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Secret House Against The World
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews What's this?

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7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings

  • Summary: The Canadian semi-rapper (think more Beck than Eminem) returns with his first album of all-new material in two years, which includes contributions from DJ D Styles, Chicago post-rockers Tortoise and singer Lesley Feist.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. The Wire
    90
    Buck's refusal to recognise musical boundaries and his instinctive ability to pick out elements that work together--sometimes surprisingly so--have given us a genre-bending album of high artistic vision, spit and grit. [#258, p.52]
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  2. Playlouder
    90
    It's highly unlikely that Buck 65 is ever going to become the cash cow that his paymasters probably thought he was going to be, but let's hope that he is invited to keep on presenting us with his skewed worldview; a beautiful painting seen in a shattered and blood stained mirror.
  3. Drowned In Sound
    80
    Secret House's obvious appeal lies entirely with its musical, or rather compositional, diversity.
  4. Tiny Mix Tapes
    70
    Secret House Against The World is a fun-filled affair that only reinforces Buck 65's stature as one of "hip-hop's" more versatile "emcees."
  5. Pitchfork
    68
    Early Buck albums had all the professionalism of a late-night weed experiment, but Terfry is growin' up and it shows.
  6. The Guardian
    60
    His hoarse-throated vignettes of smalltown weirdos are beginning to suggest a sketch-show parody of Tom Waits; enough already with the disillusioned, motel-hopping loners.
  7. Uncut
    40
    Buck's monotone and his lack of truly cutting statements make this a dour experience. [Sep 2005, p.100]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 2 out of 8
  1. MikeC
    Sep 27, 2005
    10
    Awesome!! Go Canada
  2. WilliamH
    Sep 23, 2005
    10
    My favourite album yet, they seem to always get better. Definitely a lot more experimental compared to his last two albums, but I think My favourite album yet, they seem to always get better. Definitely a lot more experimental compared to his last two albums, but I think he's going in the right direction, with a combination of his old gritty stylings and the deep emotional music that he's using now. Im not sure I make sense, but I think if you're a fan and you listen to it, you'll understand.… Expand
  4. AlanR
    Sep 24, 2005
    10
    People fear what they don't understand...pussies.
  5. [Anonymous]
    Aug 21, 2005
    9
    One of the best albums of the years. The Floor is one of the most touching songs I've ever heard.
  6. MathieuM
    Sep 25, 2005
    9
    This is a really great album. One step further in the folk/rap fusion thant the album before. I really loved it.
  7. Steve
    Nov 4, 2005
    3
    This album is lacking. What happened? The man could fashion words together in ways that boggle the mind. This album is country trip-hop. This album is lacking. What happened? The man could fashion words together in ways that boggle the mind. This album is country trip-hop. There are sounds create the eqivalent of bad punk, and rips of Cash. I still dig some of the beats, the minor, and live recordings... even when they are loops. The album also includes a female vocalist that was well, she could go back to what she was doing and decay. "Hip-Hop ruined my life"? nawww, you ain't hip-hop no more. Maybe if i OD on drugs i could understand it better, until i enter that state save your money. out… Expand
  8. aurelies
    Sep 21, 2005
    1
    Lyrically poor and silly, smells false confession. Seeks the sympathy from listener, complains too much. Musically appaling, especially on Lyrically poor and silly, smells false confession. Seeks the sympathy from listener, complains too much. Musically appaling, especially on the rock songs.… Expand

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