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. Filter
    88
    The reasons we love the Parisians-by-way-of-London rockers are only partially for their adolescent kitsch and filth. [Winter 2008, p.97]
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  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    Reality Check stands as a fun, frank and startlingly perceptive debut that surprises for all the right reasons.
  3. Uncut
    80
    True, every song here is virtually identical, but at least it's a great song. [Apr 2008, p.94]
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  5. Blender
    80
    It's one big, horny wink--halfway between charming and totally sleazy. [Apr 2008, p.78]
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  6. Urb
    80
    The Teenagers are pretty damn good at distilling all things incredible, wicked and true about being young.
  7. Dot Music
    70
    Buy into the notion that The Teenagers are in fact a satirical comment on the "Shockwaves Generation", and this is a dry, impeccably observed album, closer in spirit to Arab Strap than any of the nu-rave favourites.
  8. Hartford Courant
    70
    Though these songs, like 'Feeling Better,' are the album's goofiest, they present the band at its most sincere, celebrating the vitality, if not the emotional immaturity, that precedes one's 20th birthday.
  9. Under The Radar
    70
    The gimmick factor is high, but when one gets past all this, the songs on Reality Check are simply catch-as-hell pop tunes with a hormonal teen's penchant toward the lustful and reactionary. [Spring 2008, p.84]
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  10. PopMatters
    70
    Reality Check won’t change the world, but it will make the lives of new-found fans a little more special.
  11. Pitchfork
    69
    After a handful of other singles and remixes, the full-length debut Reality Check still can't match the Teenagers' first time, but it shows a developing group with their own distinct take on misspent youth in the era of free internet porn.

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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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