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Misery Is A Butterfly - Blonde Redhead
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78 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critics What's this?

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8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 14 Ratings

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  • Summary: 'Misery' is the first 4AD release for the noisy, experimental indie rockers, who have mellowed/refined their sound a bit to fit their new label.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. Delusions of Adequacy
    90
    Arguably the best album in their career.
  2. Filter
    86
    Misery doesn't step forward so much as expand outward; roughly half of the album... sounds as if it could've been lifted off of Melody. The other half is purely visceral. [#10, p.91]
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  3. Dusted Magazine
    50
    Blonde Redhead haven't run out of ideas, but Misery strips them of their eccentricities so thoroughly that the few that remain sound out of place.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. MartyS.
    10
    An album of absolute wonder ......... can't get enough!
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  2. ToshiakiA
    10
    These Critics don't know what they are talking about. This group and this album is a masterpiece. 50 my ***.
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  3. kellyw
    2
    this record reminds me of the memory of the taste of this giant feast in a reoccuring dream; the savory liquids of the turkeys and hams turned out to be saliva cakes on my pillow. I used to love this band but thier preciousness is wearing thin; warm production and some strings can't save this lackluster record that is harmonically placid. Like the Catherine Wheel they started on fire though not knowing what they were doing or where they were going; the more they figure it out the less i want to hear thier music.… Expand
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