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8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 61 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 53 out of 61
  2. Negative: 4 out of 61

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  1. JohnM
    Apr 13, 2006
    1
    the only thing good about this album is the artwork. stop the jammy guitar solos and get back to sweet poppy tunes!
  2. TomB
    Jun 8, 2006
    3
    A sullen record. A droopy misfire. It's so hard to say this considering all the bliss this band has brought me. The magic is fading, the melodies TOTALLY weak. All the power and heart and the way their music had the ability to turn us all inside out with emotion is turned 2 dimensional. This is what I dreaded most as I counted down the days.
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81

Universal acclaim - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 28
  2. Negative: 0 out of 28
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    More enjoyably organic-sounding than most of 2001's too pristine Ancient Melodies of the Future. [14 Apr 2006, p.86]
  2. A record that progresses as a sequence of dislocated sounds, an expressionist's puzzlebox that comes alive when distanced from one's preconceived notion of what a Built to Spill record should sound like.
  3. Though there are no great surprises on You in Reverse, it is one of Built to Spill's strongest efforts, and anyone who has followed their career knows that this is high praise indeed.