Get Awkward - Be Your Own Pet
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70 out of 100

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7.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings

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  • Summary: The sophomore album for the rock quartet from Nashville, Tennessee.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 27
  3. Negative: 1 out of 27
  1. Lost At Sea
    92
    Even with song subjects nicked from movies, the only false thing here is the title: Get Awkward my ass. It's extremely difficult to imagine these hyperdrive darlings as anything but fully adept.
  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    Get Awkward is relentless, riotous and raw.
  3. Uncut
    60
    Jemina Pearl's voice is compelling, ensuring Be Your Own Pet sound like a candy-coloured, pocket-sized Yeah Yeah Yeahs. [may 2008, p.87]
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  4. Under The Radar
    30
    Unfortunately, creativity is nonexistent on Get Awkward. [Spring 2008, p.82]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. tom
    10
    Likely to be my fav record for 2008. Heavily suggest you get the import (2 of 3 songs are needed).
  2. DanielB.
    8
    Great album by an awesome but now sadly defunct band.
  3. EricC.
    7
    When they ditch the grating teen angst image midway through the album for the madness of food fights and zombies, the album takes off. Not great, but pretty darn good. Sucks that they broke up already, though. Oh, and the cut tracks are released on vinyl. Better start collecting LPs, suckers.… Expand
  4. Alex
    0
    Get Awkward is overall a pretty fun record, although not as exciting as their earlier material. However, three songs mentioned in many of the reviews above are not on the American version, "Black Hole," "Becky" and "Blow Yr Mind." This seems a little strange, since "Black Hole" was released as a single and "Becky" has been the most talked about song on the album. Since it was clearly not because the album needed to be cut down (only 35 minutes), there is only one possible answer: UNIVERSAL CENSORED THE ALBUM. "Black Hole" and "Becky" both contain references to killing, which likely did not go over well with the major label distributor. The UK version has all of the tracks...hunt that down if you want the songs talked about in the reviews or just download them to spite Universal!… Collapse

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