Whoop Dee Doo

The Muffs - Whoop Dee Doo
Critic Score
Based on 7 reviews
2014 Ratings: #465 / 1042
User Score
Based on 4 ratings
July 28, 2014 / Release Date
LP / Format
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CRITIC REVIEWS

80
AllMusic

Whoop Dee Doo may find the Muffs happily doing what they're doing, but they haven't done it quite this well in some time, and song for song this sounds like the trio's most enjoyable album since Bigger and Blonder in 1995.

75
Pitchfork

They haven't slowed down or softened their attack, or lost their way with tune-construction. Even Shattuck's voice remains barely touched by time. 

75
Consequence of Sound

If nothing else, Whoop Dee Doo is a statement of consistency. It might be more of the same, but if they’re not pushing their sound forward, they aren’t losing pace. That’s a nice consolation.

75
The Line of Best Fit

We are treated to a collection of refreshingly care-free and up-tempo punk; well-crafted and not at all pretentious. Shattuck has lost none of the fire that fuelled her 80’s and 90’s output. 

70
NME

‘Whoop Dee Doo’ is sprightly and birdbrained as ever, though, middle age having no bearing on The Muffs’ teenage worldview, melodic directness and Shattuck’s sweetly rasping voice.

70
Exclaim!

The band's aim is to deliver a simple, somewhat fizzy sound marked by prominent vocal melodies and choppy yet clean chords. Here, they do that, even if their age means Whoop Dee Doo has less of a punk edge than their revered '90s releases had.

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Track List

  1. Weird Boy Next Door
  2. Paint by Numbers
  3. Like You Don't See Me
  4. Take a Take a Me
  5. Up and Down Around
  6. Where Did I Go Wrong
  7. Cheezy
  8. Forget the Day
  9. I Get It
  10. Because You're Sad
  11. Lay Down
  12. Forever
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Added on: July 17, 2014