What Do You Think About the Car?
by Declan McKenna
  • Record Label: Columbia
  • Release Date: Jul 21, 2017
User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 146 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 131 out of 146
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 146
  3. Negative: 11 out of 146
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  1. RK13
    Jul 27, 2017
    1
    My friend recommended McKenna to me however I was not impressed. Maybe McKenna is still trying to find his place in the music world but his music and voice is bland, boring and generic in the alternative music scene.
  2. sgastwirth
    Apr 5, 2020
    1
    This album is downright pathetic. Let me tell you why. The drums. how bland could you possibly make a drumbeat in a song is a question i often ask myself. Declan Mckenna answered. This album uses the same **** drumbeat across literally every song. It is truly painful to listen to. His annoying, scrawny voice literally made me cringe throughout my entire listen of the album. One thing I canThis album is downright pathetic. Let me tell you why. The drums. how bland could you possibly make a drumbeat in a song is a question i often ask myself. Declan Mckenna answered. This album uses the same **** drumbeat across literally every song. It is truly painful to listen to. His annoying, scrawny voice literally made me cringe throughout my entire listen of the album. One thing I can respect about this man is he definitely knows his audience. i actually cannot picture anybody above the age of 14 truly enjoying this music. it is full of **** politically driven lyrics that just truly ruin every other aspect of the song. Overall i sure as hell will not be listening to Declan ever again. Just wanted to let everybody know how bad i think this album is.… Expand

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#45 Most Discussed Album of 2017

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Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Pitchfork
    Aug 1, 2017
    59
    His message loses strength, in part, because he doesn’t fully commit to it.
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  2. Clash Music
    Jul 25, 2017
    60
    For such a young talent, his lyrics are strong, but give him a few more years of life experience and they could be in a different league.
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  3. No Ripcord
    Jul 24, 2017
    70
    In many ways, What Do You Think… is a perfectly teenage album; it’s smart and it’s naive, it’s funny and it’s bleak, and, most importantly, it understands the appeal of pop while being frustrated at the apolitical landscape in which it exists.
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