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Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever - The Cribs
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75 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critics What's this?

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8.4 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 21 Ratings

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  • Summary: The English trio of brothers look to leave a mark in the US with their third album.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Drowned In Sound
    90
    Ultimately, Men's Needs… is brighter, sharper and just plain better than anything The Cribs have produced to date.
  2. musicOMH.com
    90
    There's absolutely nothing indecisive (or indeed shit) about this album. It's swaggering, full-throttle, full-throated genius.
  3. Blender
    60
    Singer-guitarist Ryan and Gary Jarman comport themselves ably through these dozen distortion-cranked, rhapsodically sung bits of power pop. [2007 Aug, p.110]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. StephenC
    10
    Men's needs is their best song to date !
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  2. philg
    10
    what a fantastic album, album of the year for me. fantastic, agonizing and gripping lyrics with fantastic guitars, all made barely listenable by alex kapranos himself whilst retaining its sense of individuality and rebelliousness. fan.tastic.… Expand
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  3. BrianG.
    10
    In looking at the critics Best of 2007 lists, and to anyone who has had the good fortune to buy this album, it is clear that this is one of the great overlooked albums of 2007. It stacks up alongside the best, including the Arctic Monkeys, Les Savy Fav, Blonde Redhead, the National, Okkervil River, Bloc Party, the Battles, LCD Soundsystem, Radiohead and the rest of what I collected this year. For me, the true test of this wonderful album is the fact that it keeps finding its way into my car's CD changer. Let's face it, there is always a tough decision as to what should be fit into a limited number of slots - this album has a way of displacing great albums time and time again. This is a record that will beg you to play it. I think Metacritic got this one wrong.… Expand
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