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It's Blitz - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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82 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 36 Critics What's this?

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8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 81 Ratings

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  • Summary: The third album for the New York band was produced by Nick Launay and Dave Sitek.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 36
  3. Negative: 0 out of 36
  1. Q Magazine
    100
    So let any indie bands planning a trip to the keyboard shop take note: this is how it's done, with a desire to surprise and be surprised. [May 2009, p.104]
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  2. MSN Consumer Guide (Robert Christgau)
    91
    Even the now-obligatory vulnerable one, where Karen tries to prove she's not only human but nice, is... well, not a cartoon, but at least a bedtime story.
  3. cokemachineglow
    58
    Most of that sonic rage is in absentia on It's Blitz!, which is part OK electro dance record and part atmospheric boredom courtesy of producer nerd David Sitek, who, it's becoming increasingly clear, saves all of his best ideas for his main squeeze TV On the Radio.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 37
  3. Negative: 2 out of 37
  1. j30
    9
    Awesome dance pop album, even better live. This is definately my favorite record from them and one of the best albums from that year.
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. JDV
    5
    A worthy stab at the indie electro-rock trend, but nothing compared to Fever to Tell.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. EdH
    1
    Lame. A TREMENDOUS dissapointment. Right now I wish that they would have tried doing something new (not new to them... but, revolutionary). I remember a couple years back they said they were "traveling the world" trying to find a "new sound".. so I waited...... and they come out with this crap! It sounds like many things, I even heard some songs with Madonna tunes mixed in... WTF! (Not sure if they realized the were doing it..) In all honesty I don't HATE it. But it is not good; not just by YYY standards, but by any MUSIC loving person's standards. It's Blitz has no soul, no fun. For the first time in my life I am NOT going to their concert because I've seen them on youtube performing and Karen O has become a standing statue of boredom... I can't blame her, however. HOW CAN ANYONE HAVE FUN OR BEGIN TO FEEL ANYTHING WITH SUCH RUN OF THE MILL MUSIC AND HORRIBLE LYRICS!!! (With the "thank God!" exception of 2, maybe 3 songs) WHO IS POSTING REVIEWS?! NINE YEAR OLD GIRLS?!!! JUST BECAUSE IT'S YOUR FAVORITE BAND, DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GOOD. I would be rating it a 5 but since everyone thinks that these ratings are just a game and think "I was going to rate them an 8 or 7, but I want them to have a higher average rating" (RETARDS! Can't even tell the truth of their opinions) Now I rate them a 1. So that they could go down to what they deserve to be. Ughhhh... I hope that their next album is the best album they've ever made. I don't want to see a great band fall just because they want success or to "do something new". In that case DO SOMETHING GOOD!… Expand
    • 0 of 1 users said yes

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