Oh Yes They Did! Pitchfork Gives Incredibad a 7.7

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Awesome!

Just a day after many of us were very angered with Pitchfork, the site goes and redeems itself by giving Andy Samberg and ’s album some much-deserved respect. Jessica Suarez gave the album a great review (although she bashed “Sax Man,” which I loved). Here’s her final, well-written paragraph:

“The Lonely Island understand repetition and exaggeration. On SNL, that was most apparent in their “Dear Sister” sketch, its melodramatic, “O.C.”-savaging death scene iterations getting funnier and funnier. On it’s the “boiled goose” line on “Boombox”, the endlessly repeated chorus of “I’m on a boat!” from “I’m on a Boat”. Basic comedy stuff, sure, but the guys also have a good sense of when to quit (see also the “cool beans” segment in “Hot Rod”). Maybe it’s that same sense of rhythm that guides their songwriting. Maybe that makes this comedy music, instead of musical comedy, because it’s hard to tell which one’s modifying the other. Still, good timing’s good timing.”

You pleased with ’s Incredibad analysis?

{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

Anonymous February 19, 2009 at 3:45 pm

I’m certainly not pleased with the lack of criticial engagement this blog seems to foster.

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TJ February 19, 2009 at 4:23 pm

Incredibad felt like an episode of SNL in album form. Some funny sketches, some true keepers, and a bunch of flops in between. Not much cohesion or substance in it. A good album, but not a 7.7

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maladoit February 19, 2009 at 4:32 pm

I don’t know if they caved in to the pressure, or just different taste on the part of this reviewer, but I agree with the first one.

This album sucks

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