User Score
Generally favorable reviews- based on 99 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 84 out of 99
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Mixed: 11 out of 99
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Negative: 4 out of 99
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cleopatrajMar 29, 2006
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RustyMar 29, 2006Five very good songs, five boring/average songs, and one terrible song ("Phenomena"). Disappointing.
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NickEAug 23, 2007
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ryanrMar 27, 2006
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sarahgMar 30, 2006
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AaronQApr 28, 2006Totally boring.
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BettyJul 1, 2006Very sour sophomore album. Trying too hard to fit with other things that are popular right now. Karen may as well join Tegan and Sara, she sounds enough like them now.
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Awards & Rankings
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Short answer: it’s good.
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BillboardMuch of the material on the quirky "Show Your Bones" is more intimate and, at times, tentative. [1 Apr 2006]
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Entertainment WeeklyShow Your Bones picks up where "Maps" left off, with the trio finding a middle ground between self-conscious primitivism and refined pop. [31 Mar 2006, p.60]