User ratings in Music are temporarily disabled. More info
Do Rabbits Wonder Image
Metascore
62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews What's this?

User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 11 Ratings

  • Summary: Championed (and signed) by the White Stripes' Jack White, this spare, Michigan-based keyboard-bass-drums trio has been labeled by Rolling Stone as this generation's Devo. White produced this debut LP, which was mixed by Mercury Rev's Dave Fridmann. And why the album title? According to theChampioned (and signed) by the White Stripes' Jack White, this spare, Michigan-based keyboard-bass-drums trio has been labeled by Rolling Stone as this generation's Devo. White produced this debut LP, which was mixed by Mercury Rev's Dave Fridmann. And why the album title? According to the band's website, "We all love rabbits." Expand

Top Track

Green
Green You feel inside so long ago a dream The sky and sun were real and Everyone was there to wave you on Oh sister... oh mother... oh father It... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 13
  2. Negative: 2 out of 13
  1. Filter
    86
    Bizarre and punkish and freakish and good. [#5, p.91]
  2. For all the sludge and fuzz on the album, Do Rabbits Wonder? never becomes muddy; the grit and gristle of Whirlwind Heat's abrasive repertoire of sounds remains clearly defined even at its most crazed.
  3. Alternative Press
    80
    Has the abrupt, spasmodic intensity of an epileptic seizure. [June 2003, p.94]
  4. Uncut
    60
    It's an abrasive sound. [Aug 2003, p.99]
  5. Q Magazine
    60
    It's not all bad, though, as the album possesses a killer repertoire of filthy bass lines and an undeniable pedal-to-the-metal verve. [Aug 2003, p.116]
  6. Entertainment Weekly
    42
    Heat can't find a melody to save their Moog. [18 Apr 2003, p.70]
  7. It's mind-boggling that such sloppily arranged, barely listenable stuff is getting this kind of attention, but that's celebrity for you.

See all 13 Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. ga
    May 21, 2006
    10
    i love it@
  2. katys
    Jan 3, 2006
    10
    i loved this album. i dont know it well but i have listened to clips of all the songs and love them all. not one of the songs is a i loved this album. i dont know it well but i have listened to clips of all the songs and love them all. not one of the songs is a disappointment, all are great and fun to listen to. i only found out about this band by watching kerrangs 'banned' programme when the song 'purple' came on. overall, its excellent! Collapse
  3. k,m
    May 21, 2006
    10
    heck yes
  4. MimiM
    May 29, 2003
    9
    Original, frantic and inspiring!
  5. annouk
    Dec 4, 2004
    9
    yogi bear and firework cocks..."this is shit-hot heat"... I used to hate the colour purple; they have converted me.
  6. SamiV
    Dec 26, 2003
    9
    I recently purchased this album after listening to it on multiple free of charge services available on the web, such as launchcast. It's I recently purchased this album after listening to it on multiple free of charge services available on the web, such as launchcast. It's an amazing album and I, much like others, will probably expect a lot from their future albums. But a very nice start, refreshing. Expand
  7. DestinyR
    Nov 12, 2003
    1
    this was the worst album i'd ever heard. they're even worse (which is barely feasable) live.

See all 10 User Reviews

Related Articles

  1. Ranked: Albums Featuring Jack White (The White Stripes)

    Ranked: Albums Featuring Jack White (The White Stripes) Image
    Published: May 11, 2010
    "Sea of Cowards," the latest album from Jack White's side project The Dead Weather, is out this week. How does it compare to White's other albums, including output from The White Stripes and The Raconteurs?