Critics give Rooty a B-Side Breakdown of 79 (C+), from 10 reviews at outlets we track. Scores run 38 to 100.
The verdict on Rooty
Most critics liked it: 8 of 10 liked it.
- Highest 100 AllMusic
- Outlier 38 Pitchfork, 32 points below the next-lowest score
- Career #3 of Basement Jaxx's 5 albums with a Breakdown
- By the numbers The fifth best-reviewed Electronic album of 2001 we've tracked.
| The gist | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AllMusic via Wikipediaby John Bush | 5/5 | 100 | ||
| Robert Christgau via Wikipediaby Robert Christgau | A- | 91 | 2002 | |
| Entertainment Weekly via Wikipediaby David Browne | A- | 91 | 2001 | |
| Spin via Wikipediaby Simon Reynolds | 8/10 | 80 | 2001 | |
| Q via Wikipedia | 4/5 | 80 | 2005 | |
| NME via Wikipediaby John Mulvey | 8/10 | 80 | 2005 | “In our most far-fetched dreams, this is what London sounds like every day. Carnival seven times a week, stretching down every street. Twenty-four hours of sunshine, 365 days a year.…” |
| The Guardian via Wikipediaby Maddy Costa | 4/5 | 80 | 2001 | “Basement Jaxx have gone for all-out camp fun. Maddy Costa can barely contain herself” |
| Blender via Wikipediaby Michaelangelo Matos | 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.” |
| Rolling Stone via Wikipediaby Pat Blashill | 3.5/5 | 70 | 2001 | |
| Pitchfork via Wikipediaby Malcolm III Seymour | 3.8/10 | 38 | 2001 |
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Rooty in Basement Jaxx's catalog
How these critics usually treat Basement Jaxx
- Pitchfork Harsher than usual46 points below the other critics here. Usually 11 points below on Basement Jaxx's other albums (4).
- AllMusic Kinder than usual23 points above the other critics here. Usually 8 points above on Basement Jaxx's other albums (4).
- Q Kinder than usual1 point above 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).
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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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