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Guilt Show
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70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 11 Ratings

  • Summary: This is the fourth album for the Kansas City (Mo.)-based emo band.

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Man of Conviction
God blessed here's a man of conviction With evidence enough to convict him So he stands by the side of the victim Has strength enough to forgive... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

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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  4. 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.
  5. Blender
    60
    Paired with the Kids’ fidelity to verse/chorus pop, Pryor’s boyishly confident, hopeful delivery can sound pro forma, even mindless.
  6. 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.
  7. Rolling Stone
    40
    Pryor delivers wounded-boy bromides that are so shopworn, they sound indifferent.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. pmoney
    Nov 4, 2004
    10
    insane christian rock, it makes my girlfriend wet just listening to it
  2. 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 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
  4. 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… Expand
  5. willb
    Mar 9, 2004
    8
    it's good stuff, man
  6. 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… Expand
  7. 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 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. … Expand
  8. 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 "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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