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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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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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MikeLFeb 16, 2008Amazing. Still an absolutely amazing record.
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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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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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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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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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KurtCobainJun 20, 2005
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SusieK.Jun 3, 2005Different and I like it. It is loud and beautiful at the same time. The only drag is the song "Modern Girl" which I could do without. I haven't been this excited about a Sleater-Kinney album since Dig Me Out.
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C.H.Jun 4, 2005Sleater-Kinney does it again and rocks hard.
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MikeJul 11, 2005
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beyondtoolJul 16, 2005
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AdamJul 10, 2005The best and most intense album of 2005!! I can't get enough of this one. Splendid.
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kyleaJul 5, 2005
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VinceH.Aug 2, 2005
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JoshHAug 6, 2005The Woods is already one of the top albums of 2005. I feel the same way about it as I did about the Flaming Lips' Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots -- it doesn't sound like anything I've ever heard before. This album is something special.
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SteveBAug 9, 2005
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BrianBSep 3, 2005
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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.
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SeamusSJan 6, 2006. An album that
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leonsApr 4, 2007A couple of years on and I still cant stop listerning
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M.Mignatti.Nov 10, 2005Incredible.
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IanCOct 15, 2005
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StevenLNov 9, 2005"Leeeeetttttt It gooooooooooooo." Someone please put Corin out of her misery and mine.
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JohnD.Oct 26, 2005
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JamesMDec 9, 2005Just ace
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ChrisPMay 23, 2005
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AdamKMay 23, 2005The most surprising and innovative band in America today. They only get better.
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GaryAMay 24, 2005I thought one beat was one hell of an act to follow-up...but they managed to not only one-up that record...they've ten-upped it... one of the truest quotes ever: "Fans may have to have The Woods surgically removed from their players. It's just that powerful, demanding to be heard."
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ramirorMay 26, 2005Our former riot grrls are all grown up. They've matured as musians and songwriters and rock harder than ever.
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GregM.May 26, 2005Not quite "Janis Meets Jimi", nor really "Raw Daydream Nation Power", nor even "Never Mind the Nevermind." More like all of them at the same time. Oh, and also "My Favorite Things At Leeds." I only wish Lester Bangs had lived to hear it. This is what he was talking about all those years ago.
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frankdMay 27, 2005i swear, you can see jesus playing air guitar to the best album of recent memory. this is a classic-rock masterpiece!!!!
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WillRMay 28, 2005If I had a stereo loud enough, this album would destroy the earth, shatter it into a million pieces. S-K has always been one band to make you feel in your heart the transformative power of rock-n-roll, and this album truly astounds.
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johnMay 29, 2005i want to marry all three sleater-kinney girls now
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jeff--May 31, 2005
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JoeyBJun 1, 2005
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EleanorBJun 13, 2005
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S-KfanJun 13, 2005Extremely disappointed. S-K has emerged as the new Spinal Tap. Self-righteous, pointless, laughable. Bordering on self-parody. Don't waste you're money.
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ElliottMJun 13, 2005I agree: omfg. I have been listening to this CD so much lately, it has got to be some sort of crime. Sleater-Kinney are probably (scratch: replace with definitely) the most important flat-out rock band around. Hell yeah!
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PDXRJun 13, 2005Barely accessible and disappointing. Worth a couple listens, but too scalding, abrasive and chaotic for repeat visits. Carrie B. is the ultimate poser, raging against nostalgia in "Entertain," when, in fact, her entire sound on "The Woods" is a direct rip off of the guitar rock of the late 60s and early 70s. Irony? I think not. Just a lot of posing. Maybe this should be the end of S-K..
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yeanoJun 14, 2005self-important, grating junk.
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punkgirlJun 14, 2005what happened to sleater-kinney? why this album getting such great reviews? I haven't been able to get through it once.
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ValeriaSJun 15, 2005What's with all these 0 reviews? Come on, there's no possible way it's that bad. Sleater-Kinney sound a whole lot more talented and professional than any band on the Top 40. Go Sleater-Kinney, woooooo!
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sweetcherryJun 15, 2005yay! chicks rule!
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mindyhoneybeeJun 15, 2005sleater-kinney are #1! best album ever!
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punkbombshellJun 15, 2005the second to last track proves alone just how talented they are and how much superior they are to any other current band.
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ArielSJun 15, 2005yanno, i admit i've always liked their punk stuff, but you have to cheer them on for trying something much different. and they sound hot doing it. i hope they do more punk soon, but i love this!
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ReginaRJun 15, 2005C'mon, give them some credit, will ya? How often do you ever see groups ever jam like that in today's music scene? How often do you see groups make an effort to move well beyond their comfort zone? In effort alone they deserve an A+, and besides that, they rock more than ever with this new sound! Keep it up, you chicks!
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MisterPleasantJun 16, 2005The most stunning, crunchy,hardest hitting rock album in the last twenty years. Under a new producer the band opens up and spews out fireballs of passion and anger. Highly recommended!
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RyanJun 16, 2005
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MelEJun 17, 2005one of the best hard rock albums i've heard in a while. this is one of those albums that reminds me why i love this sort of music: passionate vocals, terrific drumming, aggressive guitars. it's easily sk's best album. not their most accessible, but their best.
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BrandiMJun 17, 2005Passionate. Incredible. Hard. Their best yet!
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StephanieBJun 17, 2005The intensity of a first album with the maturity of a veteran album.
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CaitlinJun 18, 2005Amazing album. I would have gladly spent twice as much money to buy it.
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aaJun 18, 2005brilliant. that's it. they are the best band ever.
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IanEJun 21, 2005
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katepJun 20, 2005i really love this album. so much that i listened to it over and over again on a 7 hour road trip.
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DavidJun 23, 2005Album of the year, perhaps the decade. Fierce beyond belief.
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MaxBJun 24, 2005
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PaulPJun 28, 2005
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cherylgJun 3, 2005
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AaronJun 5, 2005S-K's The Woods is simply stunning. Probably the best album that they have ever made. Ferocious is right!
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willwJun 6, 2005if you don't like this album then you don't like true gritty rock n roll, period. which is fine, but anyone who does shouldn't be deterred by cynics.
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LarryLJun 9, 2005stunning. unbelieveable. difficult at first: yes. on subsequent listens, omfg. if you don't like this album, then you don't like depth, perception, complexity, reflection... things that were less apparant in their earlier work. Now, on the verge of Tucker leaving for good, they have created something marvelous.
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DaveMcQJul 1, 2005
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bobdJul 10, 2005incredible album
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scJul 12, 2005A great album.
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JohnMJul 12, 2005
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SayedSJul 18, 2005I can't really sit through this album. The screaming/yoddling really hurts my ears. I don't think I am crazy. I let my friends listen to it and they agree that her voice is to eratic and disturbing to listen too.
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ScottDJul 29, 2005
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GusJul 7, 2005Amazing.
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AlexD.Aug 11, 2005Album of the year!
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SamsSep 26, 2005Horribly Overrated.
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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.
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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.
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timeAug 9, 2006What a fond farewell to the greatest band of the decade.
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GusDec 12, 2007Amazing.
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mikemNov 14, 2005
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RStJNov 15, 2005
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GazcomsatNov 22, 2005
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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.