Underneath - The Verve Pipe
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63 out of 100

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  • Summary: Produced by Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger, 'Underneath' is the Michigan band's fourth release.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
  1. All Music Guide
    90
    They sound more natural than they ever have on record, and Brian Vander Ark and Donny Brown respond by their best set of songs.
  2. HOB.com
    80
    Adam's milked a meaty, soulful rock album out of the band…and it is good.
  3. PopMatters
    60
    The group has effectively reinvented/refound itself as a crack power-pop band.
  4. Rolling Stone
    30
    Underneath is the Verve Pipe's third album and it's more of exactly what made them a hit with "The Freshman" -- earnest alternative-lite vocals that cross Matchbox Twenty with Phil Collins delivered in sugary choruses that loop endlessly in case you weren't paying attention the first ten times.

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  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
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  1. TimR
    10
    One of the best CDs of 2002. Takes several times of grab you. But its pop music at its best.
  2. Armand
    10
    Amazing album from one of the most underrated, unappreciated bands of our generation. Every song is incredible!
  3. EricB
    10
    Awesome CD, great song and a GREAT band!!!
  4. AndrewE.
    6
    Not my kind of music, but its sounds are somewhat soothing, but the lyrics are indeed questionable.

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