Sweating the Plague
by Guided by Voices
User Score
6.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
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  1. mxivguel
    Jan 20, 2020
    4
    A very easy to forget album. Too much unnecessary extension of the songs.
    Instrumentals on point.

    Top 3: Heavy Like The World, Unfun Glitz, Mother's Milk Elementary

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Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Mojo
    Nov 21, 2019
    60
    Pollard's lyrics are characteristically oblique, but persistence pokes through as a theme. [Jan 2020, p.90]
  2. Dusted Magazine
    Nov 18, 2019
    80
    It is damned good, a concise exercise in muscular rock and roll whimsy that, while not quite knocking Bee Thousand off its perch, is perfectly in line with the steady stream of quality guitar rock that Pollard has been churning out for decades.
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  3. Uncut
    Oct 30, 2019
    60
    Some good songs emerge--"Ego Central High" is a glammy gem that makes its repetitiveness a virtue--but otherwise this is heavy listening that too often edges towards stodge. [Dec 2019, p.29]
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