Let Go - Nada Surf
Metascore
80 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 2 out of 11
  1. A dozen near-perfect pop songs, each one teeming with joyful desperation.
  2. Layer after layer of preconceived notions and excess noise are stripped away to unveil both soft-spoken charm and intense newfound confidence.
  3. Nears indie-pop perfection. [Feb 2003, p.70]
  4. 90
    A near-perfect record to hold onto with all the might you can muster. [#58, p.103]
  5. A more mature mix of intelligent guitar tunes and acoustic noodling. [Oct 2002, p.113]
  6. Let Go is an excellent rainy-afternoon album, full of gentle and melancholic beauty, with echoes of Love and the Beach Boys.
  7. 80
    Wheel reinvention, it ain't, but for insidious, emotionally overblown ear candy, Let Go hits a real sweet spot. [Nov 2002, p.113]
  8. Virtually every song on Let Go hits its mark in one way or another, dispensing consistently remarkable moments that range from the sweet minor-key swoon of "Blizzard Of '77" and "Neither Heaven Nor Space" to the sleek, bouncy new wave of "Hi-Speed Soul."
  9. 70
    This wistful, road-trip nostalgia-pop is the sound of alt-rock after the gold rush. [#14, p.141]
  10. 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.
  11. This record is Weezer-lite, emo-lite, corporate radio, MOR rock junk.
User Score

Universal acclaim- based on 34 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. a_1
    10
    "Well son", I said. This is my favourite album of all time"...
  2. 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. Full Review »
  3. MikeF
    9
    Beautiful record. Pitchfork can suck a dick for all I care.