Sweating the Plague
by Guided by Voices
Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. Mojo
    Nov 21, 2019
    60
    Pollard's lyrics are characteristically oblique, but persistence pokes through as a theme. [Jan 2020, p.90]
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  2. Uncut
    Oct 30, 2019
    60
    Some good songs emerge--"Ego Central High" is a glammy gem that makes its repetitiveness a virtue--but otherwise this is heavy listening that too often edges towards stodge. [Dec 2019, p.29]
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6.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. mxivguel
    Jan 20, 2020
    4
    A very easy to forget album. Too much unnecessary extension of the songs.
    Instrumentals on point.
    Top 3: Heavy Like The World, Unfun    A very easy to forget album. Too much unnecessary extension of the songs.
    Instrumentals on point.

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