The Best Little Secrets Are Kept
by Louis XIV
  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Mar 22, 2005
Metascore
62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 18
  3. Negative: 2 out of 18
  1. Blender
    60
    They exult in a catchy send-up of swaggering retro-rock sleaze. [May 2005, p.121]
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  2. Village Voice
    60
    Nicely mimics the timbre of Tony Visconti-ville circa '71-'74.
  3. Mojo
    60
    Alas, when their feisty glam racket starts to repeat itself towards the end, the joke wears a little thin. [Nov 2005, p.112]
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  5. Entertainment Weekly
    50
    About as sexy as a late-night Nerve.com instant-message session. [22 Apr 2005, p.62]
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  6. PopMatters
    50
    If anything, we should reward them for reminding us that glam rock is dead, and so be it.
  7. Stylus Magazine
    42
    The album’s stagnant celebrity worship stifles their ironic, so-dumb-its-addictive intentions.
  8. Lost At Sea
    40
    Some of the tracks may be fun, but The Best Little Secrets Are Kept is little more than mindlessness parading as innovation.

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#97 Most Discussed Album of 2005

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User Score
6.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 48 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 48
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 48
  3. Negative: 15 out of 48
  1. DD
    Feb 12, 2008
    9
    Some people just don't get it...
  2. EricC.
    Feb 2, 2008
    0
    Pitchfork blows these guys to ugly little bits, and they absolutely deserve it. Ripping off good bands doesn't make you a good band. It Pitchfork blows these guys to ugly little bits, and they absolutely deserve it. Ripping off good bands doesn't make you a good band. It just makes you a shameless ripoff. Being shamelessly horny all the time doesn't help either. They want your respect so bad, but don't give it to them. They suck and have no idea what good rock music is, only how to copy it.… Full Review »
  3. MackieM
    Jan 25, 2008
    10
    If I could pick 11 I would. This band is the best thing to happen to music since the sex pistols. And P.S. Jason Hill touched my arm after If I could pick 11 I would. This band is the best thing to happen to music since the sex pistols. And P.S. Jason Hill touched my arm after the concert tonite. … Full Review »
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