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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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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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GregAJun 2, 2005
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MattJun 1, 2005It is not a boring album at all - it is ferocious!
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JoeyBJun 1, 2005
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jeff--May 31, 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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johnMay 29, 2005i want to marry all three sleater-kinney girls now
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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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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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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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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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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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JoeRMay 26, 2005Like rock-climbing at night: Not sure what the nsxt track will bring, but exhilirated by the experience.
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[Anonymous]May 26, 2005Spectacular!
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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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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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jessicaMay 25, 2005
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JackRMay 25, 2005
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JasonLMay 25, 2005
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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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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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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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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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AdamKMay 23, 2005The most surprising and innovative band in America today. They only get better.
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ChrisPMay 23, 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.