Take Back The Universe (And Give Me Yesterday) - Creeper Lagoon
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  • Summary: The inaugural major-label LP from the Bay Area indie rockers, whose 1998 debut album 'I Become Small And Go' garnered them Best New Artist honors from Spin.

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  1. Positive: 11 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 18
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  1. Wall of Sound
    91
    It's one of the best rock and roll records in years... the disc is a layered, beautiful thing that touches on every influence the band has revealed through its years with a refined production style that sounds at once edgy and glitteringly smooth.
  2. All Music Guide
    80
    Bucks expectations and actually makes good on the indie rock promise of the band's full-length debut, 1998's overhyped albeit underwhelming I Become Small and Go.
  3. HOB.com
    80
    What's most striking is simply that they are able to take such a drastically different tack with this album and still end up sounding like the same band.
  4. Sonicnet
    60
    But if it verges on generic pop-rock, Take Back... also has more hooks than a bait and tackle shop.

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  1. MarkK
    9
    I hate the title AND the cover. The music however, I love. Great disc. Spin trashes it? Spin? Hey Guccione, put Brittney back on your cover you Jann Werner wannabe. This is one truly fun album. 'Moses has quietly forgiven you........for living alone.'… Expand

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