• Record Label: Sub Pop
  • Release Date: Oct 21, 2014
Metascore
94

Universal acclaim - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. Q Magazine
    Nov 13, 2014
    80
    [Start Together] reveals a remarkable output across punk, pop and rock for a band that you can't help but feel still had much to do, As of now, they still may do it. [Dec 2014, p.124]
  2. Nov 12, 2014
    80
    This is a beautiful way to remember--and relive--their purity, their passion and their power.
  3. Uncut
    Nov 11, 2014
    90
    This reissue eschews context and explanation to let their catalogue stand as its won defiant rock monolith, And as it should. [Dec 2014, p.93]
  4. 100
    It’s not just that all seven albums are of serious musical worth; together, as the Sleater-Kinney back catalogue, they feel like they have some genuine historical value, too.
  5. Oct 28, 2014
    90
    A beautiful collector's piece commemorating one of America's most vital indie bands.
  6. Oct 28, 2014
    92
    This streamlined set, Start Together, captures that dichotomy, archiving the Sleater-Kinney canon with care: from the ideological-punches of thirdwave feminism to their post-riot grrrl classic rock revisionism, all seven albums have been remastered and paired with a plainly gorgeous hardcover photobook, as well as the surprise of a reunion-launching 7" single.
  7. Oct 28, 2014
    100
    As Start Together proves, that was never a question anyone would need to ask Sleater-Kinney [“Where’s the ‘fuck you’?”].
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 17
  3. Negative: 2 out of 17
  1. Jan 15, 2015
    10
    Few bands have a discog that varied in sound yet unwavered in unmatched quality. Remastering makes each opus sound crystal clear (with theFew bands have a discog that varied in sound yet unwavered in unmatched quality. Remastering makes each opus sound crystal clear (with the exception of the intentionally abrasive The Woods). Very happy that I ordered this special edition set while they were available. Full Review »