- Artist
- The Strokes
- Album
- The New Abnormal
Based on 8 reviews from outlets we track. Scores run 50 to 85.
| The gist | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Consequence | B | 85 | “The Strokes, the one-time anointed saviors of rock and roll, experience their own resurrection on new album The New Abnormal. Read Tyler Clark's full review.” |
| XS Noize | 8/10 | 80 | “Native New Yorkers, The Strokes are back with their best album since Room on Fire. Coincidental or not, The New Abnormal could be one of the most apt and timely…” |
| Clash | 8/10 | 80 | “The sixth record from The Strokes follows a period where each member spent time on other projects. But seven years on from 2013’s ‘Comedown” |
| Spill Magazine | 7.8/10 | 78 | “The Strokes The New Abnormal Cult Records/RCA Records The New Abnormal, the highly anticipated sixth album from The Strokes, is the perfect culmination of all the elements of The Strokes…” |
| Uncut | 7/10 | 70 | “Back to the future. The Strokes meet Rick Rubin to re-access some of their singular night-time drama” |
| musicOMH | 3/5 | 60 | “Rejoice! The most frustrating band of all time are back” |
| Pitchfork | 5.7/10 | 57 | “The NYC band’s first album in seven years is sluggish and slight, rendering their signature sound as background music.” |
| PopMatters | 5/10 | 50 | “The Strokes' frontman Julian Casablancas wants you to know that he's interested in authenticity. He thinks Ariel Pink should be more popular than Ed Sheeran.” |
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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. Critics who liked it is the share of outlets that scored it 75 or higher; the Breakdown shows green at 75 and up, red below. Divisiveness asks a different question: not whether 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. Scores marked est. come from reviews that publish no number.
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