Underclass Hero
by Sum 41
  • Record Label: Island
  • Release Date: Jul 24, 2007
User Score
7.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 110 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 79 out of 110
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 110
  3. Negative: 20 out of 110

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  1. EvanH
    Jul 26, 2007
    2
    It's bad.
  2. KrisM.
    Aug 6, 2007
    1
    Terrible. I miss the old Sum 41.
  3. ColbyS
    Jul 25, 2007
    1
    You've heard it all before from Green Day and other histrionic bands trying to gain substance through the political. Unlike Green Day, these lyrics are so cringe-worthy they make you want to pull your toenails out. Add uninspired music to that and you have a sign that these guys haven't caught on yet to the fact that pop-punk is dead.
  4. HumanPate86
    Oct 15, 2012
    2
    There's not much to say. It's just a bad album by and ok band. As always, the lyrics suck, singing is ok, and all of the wanna be melodic hardcore band is really getting on my nerves.
  5. EC
    Aug 14, 2007
    0
    People have realized that this "style" of music is cookie cutter garbage, so it takes guts to release an album like this and put up with bad sales and vicious critics. It still sucks, though.
  6. JohnJ.
    Sep 24, 2007
    0
    Predictable, boring, useless pop-rock.
  7. DexterH.
    Jan 22, 2008
    0
    Terrible album !!!

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Metascore
50

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 12
  3. Negative: 2 out of 12
  1. Spin
    60
    The result is a bigger, slicker record laced with potent "American Idiot"-style Bush-bashing, a handful of emo-heavy relationship ballads, and very few surprises. [Sep 2007, p.138]
  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    40
    Underclass Hero they've gone straight for the commercial mother lode, pitching their sound almost equidistantly between 'The Black Parade' and 'American Idiot' (insert your own 'parade of idiots' gag here).... If you already own those albums, why waste your time with this?
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  3. The Guardian
    20
    Sentiments are rendered as blandly as lazy graffiti tags, with the music accompanying them as bold and portentous as a light shower.
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