• Record Label: Kemado
  • Release Date: May 18, 2004
Metascore
66

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 13
  2. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Urb
    80
    A solid record of contagious melodies and dance-tastic beats. [Jul/Aug 2004, p.125]
  2. Like Hot Hot Heat with a less annoying singer, The Fever offer a glimpse of everything that's good about dance-punk.
  3. Filter
    76
    It's a solid showing from a band... dead set on packaging the unbridled mania of their live show, and more fun than anything else. [#11, p.97]
  4. Rolling Stone
    70
    A propulsive party mix of garage rhythms, keyboard blurps and lecherous guitars drooling all over the ladies' shoes. [28 Oct 2004, p.103]
  5. Magnet
    70
    Sounds like it was put together using spit, eyelash glue and sequins that fell off David Johansen's costumes all those years ago. [#64, p.90]
  6. Uncut
    70
    The Fever are shaping up as America's Franz Ferdinand, taking their cues from Buzzcocks and Wire. [Mar 2005, p.100]
  7. These scuzzy Voidoids are as immature as Blink-182 were; they just have hipper ways of hiding it—like pretending punk and new wave were the same thing.
  8. Blender
    60
    A hedonistic debut that's thick with the stench of leatherette and fake fur. [Aug 2004, p.131]
  9. It's tough to say whether The Fever should be appreciated or disdained for going apeshit within well-worn terrain.
  10. The band's organ and raspy vocals give Red Bedroom a jolt of early punk, which, combined with an adept sense of rock ‘n' roll, has signs that the Fever has been spending equal time listening to proto-punk and garage rock bands of the ‘60s.
  11. New Musical Express (NME)
    60
    Has the pungent whiff of an album with an imminent expiry date. [12 Feb 2005, p.51]
  12. Even if it's derivative, Red Bedroom is very catchy.
  13. Alternative Press
    40
    When Red Bedroom ditches the choppy guitar riffs... the results are as much of a buzzkill to Bedroom's jumpin' vibe as cops busting up a raging house party. [Aug 2004, p.116]

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