User Score
5.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 13
  2. Negative: 4 out of 13

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  1. MattM
    Apr 8, 2005
    9
    Phish finally masters the studio
  2. patrickm
    Jul 10, 2004
    6
    One of Phish's better studio albums, but does that mean much? No, they are a live band outfit, arguably the best. So, it shouldn't surprise anybody that it's a weak album. Yet, "the connection" is great. They tried a new type of groove, going much more mainstream pop. And, unfortunately, it fell short.
  3. MarcoE
    May 5, 2005
    3
    I've gotta agree with Aaron. "The biggest corporate rock group in the history of music" breathes new life to the word asinine. That's almost as nonsensical as Rolling Stone saying "The Connection" was "the most commanding song of their sixteen-year recording career." To speak without thinking beforehand is like wiping your rear before you crap.
  4. DarnelleW
    Jul 9, 2004
    0
    While not the worst album in the phish catalogue is a huge disappointment. The songs are horribly simplistic and the lyrics are meaningless. There isn't even the sound of joy in the music, like the band members are sluging through what will be their last work together. If you are a phish fan, i'd recommend you advoid this albumn at all costs, it could make you hate phish. If you While not the worst album in the phish catalogue is a huge disappointment. The songs are horribly simplistic and the lyrics are meaningless. There isn't even the sound of joy in the music, like the band members are sluging through what will be their last work together. If you are a phish fan, i'd recommend you advoid this albumn at all costs, it could make you hate phish. If you already disliked phish, here is more fodder for an already loaded arsenal for what may be the biggest corporate rock group in the history of music. Expand
  5. FormerPhish-fan
    Jul 11, 2004
    0
    Another bad corporate rock album, watch all the sheep-like drug addicts drool over it. :(
  6. MitchW.
    Jul 12, 2004
    0
    A bad album, anyway you cut it. Once again Phish proves they are more skilled at swindling the money of drug addicts then they are at playing their instruments. Poor production+ Poor playing+ No originality= as laudable as Creed, Linkin Park, or N-Sync-except the other three had better production.
  7. Aaron
    Feb 27, 2005
    5
    the biggest corporate rock group in the history of music? are you insane? that has to be one of the most uninformed comments i've ever read posted on the internet. well done. you really must know your phish history to be so knowledgable, especially concerning the band's roots and beginning. what a moron.
  8. JustinS
    Aug 23, 2005
    7
    Definitely not the best Phish album out there, but I'd rank it fifth behind PoN, BB, Junta, Farmhouse. It's a whole hell of a lot better than Round Room and some of the cuts (Scents and Subtle Sounds, Army of One, Undermind) are very good.
Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. A workmanlike effort that won’t do anything to harm the Phish legacy, but isn’t notable enough to make me wish that the band wasn’t packing it in.
  2. It's the fragmented experiments that keep Undermind from being a straightforward batch of songs, and they ultimately provide a much-needed balance.
  3. Rolling Stone
    80
    Giddily adventurous. [8-22 Jul 2004, p.128]