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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews What's this?

User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 26 Ratings

  • Summary: The third album from the Portland, Ore. indie-rock band failed to elevate their standing in their home country, although they continue to sell well (and receive favorable press) in Europe.

Top Track

Bohemian Like You
You got a great car Yeah, what's wrong with it today? I used to have one too, Maybe I'll come and have a look. I really love your hairdo, yeah I'm... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 18
  2. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Without a doubt one of the best pop records of the year.
  2. 90
    A real piece of art, with an unmistakably original sound and incisive storytelling.
  3. 80
    One of the better albums released this year...
  4. Alternative Press
    80
    A scattershot bagful of wild rides and demented ditties and an album of maniacal depth and vision. [#146, p.86]
  5. They may not always transcend their influences, but even when they don't, they make wallowing in them a helluva lot of fun.
  6. One-upping their previous masterwork, 1997's The Dandy Warhols Come Down, Thirteen Tales... will trip you out, especially when listened to on headphones in the post-midnight hours.
  7. Dandies can still harmonize you into a trance, but they've replaced the dreamy drone of 1997's . . . The Dandy Warhols Come Down with more diverse atmospherics.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. DeeSee
    Jan 29, 2005
    10
    Fantastic album, one of my desert island CDs.
  2. [Anonymous]
    Jun 22, 2004
    10
    this CD is amazing.
  3. DanielW.
    May 17, 2008
    10
    Brilliant.
  4. becw
    Jul 5, 2005
    10
    gorgeous. this is a cd to get drunk on red wine to.. this cd is so goddamn SEXY
  5. JosephB
    Oct 5, 2006
    10
    This album is beautiful. It's such a shame that so few people have ever listened to it before writting the Dandys off as a This album is beautiful. It's such a shame that so few people have ever listened to it before writting the Dandys off as a one-hit-wonder. Every song is brilliant, this album inspired me to start making music Expand
  6. NikT
    Apr 21, 2007
    10
    Great album. Every song is amazing. My favorite is Bohemian Like You
  7. VidarT.
    Oct 11, 2007
    9
    One of the best releases in 2000, an album spanning from the mellow and alternative to pure rock and roll, always melodic and almost One of the best releases in 2000, an album spanning from the mellow and alternative to pure rock and roll, always melodic and almost annoyingly catchy. Expand

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