• Record Label: Sub Pop
  • Release Date: Sep 9, 2014
Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 20
  2. Negative: 1 out of 20
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  1. Sep 10, 2014
    60
    Avi Buffalo have achieved this in theory, but the product is a mostly unremarkable follow-up to a promising debut.
  2. Sep 4, 2014
    60
    At Best Cuckold is so highly polished that it feels a little lacking in the kind of blindsided naivety that comes hand in hand with romance.
  3. Sep 4, 2014
    60
    At Best Cuckold is much like the autumnal vibe it tries to project in that, like autumn, you don't mind its existence but you kind of just want to go back to that excellent summer again.
  4. Sep 8, 2014
    58
    Zahner-Isenberg has changed his focus more toward the piano and atmospherics on At Best Cuckold, as opposed to the complicated guitar lines of their debut, and it works well. However, to keep growing, the band can’t stay focused on cute adolescent lyrics that, while tongue-in-cheek, don’t match the lush intricacies of the music behind them.
  5. Magnet
    Nov 5, 2014
    50
    The emotional mood of At Best Cuckold never breaks away from the spell of his comfortable lethargy. [No. 114, p.53]
User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. May 17, 2020
    9
    This album is a hidden gem, and needs to be revisited!
    Some of the finest falsetto-filled dream-pop songs.
    Dozens of listens in, and I just
    This album is a hidden gem, and needs to be revisited!
    Some of the finest falsetto-filled dream-pop songs.
    Dozens of listens in, and I just enjoy it more and more.
    Avi's guitar playing is more melodic and complex than any that I've heard on a pop album.
    I can't believe what I'm hearing sometimes.

    I think the album is hurt slightly by the weak opener "So What".
    It's still a good song.
    It just happens to be followed by an entire album of great tracks that deserve more love than they get.
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