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Universal acclaim- based on 183 Ratings
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Positive: 151 out of 183
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Mixed: 12 out of 183
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Negative: 20 out of 183
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Apr 1, 2022
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Jan 6, 2016I think 11 years on I can say its a classic record. S-K progressed with each album until they reached perfection with this and No Cities To Love. Are they capable of making a less than perfect album anymore?
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Apr 25, 2012There are some really great moments here. Sleater-Kinney show great cohesion and some really tight guitar work here at the end of their run. Still, I find the album too slow and too abrasive at points to truly enjoy. Download "Jumpers", "Entertain", and "Steep Air" but do not purchase the entire album.
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Jun 25, 2012Finally a real energetic rock album. Its essence's been missing for so many years, now Sleater Kinney push it back with this extraordinary album. Rock from the begining until the end, I assure you
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Nov 13, 2010Great album. It's got such a full sound, especially compared to many of other other acts in the riot girrrrl era. They've come a long way since Heavens to Betsy..
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Jan 15, 2015Their most brutal album, by far, and yet what a wonderful pain it is. They were always so razor sharp, but this time, they've decided to bludgeon and pulverize.
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DMay 29, 2005Outstanding, the record they've always had in them but were just too timid to make. Too bad the negative reviews buy into the sexism that keeps bands like Sleater-Kinney off the Billboard charts.
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TimWMay 25, 2005this album ROCKS so much! some of the best, loudest drums ever! put this cd on and turn your stereo up to full volume. SK again seems to get better with each album.
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DavedMay 28, 2005Sleater-Kinney's crowning achievement. Multiple listens reveal every track to be a towering aural delight, though "Jumpers" deserves to be the track that breaks them into the mainstream. Just keep a slightly open mind of what S-K should be and it won't disappoint. Simply do not miss this record.
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davecJun 16, 2005Rocks Hard! Ignore the 0s, get The Woods!
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chemicalscumJun 20, 2005A great album, but not quite a as good as One Beat which is still the best album of the century. So it gets 9 instead of 10
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RobTJun 4, 2005
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MonteDJul 9, 2005stunning album
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KeithRSep 4, 2005I can not believe that a worse album could get better reviews. Totally unlistenable!! Grating screehing for vocals. Horrible, unintelligent lyrics. Distortion used to cover up talentless noodling. It becomes laughable quite quickly. For the life of me, I can't understand how anyone could enjoy this crap.
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EllenSep 7, 2005
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JonBMay 24, 2005One word: BRILLIANT! It's sleater-kinneys best album yet, and ultimately the best rock-album so far this decade!
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jessicaMay 25, 2005
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ToddinPDXMay 30, 2005Wow. After their last excellent release, I really thought these chicks were done (where else could they take their sound?). Instead, they come back w/ an absolute rock masterpiece. This is a record that not only turns the most jaded music cynic young again, but shows you just how mediocre the rest of the "indie" rock releases are.
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BaronLMay 30, 2005Furious and layered.
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MattJun 1, 2005It is not a boring album at all - it is ferocious!
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johnwsJun 14, 2005I can't believe this album is getting such great reviews when U2's masterpeice is getting slammed by readers. This is garbage. Stay out of the woods.
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NoahEJun 15, 2005
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FredMJun 15, 2005
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retrobabeJun 15, 2005an underground classic!!!!!!!!!!
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TBoneMJun 15, 2005Theres some catchy stuff in there. It's definitely an album that grows on you. The fifth time you hear it you'll love it. I have to respect some the chances they take. All those zeros in a row are a conspiracy...
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GregAJun 2, 2005
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MichaelEJun 2, 2005Why everybody's going so crazy of this I just can't understand. It seemed to me what S-K had going for them was the clever interaction between the two voices, which is all but gone on this middling effort. Never liked them that much to begin with, mind you.
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adamJun 21, 2005about to take over the world
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sethwJun 2, 2005bad ass
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korinaJun 20, 2005Awesome, awesome, awesome is the best way to describe it!!
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Awards & Rankings
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Previous albums have never quite captured those onstage moments when the power they generate seems to catch them unawares, but on The Woods you can hear not only the deliberation in Weiss's eyes as she ponders the exact placement of beat and crash, or Brownstein's bedroom-mirror rock-star poses, but also the stunned grin Tucker can never contain after emitting her most gravity-defiant shrieks.
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Alternative Press[They] clearly sound alive with the possibility of redefining punk song structure by writing 11-minute flamboyant guitar dirges that have as much in common with My Bloody Valentine as they do with '70s arena rock. [May 2005, p.170]
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A smoldering rock and roll record that rivals John Lennon’s Plastic Ono Band and Nirvana’s In Utero in terms of unexpectedness.