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Generally favorable reviews- based on 78 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 58 out of 78
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Mixed: 3 out of 78
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Negative: 17 out of 78
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MarcelR.Jun 28, 2009Rather Ripped was better this is bad.
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BrunoN.Jun 16, 2009This is crap thing!
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MarciaC.Jun 13, 2009Horrible Album! Worst album from Sonic Youth. Rather Ripped was the best!
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PatrickB.Jun 12, 2009This is worst than NY Flowers!
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PhilK.Jun 12, 2009I don't know why critics are haling this album so much. Awful and dumb tracks and lyrics, Rather Ripped is much better then The Eternal.
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RobertH.Jun 11, 2009The Eternal is inconsistent, empty and boring, nothing good here.
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CarolinaB.Jun 11, 2009The worst SY album ever, I'm really disappointed.
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MarkJ.Jun 11, 2009Only two tracks are good Antena and Malibu Gas Station the rest is crap.
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MandyG.Jun 11, 2009Their worst album since NYC Flowers, it's a shame.
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SeanS.Jun 10, 2009Totally disappointed with The Eternal, nothing new and sounds awful.
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AmandaR.Jun 10, 2009The Eternal has its moments, but not so effective as "Rather Ripped". More of the same, no challenge here.
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JannyB.Jun 10, 2009Uninspired album for a great band.
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FabioM.Jun 9, 2009Awful album and totally boring, It's a shame that's not so good like Rather Ripped.
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RobertG.Jun 9, 2009Unfortunately Sonic Youth fail making a good new record, it's a shame for a band with so many classics.
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BrunoR.Jun 9, 2009Their worst album yet, i'm so disappointed.
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Awards & Rankings
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FilterAll the things you love about Sonic Youth are here, just a little fewer and further between than you'd like. [Spring 2009, p.93]
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Good, but the exciting notion of a genuine career left turn feels increasingly unlikely.
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The Eternal offers a sort of survey course in SY history, careering from their early art-school atonality to the more melodically sophisticated compositions of later years. The problem is, none of it looks forward; in spelunking through the past, the band seems to have forgotten to unearth anything new.