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Universal acclaim- based on 22 Ratings
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Positive: 20 out of 22
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Mixed: 1 out of 22
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Negative: 1 out of 22
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Nov 18, 2012
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BrianM.Aug 30, 2003Pretty solid album from start to finish. It has a nice sound to it and the production compliments the songs. If you like Isolation Drills or Universal Truths and Cycles, then you'll be in for a treat.
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[Anonymous]Aug 19, 2003Sonically this is closest to Isolation Drills; the songwriting reminds me most of frontman Pollard's late-90s solo work. The album has a handful of immediately accessible tracks, but overall it seems fractured and directionless on first listen. Many of the songs cohere & reveal their charms with time and patience. "The Best of Jill Hives" is up with the band's best work.
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TravisFAug 20, 2003More brilliant with each listen
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SteveBAug 28, 2003great album
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belletMar 13, 2004great
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AllergicReactionSep 26, 2003Fantastic. Just below the stuff from Propeller through Mag Earwig, but still a 10. Great stuff.
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Apr 6, 2018Great album, virtually every song on this release is very good. A vast improvement from the last album Universal Truths and Cycles, perfecting a production that will please classic fans and mainstream listeners alike with a pleasing assortment of songs.
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If Earthquake Glue isn't a masterpiece, it's as close as this band can be expected to get, and is the rare Guided By Voices effort that's imaginative enough for longtime loyalists and tight enough for dabblers at the same time.
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The band functions as a unit, informing the songs with a structure and a fully realized design that has sometimes been lacking in past albums.
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Their best album since 1996's brilliant Under the Bushes, Under the Stars.