Why You So Crazy
by The Dandy Warhols
Metascore
56

Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
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  1. Paste Magazine
    Feb 6, 2019
    73
    Why You So Crazy is fun for the brain and the body. Weird enough to find something new with every listen, while remaining as slick and infectious and delightful as much of the Dandys’ dandy discography.
  2. Uncut
    Feb 5, 2019
    70
    Why You So Crazy is the sound of a group that--reasonably, at this point--discern no reason to start being anything other than themselves, and is accordingly laced with trademark Americana, stomping glam, droll boogie and the occasional addled aberration. [Feb 2019, p.26]
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6.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. yadevol
    Jan 30, 2019
    8
    I think the critics reviews have been unfair. Yes, It is 'all over the place' but in a good way. This is the sound of The Dandy WarholsI think the critics reviews have been unfair. Yes, It is 'all over the place' but in a good way. This is the sound of The Dandy Warhols cutting loose and having fun. Their best album in years.… Full Review »
  2. StevenX
    Dec 15, 2021
    5
    For once, the name of the band The Dandy Warhols is perhaps the most clever thing about them. This is like going through a grade-schoolFor once, the name of the band The Dandy Warhols is perhaps the most clever thing about them. This is like going through a grade-school version of a flea market, each song a different berth, barely related to each other if at all. "Thee Elegant Bum" cribs the bassline from "We Used To Be Friends" and everything else from singer Courtney Taylor's ill-advised side trip about that fictional German electronic band that was so forgettable I forget what it was called. (It's obviously still important to Taylor, because shades of it show up all over the place, which is not a good thing.) Elsewhere country music pops up, maybe serious ("Sins Are Forgiven"), probably parody ("Highlife", "Motor City Steel"). These songs might sound better if you're really stoned - after all, it sounds like that's how they were recorded. There's a meandering laziness that has shown up over the last few albums, to the point where you wonder if this is really the same people that produced the tight, pulsing rock and pop from their early albums. The final result of this album is that you're not sure you even care anymore. As they end the set with a classical-meets-Richard-Clayderman solo piano instrumental clocking in at over six minutes, it sure sounds like they might not either.… Full Review »
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