• Record Label: XL
  • Release Date: Aug 22, 2006
Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 13
  2. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Classics is more varied in texture and tempo and tone than its predecessor. But aside from "Lex", a pretty obvious "Seventeen Years" rehash, and "Wildcat", which samples actual fucking panther roars, there are no curtain raisers, just a whole lot more suggestion.
  2. Urb
    60
    There's only so many times the melodic power chords of guitarist Mike Stroud can graze the quarantined beats of programmer Evan Mast before the combination begins to rust. [Sep 2006, p.142]
  3. A more indulgent but less fun record [than its predecessor].
  4. Blender
    40
    This time they've vacuumed all the loose dirt out of the silicon chamber and left a low-funk environment. [Nov 2006, p.154]
User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 33 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 33
  2. Negative: 0 out of 33
  1. jakew
    Aug 27, 2006
    10
    I also love it, fuck pitchfork
  2. nazat
    Aug 25, 2006
    10
    i love it fuck pitchfork
  3. LawrenceP
    Sep 4, 2006
    9
    Pitchfork really needs to stop trying hard. This is a fun, exciting and funky ride.