Kratitude
by The Seconds
Metascore
62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. Alternative Press
    80
    More fun than most of the original NYC no-wave bands to which the Seconds pay tribute. [May 2006, p.178]
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  2. Pitchfork
    70
    It's less catchy than 2001's "Y", yet more immediate and hyperactive.
  3. Prefix Magazine
    70
    Kratitude is dense, urgent and filled with inherent contradictions.
  5. Playlouder
    60
    'Kratitude' is a far from flawless record and can be a little too hip for its own good.
  6. PopMatters
    60
    Their sound is as alien and devoid of color as a moonscape, yet for all that, intermittently powerful.
  7. Uncut
    60
    It's frequently chaotic, but instruments occasionally coalesce into unusual, oddly beautiful forms. [Jun 2006, p.112]
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  8. Dusted Magazine
    50
    While it’s not bad per say, it is certainly lacking in spark.
  9. Tiny Mix Tapes
    0
    The tracks are disaffected exercises in barren repetition and arrhythmic progressions that feel truly tossed off (improvised would be an insult to people who are actually accomplished at that) and indulgently "arty" in the worst sense of the word.

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User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 1 out of 3
  1. SandyS
    Jun 1, 2006
    2
    This album sounds like pretentious art students aping folk music. The musicians seem technically proficient, but the overall sound is a This album sounds like pretentious art students aping folk music. The musicians seem technically proficient, but the overall sound is a contrived, intentionally "rough-around-the-edges" noodling that comes off about as spontaneous as a faked orgasm.… Full Review »
  2. CarlW
    May 30, 2006
    8
    This is a lot better than most of these reviews make it seem, though it's obviously not for everyone. As for Tiny Mix Tapes, it makes This is a lot better than most of these reviews make it seem, though it's obviously not for everyone. As for Tiny Mix Tapes, it makes sense that the most hilariously amateurish pitchfork clone out there would try to make some sort of statement of individuality with a review that's written by someone who obviously has absolutely no understanding of the subgenre to which this band belongs (Wolf Eyes, Liars, and the Macho Man?!?).… Full Review »
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