The Sophtware Slump
by Grandaddy
  • Record Label: V2
  • Release Date: Nov 7, 2000
Metascore
81

Universal acclaim - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Ink Blot Magazine
    40
    Almost every song here seems unfinished, and while the The Sophtware Slump sounds great -- misfiring machines duel elegant pianos, guitars chug and grind, ancient synthesizers burst through the top end - it never goes much of anywhere.
  2. Sonicnet
    60
    It opens with a nine-minute song. It's a concept album. Worse still, it's a science fiction concept album. With songs about robots. But here's the thing: Every time I listen to it, I don't hate it.... The combination of prog-rock ambition, scrappy sounds and the odd hip reference almost make it feel like Pink Floyd growing up and making a disc in the post-Beck era.

Awards & Rankings

26
#26 Best Album of 2000
30
#30 Most Discussed Album of 2000
40
#40 Most Shared Album of 2000

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User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 47 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 42 out of 47
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 47
  3. Negative: 5 out of 47
  1. Tel-X
    Jul 14, 2021
    10
    The soundtrack to accompany the end of Humanity...

    I admit, I fell in love with this masterpiece the moment I heard it - nailing the    The soundtrack to accompany the end of Humanity...

    I admit, I fell in love with this masterpiece the moment I heard it - nailing the technological fears of the new millennium - but twenty-one years on from its initial release, accompanying these wretched two decades of war, mendacity, greed, violence and hate, its relevance seems to be gathering momentum as we hurtle toward Kurzweil's 'singularity'. Maybe machines will tell their offspring one day of how the now-defeated humans used to just 'throw us away'?

    Sonically, it's a match for any of its contemporaries, be it OK Computer or The Soft Bulletin, and for those who love a dose of melancholy, it drips with it throughout. It could be argued that Grandaddy made better tracks on future releases, but none had the overall focus of 'The Sophtware Slump'.    … Full Review »
  2. handsomeslug
    Feb 25, 2011
    9
    It's Ok Computer's pop loving, dope smoking brother, and an album full of happy/sad surprises. It quietly announced the arrival of theIt's Ok Computer's pop loving, dope smoking brother, and an album full of happy/sad surprises. It quietly announced the arrival of the noughties and became one of the best albums of the decade, without a doubt.
    Tremendous.    … Full Review »
  3. HungerfordS.
    Mar 18, 2008
    10
    Masterpiece.. This is the kind of album that is best listened to all the way through. It is greater than the sum of it's parts. Truly Masterpiece.. This is the kind of album that is best listened to all the way through. It is greater than the sum of it's parts. Truly unbelievable. Thanks Grandaddy.… Full Review »
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