Horrorscope - Eve 6
  • Band Name: Eve 6
  • Record Label: RCA
  • Release Date: Jul 25, 2000
Metascore
53 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 10
  3. Negative: 2 out of 10
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  1. All Music Guide
    60
    It's another conventional rock record, thrashing guitar hooks and throbbing bass lines are in place, but frontman Max Collins has lyrically improved.
  2. CDNow
    70
    Horrorscope is just like its predecessor, only more so: Better, smarter, faster, and angstier than Eve 6, it's an utterly delightful pop-punk kerfluffle.
  3. Checkout.com
    60
    Sometimes reminiscent of classic English prog-rockers the Moody Blues and the correlating Electric Light Orchestra (as in "Rescue" and "Girl Eyes"), Eve 6 mostly sounds like a safer version of their numeric brethren Third Eye Blind, Blink 182 and even matchbox twenty
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  4. Entertainment Weekly
    67
    The band's music and lyrics often still sound labored
  5. MTV.com
    70
    The collection of songs on Horrorscope is a rollicking batch of hooky tunes
  6. Rolling Stone
    50
    It's an almost perfectly consistent follow-up to the band's successful 1998 debut - perhaps a tad too consistent.
  7. Sonicnet
    50
    If you fish around a bit, you'll find several good ideas here, some of which may have worked better in different hands.
  8. Spin
    20
    But it's not Eve 6's purely commercial aspirations that makes them so horrid...
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  9. The A.V. Club
    20
    Horrorscope is glossy, artless, proficient, and dull enough to be easily tuned out...
  10. Wall of Sound
    81
    A rousing, driving smack in the face of all things pop, punk, and hard rock.

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User Score
7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. ChrisC...squared,Iguess
    8
    I used to think that Eve 6 was a good band, and still do. True, they are not earthshattering innovators but have mastered the Top 40 hook and work well within their paramenters. Horrorscope is still their best album, and Max Collins is one of the most phenomenal lyricists out there. Few can twist out a clever turn of phrase ("got screwed by the horse he rode in on; riding high on his whims had only gotten him down") like he can without it sounding forced. No on will be talking about them in 20 years, but that doesn't mean they are without their strengths.… Full Review »
  2. daveb
    8
    I like the album. It's not gonna win any grammy's or insure eve 6 a place in the rock n roll hall of fame. However, the songs are almost all catchy and a couple are very good. Don't we all like a popcorn movie once in a while? This is a popcorn album. Not everyone can be radiohead or u2 as not every movie is citizen kane or lord of the rings. Go buy the album, you won't be disappointed unless your one of this righteous poser, who pretend unless it's high art it's not worthy of their time. Good toe tappin tunes!… Full Review »
  3. ChrisC
    6
    Okay, I'll be honest. I used to think Eve 6 was a really good band. Now that I've been exposed to *actual* good music, I realize they're untalented and are really, really bad at writing lyrics. But I've got to give them credit for enriching my naive deluded teenage ears, and having a few nice melodies and catchy songs.… Full Review »
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