they seem to try to jam too much into some of the songs.
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Awards & Rankings
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BillboardA richly textured collection of songs that further explore the possibilities of the group's grooving dream-pop blueprint but stays just weird enough not to attract the ear of mainstream radio.
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BlenderThe album's plush and detailed enough to invite extensive exploration, and varied enough to not get exhausting. [Oct 2005, p.135]
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This exercise in excess makes the ambitious You Forgot It in People seem positively understated by comparison.