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Q MagazineThe overall effect is a little wayward at times, strangely touching at others, and nutso throughout. [May 2004, p.104]
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Ima Robot mines the dark recesses of metal, glam, new wave and electro, meshing its findings without a stitch to produce memorable choruses that stick in your head long after they're gone.
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Rolling Stone[Alex] Ebert's voice is the most polarizing set of pipes this side of the Darkness' Justin Hawkins, and most listeners won't be able to get past it.
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Alternative PressGoofy out-of-time tunes. [Oct 2003, p.136]
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Off-kilter, irreverent and unbelievably addictive.
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Mojo[A] perplexing, 'is it irritating or is it glorious?' album that meshes the oddball with the serious in a quirky, plastic-punk manner not entirely unlike that of The B-52's and Devo. [Mar 2004, p.108]
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BlenderAn energetic, derivative genre exercise. [Oct 2003, p.118]
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The end product is an enjoyable, though not enduring, debut offering.
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Under The RadarThere's not much originality on this record, and cliches abound, but... [it] is so full of energy that it demands a listen. [#5, p.106]
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They won't matter in a year, or even six-months...but for the time being, Ima Robot are an utterly entrancing and joyously frivolous antidote to those pre-winter blues.
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SpinLike Grandaddy, they know the future isn't glitch-free, but they're gonna throw a good party anyway. [Oct 2003, p.113]
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Ultimately too derivative to fully enjoy.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 21 out of 24
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Mixed: 0 out of 24
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Negative: 3 out of 24
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JesseGNov 12, 2006my absolute favorite band on the planet, and this is a must buy!
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RyanASep 20, 2004
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StellaJun 30, 2004Best cd on earth.