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80 out of 100

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9.2 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 34 Ratings

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  • Summary: One-hit wonders, you say? Well, the New York trio did score an MTV hit with "Popular," from their 1996 debut album, but it is a more mature and less commercial Nada Surf that returns now with a third LP, their first for indie label Barsuk.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 2 out of 11
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    91
    A dozen near-perfect pop songs, each one teeming with joyful desperation.
  2. All Music Guide
    90
    Layer after layer of preconceived notions and excess noise are stripped away to unveil both soft-spoken charm and intense newfound confidence.
  3. Pitchfork
    38
    Let Go's only plausible use is to forcibly expose us to mid-90s alt-rock in the context of today so that we might come to grips with just how damn crappy it sounds.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. CJD.
    10
    Rob Mitchem, what a friggin DB. Does he even write for PF anymore?
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  2. ChadyzGroove
    10
    This is one of my favorite albums from the 2000s. It had definitely held up over the year, and only seems to get better with time. If you have only listened to High/Low or the song Popular, you are missing out on one of the greatest bands, and albums of this generation.… Expand
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  3. a_1
    10
    "Well son", I said. This is my favourite album of all time"...
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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