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Show Your Bones
by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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Overall Rating:
3.2338
Avg. Critic Score:
3.0494
Show Your Bones Rank 3 Reviews
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cokemachineglowWith Show Your Bones, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have proven themselves worthy of the hype, and, more importantly, the excitement caused by an undeniably fantastic record. ...more
The Onion (A.V. Club)As before, the band's willingness to ground itself in human emotion sets it apart. ...more
Stylus MagazineThe few tracks on Show Your Bones that sound like they might have fit on Fever to Tell clearly constitute the new album’s weaker links. ...more
musicOMH.comBack in 2003, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, together withThe Strokes, seemed to epitomise the New York New Wave scene - short, spiky songs delivered perfectly by a frontwoman who all the indie boys fell in love with and all the indie girls wanted to be like. ...more
Slant MagazineOne of the rare examples of an independent act who actually capitalized on their enormous Internet and word-of-mouth hype in the form of both artistic and commercial success, NYC neo-punk trio Yeah Yeah Yeahs have emerged with a second full-length ...more
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Playloudersample: Phenomena 'Mature'. The word that has most right-thinking people running for the hills. But still, it's a concept that Williamsburg's Yeah Yeah Yeahs have had to embrace for the sake of their own survival. With their first clutch of ...more
Rolling StoneThis album is, above all, a textural triumph, a quantum bounce from the brittle jitter and insect-chatter fuzz of the band's 2001 Yeah Yeah Yeahs EP and 2003's full-length Fever to Tell. It's as if the Velvet Underground had gone from the black-crusted ...more
PlaylouderIf 'Fever To Tell' was a scratchy post punk effort, then this is their gothic record. ...more
musicOMH.comThere's no 'difficult second album' syndrome here - Show Your Bones is the sound of a bang irretrievably, irresistibly and deservedly hurtling towards the big time. ...more
New Musical ExpressThough they've shed the cheap - but undeniably fun - Day-Glo immediacy of 'Fever...', it's been replaced by a range of expressions that most artists will only stumble upon by their fifth release. ...more
BBC collectiveShort answer: it’s good. ...more
RollingStoneThis album is, above all, a textural triumph, a quantum bounce from the brittle jitter and insect-chatter fuzz of the bands 2001 Yeah Yeah Yeahs EP and 2003s full-length Fever to Tell. ...more
Times OnlineThree listens in and the tunes stack in your head like planes. ...more
Entertainment IrelandListenable? Yeah. Progressive? Yeah. Early contender for album of the year? Most definitely, Yeah. ...more
ShakingThrough.netA more shaded, musically expressive version of the continuing story of [Karen] O. ...more
LA Daily NewsThe from-the-garage trio is in fine form in this successful 11-track sophomore disc, which catches fire with "Fancy," featuring guest keyboardist Money Mark, and "Way Out," a thundering mini-anthem. ...more
PrefixMagIt was the best of times, it was the worst of times. The year was 2001, and in the folly of my not-quite-adulthood, I smugly thought of myself as the epitome of counter-culture as I listened to my new favorite bands,the Strokesand theWhite Stripes. That ...more
Dot MusicIt's flawed, but applause for adding vulnerability to their game plan, at the very least. ...more
Pitch Fork MediaIt's impossible not to hear the ghost of Fever to Tell on the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' follow-up, Show Your Bones . With its 2003 full-length debut, the Brooklyn-based trio confidently staked out diverse territory-- from the meltdown-rock of "Pin" to ...more
PitchforkOn Show Your Bones the Yeah Yeah Yeahs occupy only one corner of the territory they claimed on Fever, walking confidently in their own footsteps but without claiming any new ground. ...more
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