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69 out of 100

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9.8 out of 10

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  • Summary: Rick Rubin produces the band's major label debut album.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. Billboard.com
    81
    On Music for Men, the band's devotion to being itself has finally found it a place in the mainstream.
  2. Uncut
    80
    Brace yourselves, naysayers, for a tour de force.
  3. The Guardian
    60
    There's nothing really to grab them: too many of the songs seem a little underweight. It may be that 'Heavy Cross' is enough to save the Gossip from indie one-hit-wonderdom, but there's no escaping the fact that Music for Men doesn't do the thing it really needs to.

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    Someone convinced me to listen to this. I immediately went out and bought the CD. Everyone who listened to my copy did exactly the same. I still haven't met anyone who doesn't think it's amazing.… Expand
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