• Record Label: Matador
  • Release Date: Aug 28, 2001
Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 13
  2. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Resonance
    90
    It's so immediately pleasing that the new moves in Stairs' repertoire take a while to sink in. [#32, p.57]
  2. Mojo
    80
    An album of joyful, desperate and messy songs, as honest and delicious as any on Pavement's 1992 classic, Slanted And Enchanted. [Sep 2001, p.92]
  3. Like early Pavement tracks, PSOI's songs find pop hooks almost in spite of themselves.
  4. Not only do Kannberg’s vocals sound more robust than previously, but the whole record has considerably more colour in its cheeks than Malkmus’s own recent solo effort.
  5. Uncut
    70
    Humorous, pithy and downright ballsy. [Sep 2001, p.106]
  6. Shredding Paper
    70
    A solid collection of simple pop tunes. [#11]
  7. Kannberg has made an album of fine indie pop that few could have expected.
  8. His solo debut is frequently as imperfectly perfect as Pavement approaching their best...
  9. Alternative Press
    70
    Includes everything from Brighten The Corners-sounding pop blasts to comforting acoustic gems to dark rockers. [Nov 2001, p.91]
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User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. RobertD.
    Oct 20, 2001
    10
    All This Sounds Gas is amazing, awesome, cool, great. Spiral is a genius.
  2. Mr.Natural
    Sep 20, 2001
    10
    I love this album, and I don't feel the need to invoke the ghost of Pavement in order to evaluate it. It's got a pretty loose feel, I love this album, and I don't feel the need to invoke the ghost of Pavement in order to evaluate it. It's got a pretty loose feel, great guitars and goofy vocals. That formula worked pretty well for, say, Camper Van Beethoven... Full Review »