Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 20
  2. Negative: 1 out of 20
  1. Outburn
    100
    Peaches hasn't suffered from the sophomore slump one bit. [#23, p.96]
  2. 'Fatherfucker' is one motherfucker of an album.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    Now grafting meaty guitars and ferocious singing onto her minimal electronic beats, she summons the very spirit of rock & roll. [26 Sep 2003, p.95]
  4. Urb
    80
    Takes her dirty white girlisms to an even more profound yet still salacious place. [Nov 2003, p.89]
  5. More consistent and enjoyable than its predecessor.
  6. It's filthy, low-budget fun that's still plenty fucked up, whether you're a first-timer or a hardcore Peaches fanatic.
  7. Q Magazine
    80
    There is one glaring drawback: so taboo-shredding are her lyrics, and so brutal her music, that she probably won't achieve the clout to which she obviously aspires. [Oct 2003, p.99]
  8. Under The Radar
    80
    Some say electroclash. Wrong. This is rock and roll. [#5, p.103]
  9. Mojo
    80
    A combination of fierce electro-clash, stabbing rock riffs, and the rudest raps on the planet. [Oct 2003, p.118]
  10. Uncut
    80
    Fatherfucker pillages Missy Elliott, Suicide and "Justify My Love"-era Madonna, and even outfoxes the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. [Oct 2003, p.126]
  11. Spin
    75
    Peaches seems to be having much more fun with her sleazy subject matter. [Nov 2003, p.116]
  12. For reasons of quality, as well as the inevitable loss of the shock of the new, 'Fatherf*cker' isn't quite the album its predecessor, 'The Teaches Of Peaches', was.
User Score
7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 17
  2. Negative: 3 out of 17
  1. May 26, 2011
    10
    Simply Fantastic. Ahead of it's time.
  2. othostice
    Aug 3, 2006
    1
    Nothing here that others have not done better and more subtly, from Chrissie Hynde to Li'l Kim. If she weren't white, would she Nothing here that others have not done better and more subtly, from Chrissie Hynde to Li'l Kim. If she weren't white, would she even have a recording contract? Full Review »
  3. LaLa
    Feb 1, 2004
    10
    Great