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UncutSounds like the product of a sloppy but inspired band enjoying the straightforward art of making a noise. [Jun 2002, p.114]
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After repeated listens, Title TK congeals into a beautiful little slice of fuzz-rock-pop.
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MagnetThe tight, buzzing guitars and chugging rhythm section have been deconstructed--subdued, even. [#54, p.78]
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Skeletal, fragmented, stumblebum, Kim and Kelley retain their knack for righting themselves with a tuneburst just when you thought they'd never do the limbo again.
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Q MagazineNo matter how much frenetic energy is exuded, Title TK fails to ignite The Breeders' former fire. [May 2002, p.108]
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That's another thing about the present incarnation of the Breeders: they sound, somehow, a lot more . . . oh . . . credible than the last version.
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Title TK picks up where Pod left off in 1989, with a jagged sound nowhere near as tight as the Pixies' but a heartfelt enthusiasm for creating music.
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Title TK sounds as if nothing happened since Last Splash.
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BlenderUnfortunately, the songs on Title TK are mostly half-written train wrecks. [Jun/Jul 2002, p.103]
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It's the sound of experimentation working, it's what what the second Elastica album should have sounded like, and it's a compelling story unfolding, with many more interesting twists still to come.
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This is hot, scratchy, burdened un-rock, and one horribly sad album.
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It blends the stripped-down sounds of Pod and the Amps' Pacer into a collection of strangely intimate, feminine garage rock.
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Title TK comes off as unglued in an almost perversely restrained, even uneventful way.
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Entertainment WeeklyThe thrill evaporates as one monotonous tune drones into the next. [24 May 2002, p.94]
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MojoA languorous, mid-paced affair that eschews visceral assault and pop nous for a raw, prowling, feline angularity. [June 2002, p.108]
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Alternative PressTitle TK isn't awful, but it's too zoned out to draw you in. [Jun 2002, p.71]
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Not necessarily a fantastic album then, but a great excuse for a record, nonetheless.
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The experimentation of tracks like "Off You" and "Put on a Side" show that Kim Deal and co. aren't concerned with reproducing past success, but also shows that they are entirely capable of producing the same interesting song structures and pop pleasures that we have come to expect.
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There's a lot of empty space in these songs, the better to focus on Kim and Kelley's up-front vocal harmonies and classically off-kilter lyrical ideas.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 16 out of 19
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Mixed: 2 out of 19
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Negative: 1 out of 19
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Mar 21, 2018
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RyanAug 4, 2004
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BenjaminBunnyApr 16, 2004I would venture to say that "Off You" is the most beautiful song of Deal's career. A laid-back, lonely, lovely record.