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Writer's Block
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Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 26 Critic Reviews What's this?

User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 44 Ratings

  • Summary: This third album from the Stockholm, Sweden indie-rock trio has attracted critical buzz on both sides of the Atlantic. Victoria Bergsman of the Concretes guests.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. Stylus Magazine
    91
    Writer’s Block has announced the renaissance of both pop music and love.
  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    90
    By turns brooding and effervescent, but always outrageous fun, 'Writer's Block' is a compact minor classic.
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  3. Pitchfork
    85
    Their most focused and fully realized effort yet-- an album that adds an imperial hugeness to the teen noir and garage-y psychedelia of their past efforts-- and one of the better pop records we've heard this year.
  4. Spin
    80
    PB&J casually swap instruments and styles while carefully nuturing their ever-delicate tunes. [Mar 2007, p.88]
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  5. PopMatters
    80
    It shows a group both confident, with an established dynamic, and beaming in the light of their most triumphantly appealing effort.
  6. Q Magazine
    70
    It walks the line between indie and pop without stumbling. [Oct 2006, p.125]
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  7. musicOMH.com
    40
    Perhaps if each song were half the length, the fun, easy-listening element to PBJ's music would be more clear-cut. As it is, Writer's Block proves a real struggle.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 25
  3. Negative: 2 out of 25
  1. WillC
    Sep 19, 2007
    10
    I love the single 'Young Folks' and when I purchased the album it was not a disappointment. An inch perfect pop record. I lovethe I love the single 'Young Folks' and when I purchased the album it was not a disappointment. An inch perfect pop record. I lovethe innocence of it all, top band.… Expand
  2. BobbyG
    Mar 7, 2007
    10
    Mesmerizing!
  4. LuisF
    Apr 13, 2007
    10
    First time i listened to this album i didn't really like it, now i think is definetly one of 2007 best realeses very powerful album
  5. Alex
    Feb 15, 2007
    9
    This one grows on you very nicely. Its nice to finally have something to listen to from this year.
  6. PaulC
    Sep 25, 2007
    9
    The more I listen to this album the better it gets. I worried that with "Young Folks" they would simply be a one hit song, but this album The more I listen to this album the better it gets. I worried that with "Young Folks" they would simply be a one hit song, but this album should be in the top 10 this year.… Expand
  7. Vampire25
    Mar 23, 2011
    8
    This is good indie pop. Writer's Block has some truly amazing tracks. The opener "Objects Of My Affection" is a wonderful song and the trackThis is good indie pop. Writer's Block has some truly amazing tracks. The opener "Objects Of My Affection" is a wonderful song and the track following it "Young Folks" will instantly grab you with it's whistling solo that's just really catchy. All In All, Peter Bjorn & John come up with some really intricate pop melodies that will not soon escape your head. B+… Expand
  8. mikef
    Mar 3, 2007
    2
    mark me down in the music omh critic's "bored to tears" column (at risk of recalling h. danger's "...if you're bored then..." mark me down in the music omh critic's "bored to tears" column (at risk of recalling h. danger's "...if you're bored then..." line), why all the hub-bub, bub? musical equivalent of effixor. christ, what i wouldn't do for a cup of coffe - or some musical stimulation -would make a short list. jump over to field music's town tones and hear the cuppa joe, moe.… Expand

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