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I Get Wet
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Metascore
64

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews What's this?

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7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 48 Ratings

  • Summary: This big-budget debut album from 22-year-old Detroit-raised rocker Andrew WK took the UK (well, at least its music press) by storm in late 2001.

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Party Hard
When it's time to party, we will party hard You, you work all night And when you're workin', you feel all right And when, when things stop feelin'... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 14
  3. Negative: 3 out of 14
  1. The A.V. Club
    90
    Balls-out heavy metal with an emphasis on speed and keyboard-driven hooks, the album rocks almost recklessly, but without the trappings that burden its peers: There's no camp, no irony, and, most notably, no angst.
  2. AllMusic
    90
    Refreshingly simple and cleverly stupid, I Get Wet makes indoctrination fun again.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    W.K. must know how ridiculous this all sounds, but he attacks the material with such fervor that you almost believe he means every word.
  4. Village Voice
    80
    After one listen to I Get Wet, you'll swear you've heard it before... but somehow, you've never heard anything like it.
  5. Neumu.net
    70
    It's simultaneously refreshing and amusing. And it rocks hard.
  6. Blender
    60
    Those in search of a gloriously moronic keg-party soundtrack will wet themselves with pleasure. [Apr/May 2002, p.112]
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  7. E! Online
    0
    Call us out of sync, but we never got the memo proclaiming that wafer-thin cheese metal sung by deranged lunatics is back in fashion.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 30
  3. Negative: 7 out of 30
  1. PeterM
    Nov 8, 2006
    10
    Any album that gets a 0.6 from Pitchfork Media has to be good!
  2. ChloeJ
    Apr 28, 2009
    10
    I loved this album. I know the lyrics aren't very deep but I don't think all albums need to be "symbolic" or have metaphors for I loved this album. I know the lyrics aren't very deep but I don't think all albums need to be "symbolic" or have metaphors for everything. Sometimes people need that fun album to work out to.… Expand
  4. leelogan
    Feb 4, 2018
    10
    Brilliant album, there's not much else to say, I feel sorry for anyone that doesn't like it, they're really missing out.
  5. MattS
    Jul 13, 2004
    9
    Andrew WK friggin rules. The cd makes me so happy every time I see it spinning and playing wonderful sounds. Andrew WK for life. I love you Andrew WK friggin rules. The cd makes me so happy every time I see it spinning and playing wonderful sounds. Andrew WK for life. I love you Andrew. Thank You.… Expand
  6. Screenager
    Apr 23, 2013
    8
    Hard-arena-party-rock from a classically trained pianist. The concept sounds ridiculous and cheesy, and it is which makes it a fun record thatHard-arena-party-rock from a classically trained pianist. The concept sounds ridiculous and cheesy, and it is which makes it a fun record that demands to be replayed. Its stupid, but its clever.… Expand
  7. RazorEye
    Mar 10, 2012
    5
    To this day, i've never survived the whole album. So that's a negative right away. The fact that I can't be bothered to listen to the album asTo this day, i've never survived the whole album. So that's a negative right away. The fact that I can't be bothered to listen to the album as a whole says something. About half of the tracks on the album are pure ****. Just hard rock with someone with throat cancer as lead vocal. Funny, because that's pretty much Andrew's whole career - half of his songs are complete crap. With I Get Wet, I have to admit, Andrew brings a completely different sound. Not the usual rock music we are used to. This is art rock, and "Ready to Die" and "Party Hard" show that well. Too bad the rest of the album is not that great as these two songs. "She Is Beautiful", "Don't Stop Living In The Red" and "Take It Off" are okay, but in retrospect, this album is somewhat decent.… Collapse
  8. ericeric
    Sep 21, 2003
    0
    This is not music.

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Awards & Rankings

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#34 Most Discussed Album of 2002
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#68 Most Shared Album of 2002