Sex Change
by Trans Am
Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 24
  3. Negative: 2 out of 24
  1. Filter
    82
    Sex Change channels all of your Jan Hammer and Harold Faltermeyer dreams into dystopian perfection. [#24, p.92]
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  2. Alternative Press
    80
    [They] still fuse rock with techno with more nonchalant poise than nearly anybody else, but they've also crafted some of their most gorgeous tunes here. [Mar 2007, p.137]
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  3. Amazon.com
    80
    Easily their best album since 2000's Red Line.
  5. Under The Radar
    80
    Trans Am's best album to date. [#16, p.94]
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  6. Slant Magazine
    80
    Sex Change, like some of the best pieces by the Boredoms or Glenn Branca or Eno, is a startlingly fun album to listen to.
  7. AllMusic
    80
    [It] ends up being some of Trans Am's most satisfying work yet.
  8. No Ripcord
    80
    Their jokes and concepts and imitations have sunk into their bones and become tools for them to make some of the best music of the year thus far.
  9. Lost At Sea
    75
    Sex Change makes for an interesting listen and most certainly marks a milestone in the band's discography.
  10. Drowned In Sound
    70
    There's a lot here to admire: the songs are well-formed and consistently engaging.
  11. Billboard
    70
    That this album could just as easily have come out in 1985 is no detriment to its consistently entertaining songs. [24 Feb 2007]
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  12. Q Magazine
    70
    Sex Change is the sound of a band having fun. [Mar 2007, p.117]
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  13. Pitchfork
    70
    It's an interesting middle ground the band reach here, touching upon many previous bases while not favoring entirely the guitar tomfoolery or the smirking electro-rock.
  14. Playlouder
    70
    It is a lot of fun, brilliantly produced and is the perfect winter soundtrack to plans for a summer road-trip.
  15. Stylus Magazine
    67
    Like Trans Am’s late-90s material, this album is enjoyable without being astonishing.
  16. Entertainment Weekly
    67
    Handy for those times you wish the mid-'90s had never ended. [2 Mar 2007, p.67]
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  17. Almost Cool
    63
    If you're a fan of the group through thick and thin, there will definitely be enough to love here. If you want to know the best place to start with Trans Am, that place is still Futureworld.

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User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 15 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
  1. StuartS.
    Nov 17, 2007
    9
    This album is awesome, a great one to play very loud. Some critics like to waste time writing about how Trans Am are a joke band, ironic, or This album is awesome, a great one to play very loud. Some critics like to waste time writing about how Trans Am are a joke band, ironic, or whatever. Forget about all that, just stand in awe of the amazing drumming, fat buzzing electronics and general grand intensity of the whole thing. These rock insanely hard.… Full Review »
  2. vaske
    Mar 25, 2007
    10
    All of their albums were pretty good but this is simply great. These guys know how to make good music. 4738 degrees- the song of the year!!!
  3. ReidM
    Mar 20, 2007
    8
    Pretty good stuff that goes from full on electronics to banging out rockin' guitars.
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