Guilt Show
by The Get Up Kids
  • Record Label: Vagrant
  • Release Date: Mar 2, 2004
Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Alternative Press
    80
    Their most complete-sounding disc to date. [Mar 2004, p.91]
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  2. PopMatters
    80
    To these ears, the Get Up Kids have finally arrived.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    75
    Dark but guitar-driven, it proves [On A Wire's] soft sentiment might have worked better with a little more hard rock. [5 Mar 2004, p.68]
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  5. Spin
    75
    Ultimately, Guilt Show feels about as transitional as its predecessor; Pryor has stripped the cuteness from his songwriting but hasn't figured out how to make his dispatches from adulthood resonate the way his teenland stuff used to. [Apr 2004, p.91]
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  6. Stylus Magazine
    70
    Tellingly, the consistently likable Guilt Show falters only when The Get Up Kids overextend their grasp and depart from their nearly infallible pop formula, as on the “experimental” claptrap of the album’s last two tracks.

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User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
  1. laar
    Aug 29, 2006
    9
    Bands change styles and the type of misic they write. blink 182 did and i was dissapointed in them, but the album was still good. this album Bands change styles and the type of misic they write. blink 182 did and i was dissapointed in them, but the album was still good. this album rocks and the get up kids are awsome. start exepting change change, my friend… Full Review »
  2. d
    Feb 6, 2006
    7
    agreed. bob p needs to stop whining. it's a definite evolution from their earlier days. and you want the sing-along choruses and hooks? agreed. bob p needs to stop whining. it's a definite evolution from their earlier days. and you want the sing-along choruses and hooks? go listen to kelly clarkson. seriously, get off this forum if that's what you're looking for in tguk or even real music for that matter… Full Review »
  3. pmoney
    Nov 4, 2004
    10
    insane christian rock, it makes my girlfriend wet just listening to it
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