Reality Check
by The Teenagers
Metascore
64

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 20
  3. Negative: 2 out of 20
  1. AllMusic
    60
    Even though the formula is a winning one (and sounds pretty thrilling in small doses), by the end of the album you feel like you were listening to one really long song.
  2. The Guardian
    60
    Reality Check is best approached with caution, but it's worth a listen.
  3. Spin
    60
    Reality Check vacillates between Serge Gainsbourg's slutty cool and Jonathan's Richman's childlike poignance. [Apr 2008, p.106]
  5. Tiny Mix Tapes
    60
    The Teenagers have not made a great album, but it is better than many will want to admit.
  6. Drowned In Sound
    40
    If you’ve got the savvy to work out how some of Reality Check is actually occasionally brilliant, then you should also be able to figure out it’s also absolute shit.
  7. Q Magazine
    40
    It's singing their filthy lyrics in thick French accents that spoils the party. [Apr 2008, p.115]
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  8. Prefix Magazine
    40
    There’s nothing wrong with a band being crass. But when that band tries to act like they’re doing it in order to make a vague, nonsensical statement on twenty-first century love and sex, the result is albums like Reality Check.
  9. NOW Magazine
    40
    If this weren’t such a disingenuous, cynical and generally creepy record, it would be something I could really get behind.

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User Score
7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. JimF.
    Apr 20, 2008
    9
    Love. This. Record.
  2. MattA.
    Apr 9, 2008
    8
    Hey critics take it easy on the Teenagers. This album deserves an 8 for "Homecoming" alone.
  3. YorkD.
    Mar 25, 2008
    9
    It contains six potential singles. Fresh and funny!
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