Ugly (Screaming Females album)
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Studio album by Screaming Females | ||||
Released | April 3, 2012 | |||
Genre | Indie rock, punk rock | |||
Length | 53:51 | |||
Label | Don Giovanni Records | |||
Producer | Screaming Females | |||
Screaming Females chronology | ||||
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Ugly is the fifth full-length album by Screaming Females. The record was self produced by the band and engineered by Steve Albini in his studio Electrical Audio.[1] The group embarked on a national tour to support the album on April 7, 2012.[2]
Track listing
All songs written by Screaming Females (Jarrett Dougherty, King Mike, Marissa Paternoster).
- "It All Means Nothing"
- "Rotten Apple"
- "Extinction"
- "Red Hand"
- "High"
- "Expire"
- "Crow's Nest"
- "Tell Me No"
- "Leave It All Up To Me"
- "Doom 84"
- "Help Me"
- "Something Ugly"
- "Slow Birth"
- "It's Nice"
Reception
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Aggregate scores | |
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | (83/100) [3] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Pitchfork Media | (8.0/10) [4] |
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Paste Magazine | 7.9/10 [7] |
The A.V. Club | A– [8] |
Todd Martens from the Los Angeles Times gave the album 3.5 stars out of four, saying that its "tracks unfurl like mini hard-rock suites".[6] Tyler Kane of Paste Magazine declared himself a "fan" of lead singer Marissa Paternoster's voice, as well as her "meaty, ground-covering guitar playing".[7] In his A.V. Club review, Jason Heller called it a "grubby, triumphant call to action".[8] Stereogum named Ugly their Album Of The Week saying "Itʼs almost not fair for an album to have this many great songs."[9] Pitchfork Media gave the album 8.0/10, writing that the album suggests the band may someday be worthy of writing about in a book such as, Our Band Could Be Your Life.[4]
The album was listed 21st on Stereogum's list of top 50 albums of 2012.[10]
References
- ↑ Young, Alex (17 January 2012). "Screaming Females announce Ugly new album". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- ↑ Testa, Jim (7 April 2012). "Screaming Females hit the ground running in Hoboken". New Jersey Star-Ledger. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- ↑ "Ugly - Screaming Females". Metacritic. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- 1 2 "Screaming Females: Ugly | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
- ↑ Kot, Greg (2 April 2012). "Screaming Females: Ugly". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- 1 2 Martens, Todd (2 April 2012). "Album review: Screaming Females' 'Ugly'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- 1 2 Kane, Tyler (4 April 2012). "Screaming Females: Ugly". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- 1 2 Heller, Jason. "Ugly · Screaming Females · Music Review · The A.V. Club". Avclub.com. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
- ↑ "Album Of The Week: Screaming Females Ugly". Stereogum. 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
- ↑ "Stereogum's Top 50 Albums Of 2012". Stereogum. 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2015-09-05.