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- Summary: After 20 years and over 20 albums, Dayton, Ohio's Guided By Voices (led throughout its duration by Robert Pollard) is calling it quits with this final release.
- Record Label: Matador
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 18 out of 22
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Mixed: 4 out of 22
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Negative: 0 out of 22
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One of the highlights of their career.
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FilterIt's ultimately a pop album, reflective and thoughtful, and these songs are just that: songs. [#12, p.97]
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Under The RadarA more pop-oriented approach, with acoustic textures and melancholic tendencies that recall some of the band's finer work. [#7]
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Rolling StoneLike many of the band's best, it's packed to bursting with sometimes inscrutable pleasures. [16 Sep 2004, p.79]
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Though lacking in innovation, the final GBV album will please any longtime fan that prefers “Game of Pricks” to “Chicken Blows”. Pollard’s songwriting finally feels consistent, fully realized and commanding.
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The mediocre filler that rounds out Half Smiles' lineup is, sadly, par for the band's late-era course.
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Alternative PressSounds like every other disc Matador has released by them. [Oct 2004, p.134]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 12 out of 13
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Mixed: 0 out of 13
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Negative: 1 out of 13
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JorgeCAug 25, 2004Robert Pollard is from another planet.
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andertonAug 25, 2004Bittersweet masterpiece.
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ericAug 25, 200410 as any GBV song is
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NeilDSep 16, 2004Their weakest since Do The Collapse. Still there is some strong stuff on here. Especially the first five tracks and the final cut.
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aaronLJan 14, 2007
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LawrencePSep 17, 2004Average for these guys. A masterpiece for most bands.
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JohnRAug 23, 2004
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