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Universal acclaim- based on 7 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 7
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Mixed: 0 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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Feb 15, 2017
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Nov 4, 2015Metacritic's rating algorithm is gamed, that's how. That's the only explanation how you can have 4 reviews at 80 and an average score of 84.
As for this album, DBT has always been a live band, and this exemplifies that. It's a superb listen. -
May 23, 2020
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Oct 30, 2015Can someone explain to me how 4 reviewers can give this an 80 but the meta-score then becomes an 84? I never write reviews. It looks like I need a few more characters to submit this......
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Jan 18, 2016
Awards & Rankings
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Jan 27, 2016At three hours-plus, it’s a lot of breadline bluster, but it’s life-affirming nonetheless.
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UncutJan 12, 2016This 3CD/5LP set ably performs the mixed blessing of making you feel that you are there, and annoyed that you weren't. [Feb 2016, p.74]
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Dec 2, 2015Somehow It’s Great To Be Alive seems like the essential set, given that it boasts some 35 tracks spanning all phases of their collective career. It shows them in their true element--raucous, raw and unapologetic, a combination certain to appeal to diehard devotees and practically anyone else whose taste in music is generally affirmed by frequenting sweaty beer joints and any local roadhouse bar.