Show Your Bones
by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 35 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 35
  3. Negative: 0 out of 35
  1. AllMusic
    60
    Unfortunately, though, too much of Show Your Bones just isn't that interesting, even if it was born from genuine heartache instead of sass and attitude.
  2. NOW Magazine
    60
    It's time to move some units, so quirky's out and tunefulness is in.
  3. The Guardian
    40
    Alas, despite finding some hooks worth pilfering, the band are still struggling to raise their game beyond White Stripes-goth-lite.
  5. Austin Chronicle
    40
    Gone is the glitzy art-punk, spastic freak-out, and unfathomable screaming. Here now instead is simple melody, nasal singing, and familiar songs, which begs the question: Y Control?
  6. Drawer B
    60
    It sounds overcooked, over-thought, and overly ambitious, but such growing pains are preferable to pandering.
  7. Blender
    60
    They're after something different here--it's just not as good as what they've left behind. [Apr 2006, p.110]
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  8. Paste Magazine
    60
    Everything I loved about Fever... is minimized on this follow-up, replaced by a more temperate jangle. [Jun/Jul 2006, p.129]
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  9. Billboard
    60
    Much of the material on the quirky "Show Your Bones" is more intimate and, at times, tentative. [1 Apr 2006]
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  10. The New York Times
    60
    "Show Your Bones" doesn't confide much, but it's a picture of a band that's not quite sure what to do next. [27 Mar 2006]
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Awards & Rankings

98
#98 Best Album of 2006
51
#51 Most Discussed Album of 2006

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User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 99 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 84 out of 99
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 99
  3. Negative: 4 out of 99
  1. j30
    Aug 15, 2011
    8
    Really good album. Great follow-up to Fever To Tell. It amazes me how they've evolved as a band.
  2. Ricko
    Sep 20, 2018
    8
    A fairly strong follow up to their debut "Fever to Tell". There's not too much of a change but "Show Your Bones" is less rocky and a littleA fairly strong follow up to their debut "Fever to Tell". There's not too much of a change but "Show Your Bones" is less rocky and a little bit more melodic but has all the trademarks that would have attracted you to the band in the first place. The early and latter parts of the records do a good job of holding up a slightly lagging middle section.… Full Review »
  3. FabioL
    Sep 7, 2007
    10
    A great album all around. Worlds different than Fever to Tell... still a masterpiece.
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