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Machine [EP]
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Metascore
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews What's this?

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6.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

  • Summary: This three-track single (optimistically dubbed an "EP"), the band's second overall release, contains songs that allegedly will not appear on their upcoming full-length debut.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. Neumu.net
    70
    Let's face it, no one else today is making music as cool and original as that of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
  2. Splendid
    60
    The brittle treble-heavy assault is replaced with clarity, greater exploration of texture and more "professional" recording.
  3. Stylus Magazine
    45
    The Machine EP is a bizarre experiment for the YYYs: is this studio-glazed rocker the one that will show their true colors - or is this just a little endeavor to see what they can pull off? Either way, I’m pretty pissed.
  4. Pitchfork
    39
    Machine disappoints on an almost unprecedented number of levels, and its unfortunate length is the least of its problems.

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  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
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  3. Negative: 1 out of 2
  1. PatrickW.
    Jun 13, 2004
    9
    Though the second mini - album by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs may be short, it is still sweet, a trickle of a taste of the joy yet to come on their Though the second mini - album by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs may be short, it is still sweet, a trickle of a taste of the joy yet to come on their major label debut.… Expand
  2. matthewp.
    Jan 29, 2005
    2
    i love the yeah yeah yeahs, and i'd probably put their first ep and their full-length on any list of my favourite albums. but machine is i love the yeah yeah yeahs, and i'd probably put their first ep and their full-length on any list of my favourite albums. but machine is just a mess -- 1 good song, and a few stabs at a more experimental sound that fall completely flat. go for their other stuff, and avoid this at all costs.… Expand

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