User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 20 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 20
  2. Negative: 0 out of 20

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  1. DrunkenMaster
    Sep 1, 2006
    6
    Poor Tim Kasher -- no one feels pain like he does. Overwrought, melodramatic and terribly self indulgent. Grow up.
  2. mikes.
    Aug 23, 2006
    5
    I'd have to agree with chris s. on this one. Cursive has driven more experimental since the ugly organ but in a bad way. The songs are not as catchy and the songwriting itself is rather weak for kasher. I see him and bright eyes on the decline as of late, music is less heartfelt feels like they are going through the motions. They seem to be dwelling too much on Experimental ideas and I'd have to agree with chris s. on this one. Cursive has driven more experimental since the ugly organ but in a bad way. The songs are not as catchy and the songwriting itself is rather weak for kasher. I see him and bright eyes on the decline as of late, music is less heartfelt feels like they are going through the motions. They seem to be dwelling too much on Experimental ideas and getting carried away with production. Overall album is unfocused and a flop, despite what amg says, cursive has delivered a dud. Expand
  3. chriss
    Aug 22, 2006
    5
    starts off strong (a la The Ugly Organ but not quite Domestica) but halfway through you begin to wonder what the hell Tim Kasher and co. were thinking when they decided to add horns. The musical arrangement is completely haphazard and is not too pleasing to the ears. Put down the bottle Tim and write some better music!
Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 24
  2. Negative: 1 out of 24
  1. Filter
    84
    [Kasher's] storytelling is still right up there with the very highest of Saddle-sitters. [#21, p.97]
  2. Blender
    80
    Musically, his furiously gear-shifting punk-pop, full of horn blasts and arty production tricks... never fails to rock the sermon. [Aug 2006, p.107]
  3. The painful punning of Bad Sects is just one of the many cringeworthy moments on an album that sees grown men wallowing in a teenage wasteland from which they really should have moved on.