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

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  1. bobp
    Mar 4, 2004
    3
    "I wish I had an extra set of hands so I could give it four thumbs down!" Shit this album is boring. I used to be a big GUK fan until the shit-storm what was "On a Wire". This is a step towrds the right direction, but come on... Where are the hooks? Where's the sing-along choruses? Where's the bouncy guitar riffs? You guys are a pop-band. Don't try to be something "I wish I had an extra set of hands so I could give it four thumbs down!" Shit this album is boring. I used to be a big GUK fan until the shit-storm what was "On a Wire". This is a step towrds the right direction, but come on... Where are the hooks? Where's the sing-along choruses? Where's the bouncy guitar riffs? You guys are a pop-band. Don't try to be something you're not. If you want to reinvent yourselves, just change your name and stop sullying what the get up kids had been.… Expand

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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. Blender
    60
    Paired with the Kids’ fidelity to verse/chorus pop, Pryor’s boyishly confident, hopeful delivery can sound pro forma, even mindless.
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  2. The A.V. Club
    60
    The Get Up Kids relies on classic pop arrangements (piano accents, acoustic bridges, moody electronic/orchestral interludes, and climactic choruses) to bring a touch of class to what might otherwise be standard half-hook emo, faintly catchy but fundamentally unmemorable.
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  3. Alternative Press
    80
    Their most complete-sounding disc to date. [Mar 2004, p.91]
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