Young Modern
by Silverchair
Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. AllMusic
    90
    Young Modern is a highly ambitious work that happily jumps from glam rock to sweeping orchestral pastiches and almost everywhere in between.
  2. PopMatters
    30
    Young Modern displays a band with the talent to do something new, but without the guts to try.
  3. Rolling Stone
    80
    They are aggressively modern in the long reach of Young Modern.
  5. Entertainment Weekly
    91
    Young Modern is a polished glam-rock suite, boasting more ecstatic melodies and colorful riffs than their four previous efforts combined.
  6. Sputnikmusic
    70
    It is not as good as the ARIA awards will undoubtedly make it out to be but still one of the better mainstream listens of the year.
  7. The Boston Phoenix
    88
    Johns’s stylistic schizophrenia might set you off here; even his singing on Young Modern changes from cut to cut. Everyone else: dig in--this thing is quite a feast.
  8. Amazon.com
    80
    The entire album is seamless and offers new facets with each listen.

Awards & Rankings

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#97 Most Discussed Album of 2007
96
#96 Most Shared Album of 2007

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User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 47 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 47
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 47
  3. Negative: 6 out of 47
  1. MatP.
    Sep 4, 2007
    10
    Perfection.
  2. DSven
    Aug 30, 2007
    8
    Great album. One of the rare bands that started off lame (though to be fair, they were 15 years old), and keep getting better with each Great album. One of the rare bands that started off lame (though to be fair, they were 15 years old), and keep getting better with each album. I'm really enjoying this disc. Leave your preconceptions at the door of what Silverchair "is" and you may take a liking to it. ...Though, if you loved "Tomorrow" or "Freak" you probably will hate this. It sounds like two entirely different bands.… Full Review »
  3. SusanS.
    Mar 24, 2008
    10
    This CD is an orgasm in a box!
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