Morningwood
by Morningwood
  • Record Label: Capitol
  • Release Date: Jan 10, 2006
User Score
7.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 31 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 31
  3. Negative: 7 out of 31

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  1. Tyler
    Jan 20, 2006
    9
    In such cookie cutter times, it's refreshing to listen to a band that loves to have fun rocking out. Each track is it's own creation, and the album is short and sweet, not overdrawn. The critics just don't get it, this is what rock and roll is all about!
  2. NateW
    Jan 30, 2006
    6
    Not, bad. I guess I personally had a hard time getting over the chick voclas but, once I did I liked it. Morningwood are sort of part of that powerpop music movment but they are a good deal harder than there counterparts. There is some fun to have with this album.
  3. pjyesthatpj
    Feb 6, 2006
    8
    Nth Degree the first song I've heard on the radio in about two years that I hoped to hear again
  4. funnestfunnorer
    Apr 18, 2006
    10
    why do they have the worst parts of the reviews in the ittle blurbs? the band is great.
  5. PA
    Apr 19, 2006
    10
    It's the coolest!!
  6. anon
    Oct 9, 2006
    0
    this is pure schlock.
  7. AnonymousMC
    Feb 3, 2006
    1
    Yeeech.
  8. les.d
    Mar 29, 2006
    8
    i love this cd makes me feel fourteen again!EVERYBODY RULES!!!!!
  9. Matt
    Jan 18, 2006
    8
    Boy is this album being underrated by critics. Chantal Claret is delightfully sneering some times and playfully Go-Gos like other times. I had lots of fun.
  10. kellyc
    Jan 22, 2006
    3
    booooooorrrrring!!! my album is like wayyyyy better!!!!!
  11. AdelleL
    Jan 23, 2006
    9
    Absolutely love this album! It has everything...
  12. Darren
    Feb 18, 2006
    5
    'Take Off Your Clothes' is a wicked track, but if you take that away, nothing really stands out.
  13. Galen
    Feb 8, 2006
    5
    A decent attempt at getting kids to move to sexually charged care free tunes. Marred by the lack of diversity within the instruments, and song structure. Ultimately it tries to pay homage to the better moments in punk and alternative (The Stooges, Nirvana, Pixies, etc...) but ends up sounding like an anemic rip off. Key Tracks: Nu Rock, Everybody Rules, Take off Your Clothes,
  14. DavidA
    Apr 18, 2006
    10
    High energy, post alternative that wakes you up and pulls you into the music while it entertains all your senses.
  15. ValerieMW
    Apr 18, 2006
    10
    Maybe, for 40 minutes, we can all ignore what the scenesters and indier-than-thou reviewers are spouting at us and just LISTEN to the music. Congratulations to Morningwood- you've made a great first album.
  16. ErinL
    Apr 19, 2006
    10
    morning wood= good music. cant argue with that. nope... im not listening to you whine. freaking emos....
  17. WM
    Apr 3, 2006
    10
    Better than your mother.
  18. ZachP
    Aug 30, 2006
    3
    Buy this album for "Nu Rock", and "The Nth Degree". The album as a whole however features brainless music, my four-year-old nephew could make. Its not nessecarily HORRIBLE, but it still isn't good.
  19. lbs
    Jan 28, 2006
    9
    Really a fun album. And Nth Degree has one of the coolest videos EVER.
  20. kimberleyt
    Feb 17, 2006
    3
    Nth Degree is a great song, Ride The Lights is pretty good, Everybody Rules is passable. The rest is noisy, disorganized rubbish.
  21. drewB
    Mar 11, 2006
    0
    too happy too annoying too sucky
  22. DomoK
    Sep 12, 2006
    10
    are you people insane? this is one of the best record of 2006
  23. richieo
    Nov 19, 2006
    10
    disney radio for grown-ups. please, you either love them or hate them. first cd that made me feel like rockin' again. and to the scene-sters and hipper-than-thou's, you can bite me. freakin' emo's. relax. and yes, i know real music when i hear it. i've ACTUALLY seen the real who and ac/dc and aerosmith live. just wanna have some fun, man.
  24. hknewbie
    Dec 17, 2006
    9
    not bad at all. highly listenable, catchy, and something about the singer's voice is dead-on.
  25. driffynow75
    Dec 18, 2006
    10
    morning wood band / good sound of record. the album Nth degree i llove it. cool !!!++
  26. vscoott345
    Apr 26, 2012
    1
    Very bad. Only redeemable tracks are "Nth Degree" "Jetsetter" and "Televisor". After that, this album gets boring, bland, and very blah. Not worth buying or downloading. Save your time on this one.
  27. JeikuAsakura
    Mar 4, 2021
    8
    This album is really great. From Jetsetter to Nth Degree. I would definitely reccommend this neo-classic album to anyone who's into the genre.

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 12
  3. Negative: 3 out of 12
  1. Stylus Magazine
    33
    Morningwood does a great job at imitating, and they have spirit. But their spirit does not translate well to good listening, nor does it provoke the underwear-dancing and air guitar it hopes to achieve.
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  2. AllMusic
    50
    Morningwood still feels like calculated fluff, even if it's calculated fluff that's mildly fun.
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  3. Billboard
    70
    It's hard to take the band too seriously, but the songs are debaucherous fun. [14 Jan 2006]
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