Critics give Emergency & I a B-Side Breakdown of 91 (A-), from 11 reviews at outlets we track. Scores run 80 to 100.
The verdict on Emergency & I
11 of 11 critics liked it, and they mostly agree.
- Highest 100 Tiny Mix Tapes, PopMatters, Pitchfork in 2011 and Consequence
- Lowest 80 The Rolling Stone Album Guide, Rolling Stone, Kerrang! and Alternative Press
- By the numbers The best-reviewed album of The Dismemberment Plan's career on B-Side Breakdowns, ahead of Change (86). The best-reviewed album of 1999 we've tracked.
| The gist | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiny Mix Tapes via Wikipedia | 5/5 | 100 | ||
| PopMatters via Wikipediaby Zachary Houle | 10/10 | 100 | 2011 | “There's a song on the monumental third album by Washington, D.C. quartet the Dismemberment Plan that's called "What Do You Want Me to Say?". Those words are” |
| Pitchfork in 2011 via Wikipediaby Paul Thompson | 10/10 | 100 | 2011 | |
| Consequence via Wikipediaby Alex Young | 5/5 | 100 | 2011 | |
| Pitchfork in 1999 via Wikipediaby Brent DiCrescenzo | 9.6/10 | 96 | 1999 | |
| Robert Christgau via Wikipediaby Robert Christgau | A- | 91 | 2000 | |
| AllMusic via Wikipediaby Ned Raggett | 4.5/5 | 90 | ||
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide via Wikipediaby Nick Catucci | 4/5 | 80 | 2004 | “Previously published as: Rolling Stone album guide” |
| Rolling Stone via Wikipediaby Jon Dolan | 4/5 | 80 | 2011 | “Check out our album review of Artist's Emergency & I on Rolling Stone.com.” |
| Kerrang! via Wikipediaby Ashley Bird | 4/5 | 80 | 2005 | |
| Alternative Press via Wikipedia | 4/5 | 80 | 2005 |
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Emergency & I in The Dismemberment Plan's catalog
How these critics usually treat The Dismemberment Plan
- AllMusic About usual for themLevel with the other critics here. Usually 6 points below on The Dismemberment Plan's other albums (4).
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide About usual for them11 points below the other critics here. Usually 11 points below on The Dismemberment Plan's other albums (3).
More from The Dismemberment Plan
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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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