Sleater-Kinney - One Beat
Critic Score
Based on 13 reviews
2002 Ratings: #41 / 259
User Score
Based on 219 ratings
2002 Rank: #74
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CRITIC REVIEWS

91
Pitchfork

With One Beat, Sleater-Kinney have turned in an album that absolutely, positively OBLITERATES the gender card, an album so colossal that all prefixes to the label 'rock band' must be immediately discarded.

90
Drowned in Sound
Dealing with issues of motherhood, war, isolation and desire, this, their sixth studio album is lyrically and sonically the best that the band have made.
83
Entertainment Weekly
S-K bring plenty of grrrly glory to please the lovers and enough innovation to win over a few haters.
80
AllMusic

True, the group does occasionally fall into the angularity that made The Hot Rock their least immediate effort, but One Beat offers more rewards upon repeated plays -- the more challenging tracks eventually do sink in.

80
SPIN

One Beat's hooks require a few passes to take hold. But the band's return to forward motion still feels like leadership.

80
Rolling Stone

With One Beat, S-K remind the moshing masses that punk spirit requires more than three-chord synchronicity.

80
The Guardian
Sleater-Kinney simply cannot stop their songs peeking through. And, curiouser yet, what life-enhancing songs they are.
80
NOW Magazine

With lyrics that mix gender inequity rants with cries against rabid "bombs not compassion" U.S. patriots, One Beat is more thoughtful and sombre than 2000's All Hands On The Bad One.

80
Q Magazine
Sometimes an attitude, a thumping beat and an A-plus scream like the one Carrie Brownstein provides here are really all that's needed.
70
NME
In between the domestic, the commercial and the worldly, Sleater-Kinney keep it wild.
70
Alternative Press
There's no absence of strong material here, although the sequencing feels awkward.
60
Uncut
Bright, socially and emotionally engaged, justifiably righteous in places, and not quite the right sort of fun for the New York scenesters.
ScoopTime
80

After a short 2 year break from releasing any new music, Sleater-Kinney returns with One Beat, what might just be their most underrated project in their entire discography. This album is very spunky and charming and manages to flex off the sound they would get super popular for with their next release just 3 years earlier. It really makes me wish this album got all the love and recognition The Woods got afterwards because this is arguably just as great as that album. This album has this ... read more

JayCrackers
83

Another great release by the female Indie Rock powerhouse with some of their best songs and some hidden gems hidden within their for one of their most political charged and most punk styled releases.

Track Review

One Beat 10/10
Faraway 9/10
Oh! 9.5/10
The Remainder 8/10
Light Rail Coyote 8.5/10.
Step Aside 7.5/10.
Combat Rock 8.5/10.
Oxygen 7.5/10.
Funeral Song 8/10
Prisstina 7/10
Hollywood Ending 7.5/10.
Sympathy 8/10

Average: 8.3/10

gaminggrandpa
72

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86

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ScoopTime
80

After a short 2 year break from releasing any new music, Sleater-Kinney returns with One Beat, what might just be their most underrated project in their entire discography. This album is very spunky and charming and manages to flex off the sound they would get super popular for with their next release just 3 years earlier. It really makes me wish this album got all the love and recognition The Woods got afterwards because this is arguably just as great as that album. This album has this ... read more

gaminggrandpa
72

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She's such a pissy girl

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Track List

1One Beat
3:08
90
2Far Away
3:44
91
3Oh!
3:56
92
4The Remainder
3:36
82
5Light Rail Coyote
3:08
84
6Step Aside
3:44
85
7Combat Rock
4:46
92
8O2
3:29
83
9Funeral Song
2:47
86
10Prisstina
3:30
84
11Hollywood Ending
3:18
84
12Sympathy
4:15
89
Total Length: 43 minutes

Year End Lists

#12/SPIN
#14/Pitchfork
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