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. Yossarian
    Mar 23, 2004
    7
    Good but not excellent, midway between On a Wire and Something to Write Home About. Poppy but still slightly experimental indie. No doubt they are best with Pop, but back off on it. If you want bouncy sing-along all the time listen to Sum 41 and Simple Plan. And bob p needs to stop crying, their band not his, and a band tends to evolve.
  2. LiliaN
    Mar 2, 2004
    9
    I hadn't heard this band in many years. This was really great. They've grown up.
  3. willb
    Mar 9, 2004
    8
    it's good stuff, man
  4. 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? 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
  5. ZachZ
    Mar 2, 2004
    10
    I think this not only the best TGUK CD so far, but its so good that i hold hope it might get some sort of grammy nod. It mixs the punk heavy sound of STWHA with the lyrical wonder of on a wire, and hit a home run. They also made a brilliant move by allowing James Dewees more freedom with his keybord, and that in my opinion is what pushes this to a ten. A MUST buy for fans, and even for I think this not only the best TGUK CD so far, but its so good that i hold hope it might get some sort of grammy nod. It mixs the punk heavy sound of STWHA with the lyrical wonder of on a wire, and hit a home run. They also made a brilliant move by allowing James Dewees more freedom with his keybord, and that in my opinion is what pushes this to a ten. A MUST buy for fans, and even for people who haven't heard them before… Expand
  6. pmoney
    Nov 4, 2004
    10
    insane christian rock, it makes my girlfriend wet just listening to it
  7. 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 rocks and the get up kids are awsome. start exepting change change, my friend

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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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