This Is For Real
by Pink Grease
  • Record Label: Mute
  • Release Date: Jun 15, 2004
Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
  1. Splendid
    60
    The problem is, it all feels a bit contrived.
  2. Magnet
    60
    The occaisonally infectious hooks keep the shtick from falling into one-dimensional parody. [#64, p.104]
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  3. Q Magazine
    60
    Fulfill[s] glam's promise of tasty geezers in make-up playing shrill, sleazy punk sounds. [Jul 2004, p.121]
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  5. Neumu.net
    55
    Feels a little bit contrived, at times, an elaborate game of dress-ups unleashed under the unlikely title This Is for Real -- a claim which, if not deliberately ironic, sure seems the complete opposite of the fabricated fashion-conscious compilation-of-quotations that the album actually is.
  6. New Musical Express (NME)
    50
    A total car-crash of excess enthusiasm. [12 Jun 2004, p.49]
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  7. Under The Radar
    50
    The band betrays itself on the album as a one-trick glam rock pony. [#7]
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