Girl with Basket of Fruit
by Xiu Xiu
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
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  1. Dusted Magazine
    Feb 26, 2019
    60
    Without the contextual anchor that Vo’s art gave to “Deforms,” Girl often gets lost in its own tormented vision. The album plays out like a series of crises, some real, some imaginary, some personal, others global. ... The better angels of Xiu Xiu’s nature are on display in the slow, scraping cello elegy “Amargi ve Moo” and in album closer “Normal Love,” the closest Girl gets to a legitimate pop song.
  2. Pitchfork
    Feb 13, 2019
    60
    After that early-onset dizziness subsides, Girl With Basket of Fruit loses its power and makes little impact, as if these songs were menacing storm clouds that simply drift into and out of town without leaving a trace. It is heavy but hollow, muscular but oddly meaningless, built with streams of images that, however vivid, are the lyrical equivalent of inert gas inside combustion chambers.

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8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 35 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 35
  3. Negative: 2 out of 35
  1. StevenX
    May 31, 2020
    3
    Overwrought, self-tortured naked emperor of the decade Jamie Stewart slides out his latest approximation of a Seventies acid trip that he'llOverwrought, self-tortured naked emperor of the decade Jamie Stewart slides out his latest approximation of a Seventies acid trip that he'll never have, greasier than a young Trump hairdo and nonsensical as a Shaggs tribute album sung in Croatian. Let's-throw-this-in-too sound collages grate, yet it's the hipster melodrama of the shouted/goth-warbled, random-phrase vocals that make you finally give up. "Smile and then don't!", he orders at the end of one "song" (like, no problem, dude), throws in an Alan Vega-esque backing track on the next one (on and off), then features a female voice listing bugs on the next. Surely this is the soundtrack to a documentary about The Last Man-Bun. It's very telling that the Xius' recent two-person cover of a ZZ Top song (and anything on the last album) wipes the floor with this mess. Focus, James, focus.… Full Review »
  2. WOWWW
    Sep 2, 2022
    10
    This album is frightening, experimental in all the best ways, weirdly catchy, and most importantly, creative. The versatile vocals and everThis album is frightening, experimental in all the best ways, weirdly catchy, and most importantly, creative. The versatile vocals and ever changing "melodies" are treated with brilliant, bizarre, and realistic lyricism. The track-listing is impeccable, and I very rarely resist the temptation of listening to the whole album after hearing just one song. I do not rate albums 10 out of 10 with no reason. Believe me when I say this is one of the most unique projects ever created.… Full Review »
  3. AvoidedRat
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    Absolutely fantastic album. From the rapid paced songs like pumpkin attack on mommy on daddy, to the darker more ominous songs like MaryAbsolutely fantastic album. From the rapid paced songs like pumpkin attack on mommy on daddy, to the darker more ominous songs like Mary turner, and to the slower tracks like Normal love, this album never leaves you bored and only wanting more. Only critique for the whole album is that amargi ve moo isn’t something I would enjoy out of the context of the album as a whole.… Full Review »
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