Universal Truths And Cycles - Guided by Voices
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  1. IgnatiusReilly
    Jul 8, 2002
    10
    Anthem-rich and well above the pack of Summer 2002 releases. Pollard's songcraft ages like a fine single malt. Probably the best album released so far this year.

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Metascore
76 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critics

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  1. Positive: 14 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 18
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  1. Splendid
    80
    No more fancy studios, no more high priced producers; this is truly GBV as nature intended -- reckless, hook-laden and drunk as hell.
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  2. All Music Guide
    50
    Universal Truths and Cycles shows the band has lost touch with the most important thing outside producers brought to their TVT albums -- someone to help pick, choose, and sequence Robert Pollard's over-abundance of songs.
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  3. Blender
    60
    The best songs have concise melodies and a likeable punch. The worst just sound like sketches, riffs a more traditionally ambitious group would have discarded. [#8, p.116]
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