Ruff
by Born Ruffians
  • Record Label: Yep Roc
  • Release Date: Oct 2, 2015
Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. Magnet
    Oct 14, 2015
    60
    There is a surprising amount of vitriol pent up--ever so politely--in these songs, and when that vitriol squeaks out into the universe, it is very genteel, very well-mannered vitriol. [No. 125, p.53]
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  2. musicOMH.com
    Oct 7, 2015
    60
    RUFF will win no prizes for compositional elegance, but it’s never boring.
  3. The Line of Best Fit
    Oct 2, 2015
    60
    ‘Their most mature work’ it may be, but listening to a shuffle of all their output to date outlines a noticeably poorer quarter.
  5. AllMusic
    Oct 2, 2015
    60
    If it's not the group's finest work, it has a genuine emotional purity and reaffirms Born Ruffians' place on the Canadian indie rock scene.
  6. Consequence
    Oct 2, 2015
    50
    If they want to pursue content, chipper, marshmallow song structures, then that’s fine, but it’s nearly impossible not to think they do hope, deep down, to make something more than that. If so, RUFF doesn’t lead them any closer.

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