Ima Robot - Ima Robot
Metascore
65 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Ima Robot mines the dark recesses of metal, glam, new wave and electro, meshing its findings without a stitch to produce memorable choruses that stick in your head long after they're gone.
  2. 83
    Like Grandaddy, they know the future isn't glitch-free, but they're gonna throw a good party anyway. [Oct 2003, p.113]
  3. Goofy out-of-time tunes. [Oct 2003, p.136]
  4. There's not much originality on this record, and cliches abound, but... [it] is so full of energy that it demands a listen. [#5, p.106]
  5. 70
    Off-kilter, irreverent and unbelievably addictive.
  6. They won't matter in a year, or even six-months...but for the time being, Ima Robot are an utterly entrancing and joyously frivolous antidote to those pre-winter blues.
  7. 60
    [A] perplexing, 'is it irritating or is it glorious?' album that meshes the oddball with the serious in a quirky, plastic-punk manner not entirely unlike that of The B-52's and Devo. [Mar 2004, p.108]
  8. Ultimately too derivative to fully enjoy.
  9. The overall effect is a little wayward at times, strangely touching at others, and nutso throughout. [May 2004, p.104]
  10. The end product is an enjoyable, though not enduring, debut offering.
  11. 40
    An energetic, derivative genre exercise. [Oct 2003, p.118]
  12. [Alex] Ebert's voice is the most polarizing set of pipes this side of the Darkness' Justin Hawkins, and most listeners won't be able to get past it.
User Score

Universal acclaim- based on 23 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. JesseG
    10
    my absolute favorite band on the planet, and this is a must buy!
  2. RyanA
    10
    i don't know what the critics listened too, this album is great and i don't think it seems disposable at all. i just got turned on to them this weekend and so far i am lovin it. Full Review »
  3. Stella
    10
    Best cd on earth.