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| 3.6 great | Erwann S. STAFF | July 9th 20 |
The transformation is complete: this a pop album. A power pop album, to be precise: it's noisier than any pop album released at the time, but the melodies are now taking the spotlight - "Make No Sense at All" is one dirty pop banger. It showed that the power behind their music was always the songwriting, not the noise. As any other Husker Du record, it does sound like a transition, between the faster and louder New Day Rising and the poppier Candy Apple Grey. This band was always transitioning, and the Flip Your Wig version is the last step before they signed on a major. It might thus be considered their apex (that's what Azerrad thinks), or simply the last time they truly let the noise be a part of their songwriting. Btw the production is ass and "The Baby Song" is absolute garbage.
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| 0.0 | Nicksput | October 25th 17 |
Very disappointing compared to Zen Arcade, this is a little more similar to New Day Rising. Vocals are so so bad, and the production is muddy as hell. If you could attribute a color to this music it would be brown. Only positives are Flexible Flyer which is marginally better than anything else on here, and the 2 instrumentals that finally end it. This record was big in the development of alt. rock, but most that preceded it did it so much better.
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| 3.5 great | doofy | January 8th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | prana37 | October 7th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jalapeno CONTRIBUTOR | June 13th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | random | May 29th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Ryus | May 3rd 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | cb123 | November 23rd 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jerrad | July 26th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Roidv | November 15th 21 |
| 3.5 great | nbats | September 18th 21 |
| 3.5 great | fog CONTRIBUTOR | March 11th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | CalinD | December 3rd 20 |
| 4.5 superb | BigHans | February 26th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lassie | September 22nd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | ElSomni | August 19th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | panagou | June 16th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | MattyF | December 27th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Galumpa | June 17th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | kloo | March 25th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | MrCoffee | February 23rd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | bSmith | May 19th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | xxm | July 15th 16 |
| 3.5 great | bobby72 | February 17th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Abraxas | December 30th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | jtswope | December 29th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sithese | December 31st 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | fuzzbutt | December 30th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Lodger | December 16th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | MKJK | February 20th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Bug | February 12th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | inajar | February 4th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | arnnnau | December 7th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | maoam | November 29th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | COSM | November 9th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Matski | October 11th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Playm | October 1st 13 |
| 3.5 great | Hep Kat | September 9th 13 |
| 2.5 average | MrElmo | September 6th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | tarkus | April 20th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | SamPJ93 | February 14th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Doxxman | November 26th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Mac666 | November 19th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | phishing | November 12th 12 |
| 3.5 great | krkat | September 28th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | scheim | September 9th 12 |
| 3.5 great | tom79 | April 1st 12 |
| 3.5 great | KILL | February 19th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | petrrr | October 18th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bossie | September 11th 11 |
| 3.5 great | true | August 14th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Jiffi | March 30th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | jhaft703 | September 7th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | IAJP | August 14th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Zoso4 | July 22nd 10 |
| 3.5 great | blurkom | February 12th 09 |
| 2.5 average | Garito | August 21st 08 |
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