User Score
Universal acclaim- based on 183 Ratings
User score distribution:
-
Positive: 151 out of 183
-
Mixed: 12 out of 183
-
Negative: 20 out of 183
Review this album
-
-
Please sign in or create an account before writing a review.
-
-
Submit
-
Check Spelling
- User score
- By date
- Most helpful
-
Apr 1, 2022
-
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?
-
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.
-
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
-
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.
-
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..
-
MikeLFeb 16, 2008Amazing. Still an absolutely amazing record.
-
-
GusDec 12, 2007Amazing.
-
-
leonsApr 4, 2007A couple of years on and I still cant stop listerning
-
-
AndyPAug 13, 2006Great from beginning to end, even if the poor mastering gets annoying once in a while. Really captures the intensity of their live show. Sad to see them go, and glad I caught them at Lollapalooza first.
-
-
timeAug 9, 2006What a fond farewell to the greatest band of the decade.
-
-
hannahbJul 9, 2006incredible album from the greatest girl group ever. a move away from punk, but still outrageous and as intense as always. i saw them live (thank god, as they've since disbanded) and they were unbelieveable.
-
-
NickTJan 20, 2006Sleater-Kinney, after 7 amazing albums, is still one of the most genuine bands working today. With "The Woods" they instill a sense of growth within long-time listeners. Corin's vocals alone are worth mountains of praise, but the amount of depth in this album and the growth from "One Beat" is inspiring. The girls just make their job look so easy.
-
-
sidewinder572Jan 17, 2006This is everything that a rock record should be and everything that's lacking in todays rock music.
-
-
SeamusSJan 6, 2006. An album that
-
-
SeanTDec 11, 2005this album gave me goosebumps. sleater-kinney going hard = kick ass
-
-
JamesMDec 9, 2005Just ace
-
-
RonEDec 1, 2005
-
-
GazcomsatNov 22, 2005
-
-
RStJNov 15, 2005
-
-
mikemNov 14, 2005
-
-
M.Mignatti.Nov 10, 2005Incredible.
-
-
StevenLNov 9, 2005"Leeeeetttttt It gooooooooooooo." Someone please put Corin out of her misery and mine.
-
-
JohnD.Oct 26, 2005
-
-
IanCOct 15, 2005
-
-
SamsSep 26, 2005Horribly Overrated.
-
-
JamesFSep 14, 2005This one is special. It sounds like a classic. Check it out, say you knew about it when.
-
-
EllenSep 7, 2005
-
-
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.
-
-
BrianBSep 3, 2005
-
Awards & Rankings
-
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.
-
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]
-
A smoldering rock and roll record that rivals John Lennon’s Plastic Ono Band and Nirvana’s In Utero in terms of unexpectedness.