Feminist Sweepstakes
by Le Tigre
  • Record Label: Mr. Lady
  • Release Date: Oct 16, 2001
Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    91
    Le Tigre meld cheesy lo-fi electronica, garagey hip-hop, cerebral sound collage, and new-wavey songcraft into infectious, stripped-down tunes.
  2. Village Voice (Consumer Guide)
    91
    Here's one new rock record whose optimistic abandon is specifically conceived as a response to deprivation and attack.
  3. Mojo
    90
    Protest music that doesn't protest too much -- a music with such a joy and wit to its outrage that it acquires a universality beyond its subject matter. [Nov 2001, p.98]
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  5. Armchair DJ
    80
    The year's most enjoyable piece of agit-pop.
  6. Neumu.net
    80
    That unholy alliance of punk guitar and drum machine now shows off the organic contours of "real" band interaction -- check out how smoothly they funkify with one another on "Fake French."
  7. Alternative Press
    80
    This is still some of the most original, passionate and listenable music of the year, but the mood has changed. [Jan 2002, p.95]
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  8. Spin
    80
    There are fewer miracle strokes like Le Tigre's "What's Yr. Take on Cassavetes," but these "roller skating jams" have so much certainty, its irrelevant. [Nov 2001, p.132]
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  9. The Wire
    80
    Its infusion of HipHop drum programs, Old Skool electronics, rabblerousing calls-to-arms and repetitive guitar riffs is highly addictive. [#213, p.58]
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  10. Uncut
    80
    The catchiest lesson in sexual politics you're likely to hear this season. [Dec 2001, p.111]
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  11. Pitchfork
    70
    Feminist Sweepstakes wants to be a terrifically fun album, yet with no deviation from the ceaseless politics and endless drum machine beats, things go stale.
  12. Mixer
    70
    Isn't as ambitious or effective as the trio's genre-smashing debut, but it should still keep dancefloors and mosh pits sweaty all year. [Jan 2002, p.74]
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  13. Sonicnet
    70
    Feminist Sweepstakes does occasionally stumble.
  14. Q Magazine
    60
    Feminist Sweepstakes is a clever, catchy Day-Glo riot that anyone can join. [#184, p.140]
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  15. AllMusic
    60
    Hanna straddles the line between cheeky and obnoxious throughout.
  16. Rolling Stone
    60
    A bunch of hysterically funny, shamelessly political and musically intense pop tunes.
  17. The A.V. Club
    60
    Lacking some of its predecessor's musical inventiveness, Feminist Sweepstakes revisits similar terrain, but Hanna's increasing bitterness makes it hard to tell whether even she believes what she's saying.

Awards & Rankings

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#65 Best Album of 2001

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User Score
7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. oNewYorker
    Sep 16, 2022
    9
    One of their best albums besides their self titled one! I love how it goes from calm to crazy!
  2. WodekS.
    Oct 25, 2001
    8
    Hammond organ and sexy vocals. Smart women you'd want to talk to. A triumph.
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