Government Plates
by Death Grips
  • Record Label: Harvest
  • Release Date: Nov 13, 2013
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 111 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 81 out of 111
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 111
  3. Negative: 9 out of 111

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  1. ExtremelyBlue
    Jan 9, 2021
    2
    Incredibly boring and offensive to the ears, beyond dropping the ball. Its like it crashed 4 floors down with it.

    Fav Tracks: Intro, This is violence now, Birds

    Least Favorite: Everything else

Awards & Rankings

89
#89 Most Discussed Album of 2013

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 18
  3. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. The New York Times
    May 29, 2014
    70
    Those instrumentals stop and start, throb and zap, sprint and lurch, empty out or swarm with noise, and they often completely switch texture in midtrack--the more disorienting the better.
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  2. The Quietus
    May 29, 2014
    80
    [Government Plates] is bursting with kinetic energy and texture, and never focuses on one particular sound for overlong over its economical 36 minute run time. It's that sense of ever shifting energy and momentum that characterizes Death Grips best work and it's a relief to see it returned to.
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  3. DIY Magazine
    May 29, 2014
    80
    Featuring minimal hooks, guttural yelps and harrowing production, Government Plates sounds like nothing else this year--so in other words, it sounds a whole lot like Death Grips.
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