Critics give Crazy Itch Radio a B-Side Breakdown of 77 (C+), from 9 reviews at outlets we track. Scores run 50 to 88.
The verdict on Crazy Itch Radio
Most critics liked it: 6 of 9 liked it.
- Highest 88 Entertainment Weekly and The A.V. Club
- Outlier 50 Q, 20 points below the next-lowest score
- Career #4 of Basement Jaxx's 5 albums with a Breakdown
- By the numbers Basement Jaxx's best-reviewed album here since Kish Kash (2003).
| The gist | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entertainment Weekly via Wikipediaby Simon Vozick-Levinson | B+ | 88 | 2006 | |
| The A.V. Club via Wikipediaby Andy Battaglia | B+ | 88 | 2006 | “Basement Jaxx: Crazy Itch Radio” |
| Slant via Wikipediaby Eric Henderson | 4/5 | 80 | 2006 | “Crazy Itch Radio’s not the Sign O’ The Times that Rooty fans have been waiting for, but it’s a more-than-serviceable Lovesexy.” |
| Uncut via Wikipedia | 4/5 | 80 | 2006 | |
| Mojo via Wikipedia | 4/5 | 80 | 2006 | |
| AllMusic via Wikipediaby Andy Kellman | 4/5 | 80 | ||
| Pitchfork via Wikipediaby Jess Harvell | 7.4/10 | 74 | 2006 | “After three records of musical maximalism, Simon Radcliffe and Felix Buxton unveil a new kind of Basement Jaxx album: A grower, one that doesn't exhaust you the first time around…” |
| PopMatters via Wikipediaby Dan Nishimoto | 7/10 | 70 | 2006 | “I still can't live without my radio. Like many fans, family and friends informed my first record purchase, but radio was my primary school for music” |
| Q via Wikipedia | 2.5/5 | 50 | 2006 |
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Crazy Itch Radio in Basement Jaxx's catalog
How these critics usually treat Basement Jaxx
- Q Harsher than usual30 points below the other critics here. Usually 1 point below on Basement Jaxx's other albums (3).
- Pitchfork Kinder than usual3 points below the other critics here. Usually 21 points below on Basement Jaxx's other albums (4).
- AllMusic Harsher than usual4 points above the other critics here. Usually 13 points above on Basement Jaxx's other albums (4).
- Entertainment Weekly About usual for them13 points above the other critics here. Usually 13 points above on Basement Jaxx's other albums (3).
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How the Breakdown works
Every outlet’s score is converted to 0–100 (2/5 is 40, 5.9/10 is 59, a B+ is 88) and averaged. Grades follow the B-Side scale: A is 90–100, B 80–89, C 70–79, D 60–69, F below 60. Approval is the share of critics who scored it 75 or higher; the Breakdown shows green at 75 and up, red below. Divisiveness asks a different question: not how many critics liked it, but how close their scores are to each other. Five critics who all give it 50 are Unanimous, even though none of them liked it. The labels run Unanimous, Broad agreement, Some debate, Divided, and Contentious. Replay rate comes from listeners, not critics: yes counts fully, a few tracks counts half, no counts zero. The gist quotes each outlet’s own summary of its review. Published is the date on the review itself, read from the outlet’s page, so you can see whether an album’s reputation came at release or years later. Scores marked est. come from reviews that publish no number. Scores marked via Wikipedia are archive ratings, mostly for older albums, taken from the “Professional ratings” box on the album’s Wikipedia page (published openly through Wikidata); each links to the original review when we can find it online, and to that Wikipedia entry when we can’t. When an outlet reviewed an album twice, years apart (often for a reissue), both scores count, each labeled with its year.
A-Side marks the critics’ top tier. An album earns it automatically, from its numbers alone: a Breakdown of 90 or higher, from at least 5 reviews, with at least 75% approval. Nobody hands it out and nobody can buy it; if new reviews pull an album below the line, it loses the badge.
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