The Weight Is A Gift
by Nada Surf
  • Record Label: Barsuk
  • Release Date: Sep 13, 2005
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 30 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 30
  3. Negative: 2 out of 30

Review this album

  1. Your Score
    0 out of 10
    Rate this:
    • 10
    • 9
    • 8
    • 7
    • 6
    • 5
    • 4
    • 3
    • 2
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
  1. Submit
  2. Check Spelling
view
per page
  1. JKM
    Nov 9, 2005
    2
    This album is sooo blah. This is not indie rock (as I was expecting)... this is a collection of very average, 90s alternative pop radio songs... think Goo Goo Dolls meet Semisonic. Yuck! Nothing interesting happens on this album. Your Legs Grow is okay.. but. nothing else on this album sticks out to me. I'm extremely dissapointed that I put out $10 for this one. This is the first This album is sooo blah. This is not indie rock (as I was expecting)... this is a collection of very average, 90s alternative pop radio songs... think Goo Goo Dolls meet Semisonic. Yuck! Nothing interesting happens on this album. Your Legs Grow is okay.. but. nothing else on this album sticks out to me. I'm extremely dissapointed that I put out $10 for this one. This is the first time I've been this dissapointed with a music purchase in a long time - and I buy a lot of music. Oh well. Save your money for something with some substance. This release has none.… Expand
  2. tommgy711
    Nov 20, 2019
    0
    What can I say? I discovered this album this year (thanks KEXP!) and it's been in heavy rotation in our house for about 6 months. Each track is wonderful it its own way, and as an album, it really flows where you want to listen begin to end. 'What is Your Secret', and 'Do It Again' are favorites this week. A 2005 album on our Best of 2019 list!

Critic Reviews

All reviews »
Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. Rolling Stone
    70
    Like their last album, 2003's Let Go, The Weight Is a Gift is a top-notch collection of sad-eyed guitar ballads.
    Read full review
  2. AllMusic
    90
    The Weight Is a Gift is Nada Surf's most honest and earnest record to date.
    Read full review
  3. Alternative Press
    90
    A nearly flawless album full of rocking pop songs that sound instantly timeless. [Oct 2005, p.156]
See all critic reviews »