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Universal acclaim- based on 39 Ratings
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Positive: 35 out of 39
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Mixed: 1 out of 39
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Negative: 3 out of 39
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Mar 8, 2019While I certainly wouldn't say this is a bad record, there's hardly any memorable moments on it. I sure can't think of one, and I just listened to the thing.
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Apr 30, 2015One of the greatest albums of all time. Equally as good as PFNO. Every song is brilliant. Carry the Zero, Time Trap, and Else are simply godly. It still blows my mind how good this album is. Some bands are lucky enough to create a timeless, masterpiece album. Some truly exceptional bands have made more than one of these albums. Built to Spill is one of them.
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Aug 19, 2013It is nice to know good rock music was being made during a time of laughably bad, rap/rock music (Limp Bizkit, Kid Rock, etc). Built To Spill's 1999 gem "Keep It Like A Secret" is an essential indie rock album and one of the best rock albums to come out that year.
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DaveFeb 7, 2007
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jimhSep 7, 2006The low rating of this album is proof of how jaded and cynical critics can be. This is one of the most quintessential rock albums of the 90's.
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TomBJun 20, 2006
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[Anonymous]Nov 20, 2005best cd and yet it didn't receive a high rating. o well i dont want them to go mainstream and sell out so its ok that ppl dont like them.
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BobDoleOct 19, 2005why the heck isn't the rating for this album higher? amazing.
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yarightJan 10, 2005one of the best records of the 90s in my opinion. sounds alot like their first great record theres nothing wrong with love. simply amazing!!
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RichCDec 5, 2003It didn't take long for me to grow to love this album as one of my favorites. One of the most rewarding albums I have ever listened to.
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ShafTAug 1, 2003One of the best albums of all time, with Carry the Zero the perfect pop song, not to mention amazing gems like Time Trap, Else, Broken Chairs, the Plan. It's amazing and sad how much of the buying public and the mainstream media don't know about or appreciate Doug M.'s genius and greatness (guitarwork and words and sense of melody).
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Awards & Rankings
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Recalls last year's fine Halo Benders release, The Rebels Not In, the album Martsch recorded with Beat Happening's Calvin Johnson and former Spinanes and current Built to Spill drummer Scott Plouf. And that's not a bad thing at all.
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In a sense, this is Built to Spill's pop album: every song is direct and clean, without the long, cerebral jamming that characterized their earlier albums.
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Perhaps the secret they're trying to keep here is that Built To Spill quite frankly write some of the most original, interesting and catchy pop songs you'll ever hear.