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Leaves Turn Inside You - Unwound
Metascore
87 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 13 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
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  1. Splendid
    100
    A powerful masterpiece of an album.
  2. The Wire
    100
    Marks a radical departure in its scope and overall sound.... Unwound have reinvented their music as Progressive hardcore, framing abstract conceits in rock solid structures. This brave, ambitious record retains its edge in a blur of invention. [#206, p.76]
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  3. Neumu.net
    90
    Even in the record's most strung-out moments of tension and distortion, Unwound sound nothing more than soft and sweet.
  4. Pitchfork
    90
    In many respects, Leaves Turn Inside You is the band's most ambitious, sweeping, and difficult outing yet.... I'm convinced that, if you've been following this band's development, the initial bewildered expression on your face will give way to total enchantment, and this new, boldly different Unwound album will have you in its grip for months to come.
  5. All Music Guide
    90
    A unique, epic effort from one of the most inventive and dynamic rock bands in recent memory.
  6. Drawer B
    90
    It is the band’s most fully realized musical achievement.... A monumental album by a monumental band.
  7. Spin
    90
    Rounding off the edges of its tried and true punk-rock grind with the melodic and rhythmic tropes of '60s psychedelia, Unwound has perfectly re-imagined a sound that most art-students wouldn't even spit on the first time around.
  8. CDNow
    80
    Unlike the band's earlier material, which echoed with thunderous volume, Leaves Turn Inside You is textural and sedate, combining the hazy urgency of Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation with the creativity of Yo La Tengo and the ethereality of Slowdive.
  9. PopMatters
    80
    Unwound plays with a tightness and richness that few bands can touch anymore; they have turned into the metal Minutemen.
  10. Nude As The News
    75
    This album is to Unwound what Daydream Nation was to Sonic Youth: the application of wild imagination and ruthless harmonies to a more mainstream format, while largely dispensing with their heritage and experiments.
  11. Alternative Press
    70
    This is Unwound's Kid A, in that they've turned their back on the rock in favor of something more atmospheric, but even more significantly, they've tossed out all the old recipes and made the future unpredictable. Problem is, they've fixed something that wasn't broken. [Jul 2001, p.85]
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  12. Mojo
    70
    A string quartet, reverby backing vocals, and Kraut keys crowd the songs like weeds strangling a once hearty plant. [May 2001, p.104]
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  13. Village Voice
    70
    Where Unwound's songs have usually been jagged or drained, Leaves Turn Inside You remains level for two discs (almost 80 minutes), making it one of the darkest, most placid hard rock records since Soundgarden's Superunknown.
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