Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 21
  2. Negative: 0 out of 21
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  1. Oct 16, 2017
    60
    The slower songs are this album’s great strengths: the magnificent Czech One, Lonely Blue and Logos all deal rivetingly with relationships (“her solvent’s dissolved”), while more guitar-oriented tunes such as Dum Surfer recall Jamie T.
  2. Oct 13, 2017
    60
    That’s definitely not to say that the more languorous tracks don’t have their beautiful moments, with the likes of ‘Lonely Blue’ and ‘Sublunary’ providing an emotional apex to the album. As it draws on though, it gets easier to think that a bit of brutality on the cutting room floor might only have been of benefit to The Ooz.
  3. Oct 12, 2017
    60
    The end result is by turns gripping, idiosyncratic, baffling and frustrating: not so much an ooze as a splurge of ideas--that’s nevertheless worth picking through.
  4. Mojo
    Oct 10, 2017
    60
    Marshall's irregular flashes of idiosyncratic brilliance impress, though The OOZ's 19 tracks contain many longueurs that merely baffle or bore, so tread carefully. [Nov 2017, p.100]
  5. Nov 13, 2017
    40
    The unpromising combinations separate rather than coalesce. The talented, pugilistic youngster’s best feels yet to come.
User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 110 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 97 out of 110
  2. Negative: 8 out of 110
  1. Oct 13, 2017
    9
    The OOZ has very evident influences musically and aesthetically while also being very personal and close to Archie. The atmosphere on thisThe OOZ has very evident influences musically and aesthetically while also being very personal and close to Archie. The atmosphere on this album is heavy, dark, and grimey, but still musically awe-inspiring. This album pulls together sounds from all genres and eras of music and mixes them together to make the sound of King Krule. Full Review »
  2. Oct 13, 2017
    9
    King Krule on The OOZ is a moribund blossomer. Dark, discordant, vicious rock and moody jazz; more interesting than anything else you're listening to.
  3. Apr 16, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view. Is just the best King Krule we can get, the rich, warm music with that LoFi vibe turned upside down and just made this set of unsettling, multiphasic and immersive hour-long experience which accomplishes too much, great production, unique set of songs, from really calm, sober songs like "Logos" and "Biscuit Town" to huge tension changes like "The Locomotive" and the grooves of "Half Man Half Shark", amazing. Full Review »