Underclass Hero
by Sum 41
  • Record Label: Island
  • Release Date: Jul 24, 2007
User Score
7.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 110 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 79 out of 110
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 110
  3. Negative: 20 out of 110

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  1. RossS.
    Feb 7, 2008
    10
    Its Sum 41 They always rock their the best band!!!!!
  2. EvanH
    Jul 26, 2007
    2
    It's bad.
  3. KrisM.
    Aug 6, 2007
    1
    Terrible. I miss the old Sum 41.
  4. ColbyS
    Jul 25, 2007
    1
    You've heard it all before from Green Day and other histrionic bands trying to gain substance through the political. Unlike Green Day, these lyrics are so cringe-worthy they make you want to pull your toenails out. Add uninspired music to that and you have a sign that these guys haven't caught on yet to the fact that pop-punk is dead.
  5. MaryseL.
    Dec 11, 2007
    5
    Not bad, not good either, Chuck was much better, but what the heck, I'm still loving them and I'll continue to attempt their shows. And I'll secretly hope they'll bring us something better next time.
  6. HumanPate86
    Oct 15, 2012
    2
    There's not much to say. It's just a bad album by and ok band. As always, the lyrics suck, singing is ok, and all of the wanna be melodic hardcore band is really getting on my nerves.
  7. AndrewV
    Jul 26, 2007
    8
    Very good disc, they've gone back to their punk roots but without the snotty vibe that was prevalent in All killer It would have been nice to have 1 metal-influenced song, though the riffs near the end of "King of Contradiction" come close. All in all I love every track (took a little more time to get used to Ma Poubelle) and have been listening non-stop
  8. GuyM
    Jul 27, 2007
    10
    they always change their style but i loved this cd, it is just great, the best song is with me :)
  9. MarshallM.
    Sep 1, 2007
    10
    I think this album is their best one, though I don't think it will be as great in sales to the other albums, the music is great but I agree with the childish Bush bashing. To me it's not Bush bashing that made them who they are, they should of wrote their own normal style besides childish things like that. But in all I thinks it's their best album!
  10. agattac
    Jul 26, 2007
    10
    much better vocals that on last album:) lyrics like always it's great.I think it's albym for a little bit older people that 16 but it's great !!
  11. RossT
    Aug 3, 2007
    10
    Great CD from the best band in the world. its the only thing ive liistened to since it came out. Except for 1 round with Chuck.
  12. BunnyRabbit
    Jul 25, 2007
    4
    Blah. Very bland, lacking the power of punk and the pizazz of pop. If it were a meal, it would be meatloaf.
  13. SuleimanM
    Jul 26, 2007
    7
    Being a big Sum 41 fan, I like it, but it has nothing on chuck. A few songs sound the same, and are reminiscent of Blink and Green Day. Overall, good album, but Chuck's better.
  14. we
    Jul 26, 2007
    10
    is the most mature album of the vand and is fantastic cause can mix fast and slow songs in a mixture that is awesome
  15. EC
    Aug 14, 2007
    0
    People have realized that this "style" of music is cookie cutter garbage, so it takes guts to release an album like this and put up with bad sales and vicious critics. It still sucks, though.
  16. as
    Sep 14, 2007
    10
    really awesome
  17. JohnJ.
    Sep 24, 2007
    0
    Predictable, boring, useless pop-rock.
  18. DexterH.
    Jan 22, 2008
    0
    Terrible album !!!
  19. JoelE
    Jul 23, 2007
    10
    Very good catchy album. I miss the ripping guitar solos though. Pull the curtain is a great track
  20. edwarda
    Jul 24, 2007
    10
    I enjoyed this album alot, extremely catxhy and very well written in parts.
  21. EthanF
    Jul 27, 2007
    10
    I loved this album, all the songs are great! I've been listening to this album a lot. I would recommend this album to others.
  22. DickT
    Jul 31, 2007
    10
    This album is no doubt amazing. Screw this American Idiot sound alike not a chance!!! It has a very intense sound and even slows down for a couple great songs. Im tired of hearing the comparisons to Blink and Green Day....Best album musically and lyrically to date Best song: Pull The Curtain
  23. DagorH.
    Sep 17, 2007
    8
    I actually like this album. Each song has its own distinct sound and I can listen to the whole CD without skipping any songs, which is quite rare for me. I'm not going to compare this album to other band's, that just never works.
  24. piford
    Mar 6, 2012
    10
    Best album ever, except maybe 21st century breakdown. With me is an amazing song. Underclass hero is really good to. Want to hear more. Yaaaaaaaaaaaay
  25. SirTacos
    Nov 22, 2013
    9
    While it's not my favorite album, it is up there. It seems to be a nice throwback album to All Killer No Filler while having its own differences from it. It does seem to have an artistic sound to it at times, as well as some clever writing.
  26. Azyan_Auni
    Dec 17, 2013
    7
    It's still OK in Sum 41 because they have bring back they own music style, punk rock. But at this time, the drum sound is not OK, there's a song that contains "disbelieve your God" and not the original Deryck's voice.
  27. Decim
    May 25, 2017
    6
    Dave's absence is heard from the first song, the title track, who can be a kind of summary of this album: it's not terrible, but it ain't inspired, there are are few remarkable songs (Speak of the devil, The Jester, Pull The Curtain and So Long Goodbye), while Best Of Me is almost embarrassing.
    March Of The Dogs is interesting.
  28. michely
    Nov 4, 2022
    7
    While it's far from my favorite Sum 41 album, I can say time made me appreciate it more than when it came out. The departure of Brownsound and made the album more pop and less metal. Also, I loved Green Day's masterpiece American Idiot and I felt that Underclass Hero was a blatant ripoff as we see so much inspiration like at the start of the March of the dogs. I felt they even ripped ofWhile it's far from my favorite Sum 41 album, I can say time made me appreciate it more than when it came out. The departure of Brownsound and made the album more pop and less metal. Also, I loved Green Day's masterpiece American Idiot and I felt that Underclass Hero was a blatant ripoff as we see so much inspiration like at the start of the March of the dogs. I felt they even ripped of their own songs with Underclass Hero as it riped off Subject to change, a bonus song on their previous album Chuck. I guess I didn't get the concept of the title Subject to change at the time. Also, as a French Canadian, I was shocked when I listen to Ma Poubelle as I can't believe artists from Canada (where French is an official language) could make songs in French and be so bad at it. I didn't mind NOFX's Champ Elysees as I don't mind how poorly American speeks French. I would be curious to know if Goldfinger's singer was as bad at singing 99 red balloon's German's part. As years passed by and many great Sum 41's albums later, the more I revisit Underclass Hero, the more I enjoy it.… Expand

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Metascore
50

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 12
  3. Negative: 2 out of 12
  1. Spin
    60
    The result is a bigger, slicker record laced with potent "American Idiot"-style Bush-bashing, a handful of emo-heavy relationship ballads, and very few surprises. [Sep 2007, p.138]
  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    40
    Underclass Hero they've gone straight for the commercial mother lode, pitching their sound almost equidistantly between 'The Black Parade' and 'American Idiot' (insert your own 'parade of idiots' gag here).... If you already own those albums, why waste your time with this?
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  3. The Guardian
    20
    Sentiments are rendered as blandly as lazy graffiti tags, with the music accompanying them as bold and portentous as a light shower.
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