Critics give Kish Kash a B-Side Breakdown of 80 (B-), from 10 reviews at outlets we track. Scores run 60 to 91.
The verdict on Kish Kash
8 of 10 critics liked it, with some disagreement on how much.
- Highest 91 Pitchfork and Entertainment Weekly
- Lowest 60 NME and The Guardian
- Career #2 of Basement Jaxx's 5 albums with a Breakdown
- By the numbers Basement Jaxx's best-reviewed album here since Remedy (1999). The fourth best-reviewed Electronic album of 2003 we've tracked.
| The gist | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchfork via Wikipediaby Scott Plagenhoef | 9.1/10 | 91 | 2003 | “Over the past few months, some of the more conservative members of British music press have put their Coraln …” |
| Entertainment Weekly via Wikipediaby David Browne | A- | 91 | 2003 | |
| AllMusic via Wikipediaby John Bush | 4.5/5 | 90 | ||
| Spin via Wikipediaby Will Hermes | B | 85 | 2003 | |
| Uncut via Wikipedia | 4/5 | 80 | 2004 | |
| Q via Wikipedia | 4/5 | 80 | 2004 | |
| Rolling Stone via Wikipediaby Ernest Hardy | 4/5 | 80 | 2003 | |
| Blender via Wikipediaby Dorian Lynskey | 4/5 | 80 | 2020 | “The authority on kitchen blender appliance for the home or business, providing expert blender reviews to help consumers make the best buying decision.” |
| NME via Wikipediaby Stephen Dalton | 6/10 | 60 | 2005 | “Before the great superclub crash of 2001, Felix Burton and Simon Ratcliffe were the house duo even house music haters could love. Mainly because they never made straight house but…” |
| The Guardian via Wikipediaby Dave Simpson | 3/5 | 60 | 2003 |
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Kish Kash in Basement Jaxx's catalog
How these critics usually treat Basement Jaxx
- Pitchfork Kinder than usual13 points above the other critics here. Usually 25 points below on Basement Jaxx's other albums (4).
- Q Kinder than usualLevel with the other critics here. Usually 11 points below on Basement Jaxx's other albums (3).
- Entertainment Weekly About usual for them13 points above the other critics here. Usually 13 points above on Basement Jaxx's other albums (3).
- AllMusic About usual for them11 points above the other critics here. Usually 11 points above on Basement Jaxx's other albums (4).
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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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