This Is For Real
by Pink Grease
  • Record Label: Mute
  • Release Date: Jun 15, 2004
Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
  1. Alternative Press
    100
    This Is For Real is the album Aerosmith might make if they were back on the sauce. [Jul 2004, p.146]
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  2. Pitchfork
    69
    This Is for Real has its moments, but it's not the sex-punk triumph these Sheffield-based narcissistic debaucherists seem to believe it is.
  3. Uncut
    80
    Puts welcome top-spin on a genre fixated on Suicide by reviving Devo, adding the glamour and flamboyance of The New York Dolls, Ziggy-era Bowie and Roxy Music, then whipping the lot along with the Glitter Band's ludicrous stomp. [Jul 2004, p.112]
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  5. AllMusic
    70
    Even if it's not quite as strong a debut album as Pink Grease's prior work suggested it might be, This Is for Real really does have a lot of hedonistic, cleverly mindless kicks to offer.
  6. Billboard
    90
    For all of its forays into bluesy rock and glittery glam, though, "Real" draws heavily from New Wave's danceable side.
  7. Playlouder
    90
    If there’s a problem with ‘This Is For Real’ and you’ll have to really look, it’s the fact that it’s a tad too shiny. Not much, but, at times, it’s lost a bit of that dirtiness that made the Grease so appealing.
  8. Stylus Magazine
    70
    So even if, like me, you find the lyrics and Elton John-style coda to “Superfool” annoying, you’ll probably also find yourself singing along; this is the sort of record whose vices, if you give it a chance, slowly become virtues.
  9. Spin
    91
    Like running full-tilt through a fun house with smoke machines, tinsel-covered ceilings and a super-size disco ball. [Aug 2004, p.108]
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