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The Woods
by Sleater-kinney
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Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.
Overall Rating:
3.4855
Avg. Critic Score:
3.3713
The Woods Rank 4 Reviews
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Delusions of AdequacyThe album is ambitious as it is daring, and it's the most refreshing piece of new music released thus far into 2005. ...more
Village Voice (Consumer Guide)Although the album is definitely loud, it's also raw, with no hint of the symphonic, yet at the same time it's a melodic highlight of an honorably tuneful catalog. ...more
The Austin ChronicleIt's been 31Ú2 years since Sleater-Kinney's post-9/11 screed,One Beat(Kill Rock Stars), brought a blistering new heat to the protest song. So, ifOne Beatwas the Portland, Ore., trio's post-punk nod to Dylan, thenThe Woodsis its Iron Butterfly. ...more
The Daily Vault Album ReviewsSome bands are synonymous with their record labels: Bob Dylan with Columbia, Bright Eyes with Saddle Creek, early Nirvana and Soundgarden with Sub Pop and Sleater-Kinney with Kill Rock Stars. The best of these labels act as homes to their artists. ...more
cokemachineglowThe Woods is an incredibly intense rock record even by S-K’s lofty standards; it's a call to arms that will hopefully force complacent indie kids to demand more from their rock music. ...more
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ShakingThrough.netThe fact that a band spawned over ten years ago is so willing to try new things is refreshing, but with The Woods, Sleater-Kinney has surpassed even its most ardent supporter’s expectations as to the artistic heights the trio can attain. ...more
Drowned In SoundSkull-crushingly heavy, but not without a heart, 'The Woods' is definitely Sleater-Kinney’s finest (and loudest) hour to date. ...more
Tiny Mix TapesThe vicious licks laid down by Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker on "The Fox" are as punchy as anything I've heard them come up with, approaching something like Jack White if Jack White fell in love with The Experience instead of his Johnson. Amazingly, ...more
PopMattersA record that sounds as if it would be very much at home on any AOR radio station in the 1970s. ...more
PrefixMagNot only does The Woods jumpstart a moribund genre, it also serves as a wake-up call for the zeitgeist. ...more
PitchforkDespite the new song structures, guitar solos, and drum fills, Brownstein's guitar still roars wildly, Weiss's drums still thunder, and Tucker still wails with a primal urgency that is one of the most compelling sounds in rock music today. ...more
The Onion (A.V. Club)Although hard to digest at first, The Woods ingratiates itself on subsequent listens, making the band's other albums seem half-baked by comparison. ...more
Dusted MagazineA musical tour-de-force, and probably Sleater-Kinney’s best album to date.... If it lacks the immediate appeal and accessibility of One Beat or All Hands on the Bad One, it feels more mature and meaningful than either. ...more
Village VoicePrevious albums have never quite captured those onstage moments when the power they generate seems to catch them unawares, but on The Woods you can hear not only the deliberation in Weiss's eyes as she ponders the exact placement of beat and crash, or ...more
JunkmediaAlthough an extreme statement, it is a major stylistic step forward for the band and pays off great dividends to those so inclined to follow them into The Woods. ...more
PrefixMagIn the last ten years, rock music has struggled to remain relevant as pop and hip-hop have assumed more cultural relevancy. More desperately, rock music has struggled to continually break new ground, to avoid being a mere throwback, all while still ...more
All Music GuideThis may be the band's most self-assured sounding work yet -- their music has never lacked confidence and daring, but now they sound downright swaggering. ...more
Austin ChronicleFans may have to have The Woods surgically removed from their players. It's just that powerful, demanding to be heard. ...more
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