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7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 82 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 66 out of 82
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 82
  3. Negative: 15 out of 82

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  1. Rob
    Apr 1, 2010
    10
    Messy, confused, angry, brilliant.
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. MikeB
    Mar 13, 2010
    10
    Beautiful, haunting and invigorating.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. HarryB.
    Mar 9, 2010
    10
    This album works so well as a cohesive concept, but not in that over bearing "I'm an art dork who makes high brow nonsense" kind of way. More in the "I have serious things to say and the only way i know how is to write a string of incomprehensibly good songs and arrange them in chronological order". This album is special.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  4. AdamR.
    Mar 9, 2010
    9
    Rock music that is completely unhinged and uninhibited. The sound of joy screaming through angst. Beautiful.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  5. AndersC.
    Mar 11, 2010
    10
    This is a magnificent album. Just brilliant.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  6. JoeC.
    Mar 13, 2010
    10
    Hard driving yet the music is tuneful and catchy, and the lyrics… “is there a girl at this college who hasn’t been raped, is there a boy in this town that’s not exploding with hate” … wow.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  7. EricN
    Mar 15, 2010
    10
    Absolutely stellar. It's hard to imagine a more raucous, fun, epic album will be released in 2010. A total pleasure from start to finish.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  8. MikeM
    Mar 9, 2010
    10
    Best album of the year so far, hands down. BUY THIS ALBUM!!!!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  9. NickR
    Mar 15, 2010
    10
    Best album of the past few years.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  10. JoshP.
    Mar 24, 2010
    10
    Epic and superb.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  11. JoshL.
    Apr 13, 2010
    10
    It’s a brilliant mix of youthful energy, universally relatable sentiments, and plain old rock 'n roll.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  12. db0928
    Oct 21, 2010
    10
    The clear-cut pick for album of the year; this manages to outdo its absolutely stellar debut album in every way, and kicks your face in for a solid 65 minutes. Patrick Stickles is a songwriter and lyricist on par with the best of them, and there is not a weak track on here. Pure Brilliance.
  13. qwer7yfreak
    Jan 30, 2011
    10
    7.6 overall rating is **** **** The people who gave this a negative score are all **** idiots.
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Metascore
82 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 32 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 32
  3. Negative: 0 out of 32
  1. MSN Consumer Guide (Robert Christgau)
    91
    It's more like sloshing or spewing, as intermittent love lookbacks evoke a social despair also contextualized by fabulous spoken epigraphs from Walt Whitman, Jefferson Davis, William Lloyd Garrison, and Young Abe Lincoln.
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  2. Clash Music
    90
    Some of the riffs are quite incredible ('A More Perfect Union'), and the general effect of the whole album is that the listener will want to weep and dance simultaneously. Simply brilliant.
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  3. Drowned In Sound
    90
    The Monitor, then, is a boisterous, eloquent argument that rock music need not be dumb in order to be enjoyable, moreover, that we should be questioning and analysing our heritage rather than precariously stumbling onwards. But mostly, it's just a stupendous collection of songs; one that demands to be listened to as loudly as you can possibly get away with.
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