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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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RonEDec 1, 2005
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AHMay 24, 2005Rarely do I get to listen to an album so few times (1.5x) before deciding that it is this incredible. My initial impression can be summed up w/ the word DRUMS. My only problem with this albums is I don't know that I'll ever be able to listen to it loud enough, due to the neighbors.
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JasonLMay 25, 2005
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JackRMay 25, 2005
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ChadBMay 25, 2005The best afvice I have for anyone who ever had reservations about Sleater-Kinney in the past is to listen to "Jumpers". It embodies all of the S-K elements that have been built up over the last decate and incorporates them into a wall of unbridled sound. Four seconds.....
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[Anonymous]May 26, 2005Spectacular!
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JoeRMay 26, 2005Like rock-climbing at night: Not sure what the nsxt track will bring, but exhilirated by the experience.
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PeterGJun 15, 2005You gotta listen a few times for it to sink in, but when it does . . .
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JMJun 17, 2005This is a great album period. This last stream of 0's as ratings is almost ridiculous.
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arianaJun 17, 2005on the woods, sleater-kinney have done something that most bands had been unable to do throughout their entire careers. they took something old and made it new, and better.
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carriebrownsteinJun 17, 2005one of the best
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CaitlinKJun 17, 2005Not their best effort, but easily the most passionate album of the year.
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mattaJun 17, 2005This is seriously overrated. Is it just because it's three chicks and critics don't want to appear sexist so they give it 100? I don't know but don't be fooled by the 86. This is very average rock/indie music at best.
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PaulLJun 19, 2005Although this rocks a bit harder, it's a typical Sleater Kinney album. Great vocal delivery, but lacking any catchy songs or melodies. The girls rock, but it's still a boring album. You might like it if you're a fan of meandering melodies.
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lawrencehJun 23, 2005This record is a fraud, a notch below a female version of Spinal Tap. I gave it 2 stars for production. Aside from the songs being unmelodious, the singing unlistenable and the playing pedestrian, I have nothibng further to add. The fraudulent attempt to ape Hendrix must leave the late great one turning in his grave. Lawrence H
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JayDJun 24, 2005A phenomenal step forward for one of the best bands still lurking under the popular radar. The Woods may be a new sound for Sleater-Kinney, but somehow they make it seem like this is what they were meant to be all along. The turn towards heavier sounds and raucous distortion only makes one of the best bands around even better.
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mikesJul 15, 2005sorry s-k fans, i tried to like this cd but it is too bland for my taste, the whole rave-up against nostalgia in "Entertain" is just bad. I am not against women in rock but this effort is severly overrated, but hey its just my opinion.
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ChrisHJul 19, 2005When I first heard this album, I couldn't stand it. The vocals were screechy and the album sounded too unrefined. But after listening to the album again after hiding in the depths of my computer's hard drive for two months, I really came to love this album. It's raw, it's powerful, and it's a whole lotta fun.
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TerrenceOJul 21, 2005
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JamesFSep 14, 2005This one is special. It sounds like a classic. Check it out, say you knew about it when.
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sidewinder572Jan 17, 2006This is everything that a rock record should be and everything that's lacking in todays rock music.
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SeanTDec 11, 2005this album gave me goosebumps. sleater-kinney going hard = kick ass
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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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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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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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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.