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Face the Truth
by Stephen Malkmus
ALBUM RANKINGS:
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.
Overall Rating:
3.2711
Avg. Critic Score:
3.0833
Face the Truth Rank 4 Reviews
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DustedMagazineFace the Truth, however, is musicianship without wankery, where the band makes the most of their creative freedom. One of the best albums of the year. ...more
Lost At SeaIt’s weird, (but not annoyingly so), it’s catchy (but not annoyingly so), and it’s fresh (but not annoyingly so). Face the Truth is the work of a songwriter at his finest hour. ...more
Stylus MagazineIâm a nut for finding similarities in style and artistic/commercial trajectory between rock bands, and REM/Pavement was always a favorite back in the nineties. Both bands offered enigmatic singles and an epochal debut followed by an almost ...more
Dusted MagazineMalkmus has the same fractured pop sensibility, but his music is more expansive than it’s been before. ...more
Delusions of AdequacyAn excellent album graced by the kind of clever hooks, lines, and sinkers that color Malkmus’ best work, be it with Pavement or the Jicks. ...more
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No RipcordFace the Truth is probably the most eclectic of all Malkmus’s work. There are elements of every Pavement album in amongst the tracks, with familiar noodly guitar intros, shouty, jaunty refrains and languid deadpan-rap segments. ...more
Slant MagazineAt various turns filled with shrewd self-deprecation, experimental but still propulsive guitar riffs, SAT Hot Words, ginormous pop hooks, and deliberately juvenile wordplay,Face The Truthis exactly the album many hoped Weezer'sMake Believewould be. ...more
All Music GuideA vibrant return to form... thrilling and rewarding. ...more
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