Shine On
by Jet
  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Oct 3, 2006
User Score
5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 69 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 43 out of 69
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 69
  3. Negative: 21 out of 69

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  1. JohnD
    Oct 4, 2006
    1
    I mean, how DO you review a monkey peeing into its own mouth?
  2. tthew
    Oct 10, 2006
    0
    Welcome the worst album of 2006, nay, of the decade. Pitchfork Media's review gets it best, but you'll have to hunt that down for yourself as I'm not sure Metacritic would like me linking to such a wonderfully obscene review. Jet is trying to sound like even more classic british rock bands this time and it works not at all. Jet has not established any kind of personality Welcome the worst album of 2006, nay, of the decade. Pitchfork Media's review gets it best, but you'll have to hunt that down for yourself as I'm not sure Metacritic would like me linking to such a wonderfully obscene review. Jet is trying to sound like even more classic british rock bands this time and it works not at all. Jet has not established any kind of personality and this album just made it worse. You're not Oasis, you're not Led Zepp, you're not The Stones, you're not The Beatles, you're not good, you are not a real band.… Expand
  3. ToddW
    Oct 4, 2006
    0
    How these guys ever released their debut album and didn't get a call from Iggy Pop's lawyer is beyond me. I can imagine the conversation these Neanderthals had just prior to recording their "breakthrough hit." It went something like this: "Hey guys, let's take the melody of 'Lust for Life,' play it about an eighth as well, and put impossibly juvenile lyrics over How these guys ever released their debut album and didn't get a call from Iggy Pop's lawyer is beyond me. I can imagine the conversation these Neanderthals had just prior to recording their "breakthrough hit." It went something like this: "Hey guys, let's take the melody of 'Lust for Life,' play it about an eighth as well, and put impossibly juvenile lyrics over it. Ah yes, that'll do nicely. After all, anyone who hears us won't have any idea who Iggy Pop is!" Oops...damn Carnival Cruise commercial! And just look at those scowling faces looking all detached and blase. Guys, hasn't Oasis put us through enough already?… Expand
  4. mc
    Oct 4, 2006
    2
    Utter Poo
  5. Giterdone
    Oct 4, 2006
    1
    El Oh El
  6. RobertP.
    Oct 11, 2006
    0
    If you like donkey balls music... this is the one for you.
  7. BenH
    Oct 18, 2006
    2
    If you like the song "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is" don't buy this album, because unfortunately, that's the only song that is good rock on this album.
  8. SeamusS
    Oct 19, 2006
    2
    I actually do listen to Justin Timberlake....because it's good. I know that'll cause a riot with all of these great kids that like to feel hip and alone by listening to Jet. No worries. I've dealt with this before. Make something new sounding. Stop repeating
  9. David
    Oct 23, 2006
    0
    Give me a break.
  10. MattD.
    Oct 6, 2006
    3
    Now they are copying two bands poorly - Led Zeppelin and now the Beatles.
  11. RodrigoA
    Mar 11, 2007
    0
    How can these guys look at themselves? Everything they have ever made is a blatent ripoff of sixties and sevnties cock rock. I met these guys and Atlanta and they might have been the biggest jerks i have ever met. Their fans wanted autographs and pictures with them, and they turned them all down. Nothing good will ever come from these pretentious group of gap models.
  12. Peter
    Jul 26, 2007
    2
    I have to admit, though incredibly crude, I cracked up at (and agreed with) the Pitchfork "review" of this album. I only wish Metacritic would throw it into the mix, at a 0, rather than just providing a link to it near the top.
  13. GeorgeC.
    Feb 7, 2008
    1
    I liked these guys much better when they were called Iggy and The Stooges.
  14. Sommy
    Dec 21, 2006
    0
    If another person tells me that the reason I don't like Jet is because I just don't like "good ol' fashioned rock music," I'm going to throw up. "Good ol' fashioned rock music" had to earn its status as legitimate music -- this, on the other hand, is nothing more than a copy of a copy of a copy. Context is everything, and Jet is a fake faking a fake.

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#68 Most Discussed Album of 2006
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#57 Most Shared Album of 2006

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 16
  3. Negative: 2 out of 16
  1. NOW Magazine
    60
    While occasionally generic, nothing on Shine On is as annoying as their breakthrough single, Are You Gonna Be My Girl.
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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    67
    Mostly forgettable. [6 Oct 2006, p.68]
  3. The Guardian
    60
    Get Born's follow-up suggests their musical palette is substantially broader than that of their progenitors or than their Cro-Magnon image suggests... [but] the lyrics are agonisingly stupid throughout.
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