AOTY 2023
Fucked Up - One Day
Critic Score
Based on 19 reviews
2023 Ratings: #76 / 742
User Score
Based on 353 ratings
2023 Ratings: #823
Liked by 13 people
January 27, 2023 / Release Date
LP / Format
Merge / Label
Post-Hardcore / Genre
Fucked Up / Composer
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CRITIC REVIEWS

100
Kerrang!
Much of the music is constructed with the careful precision of pop music. In fact, were it not for the sandpaper vocals of Damian Abraham, this would be an album that owes as much to pop as it does to punk.
100
The Skinny
Written and recorded in one day, Fucked Up's latest album is staggering, and arguably the purest and fullest expression of the band in its current form.
100
Slant Magazine
The Canadian hardcore band manages to fit a surprising amount of stylistic variety into their shortest album to date.
90
PopMatters

Fucked Up’s One Day possesses a brightness and sense of happiness that’s addictive and optimistic, even if the lyrics at times insinuate the opposite.

90
Metal Injection

Overall, One Day is not only another oddball shaped feather in Fucked Up’s oddball-shaped cap, but it’s an experiment that has gleaned wildly successful results as it stands as a monument to spontaneity, thinking on the fly and the power of immediate inspiration.

85
Under the Radar
It’s a remarkably sure-footed, brilliantly confident record and one that condenses the greatness of Fucked Up into a bite size treat. It’s a welcome, exhilarating release that, even in its darker moments, manages to uplift and inspire. It may have been smashed out in just a day, but it’s the kind of record you’ll be coming back to for years.
80
Classic Rock
Even against the clock, Fucked Up are smarter (and better) than the average hardcore band.
80
Record Collector
A taut eruption of throat-tearing ferocity, classic-rock wallop and quick-thinking lyricism results, with not a moment wasted.
80
Metal Hammer
Canadian hardcore experimentalists rise to the challenge of writing and recording an album in a single day.
80
Mojo
With hardcore canticles borne aloft by heroic twin-guitar motifs and frontman Damian Abraham's bellicose howl, the album strikes their keenest fusion yet of brawn and tunefulness.
80
Exclaim!
The Toronto outfit have consistently eschewed conventional takes on their hardcore punk foundations for over two decades, instead preferring to dive headfirst into elaborate thematic conceits with the kind of ambitious zeal worthy of the most intentionally complex '70s prog-rock staples.
80
AllMusic

One Day is brimming with energy and the barely contained desire to be heard over the shouting of those around them; it's as viscerally effective as anything Fucked Up have ever recorded and smart enough to speak to the mind as well as the heart.

75
Pitchfork
With anthemic hardcore hooks and unabashed lyrics about the power of love, the Toronto band’s latest album radiates fired-up joy.
71
Paste

It’s not as if that man-made construct diminished the brawn or the brilliance of Fucked Up on One Day. These songs are, per usual, towering monuments to the power of well-played electric guitars; dense thickets of thrilling rock ’n’ roll.

70
Uncut
An album that captures an in-the-moment intensity but gives it a good polish.
70
The Line of Best Fit

One Day takes what could have been an inhibiting concept, and turns it into something wonderful. This album is diverse, thoughtful and – most importantly – rewarding. It’s not the strongest work of Fucked Up’s career - but it may very well be the most thrilling.

70
DIY

For the most part ... this bold experiment pays off, and Fucked Up can be admired for their ambition as much as they can for their enviable productivity.

70
No Ripcord

They deliver one unforced, shout-out anthem after another—mirroring the immediate tunefulness of their Canadian counterparts Japandroids' Celebration Rock.

Whynot
75

This is so good.

Year of the Horse was incredible but definitely too much for too many people (playlist culture imo) so, here they are again, this time with a friendly 40 minutes release, ideal for the mass consumption.

The good thing is that these guys are capable to engage you with the same intensity in a 40 or a 90 minutes ride, because they are impressivelly full of soul (which, off topic, is probably the reason why this type of music it is going to be so difficult to be copy for any AI ... read more

Sykelone
65

While it's fun and quirky, it's not really my preference. It comes across more noisy than I was originally expecting, but it's not bad considering that. Also - written and recorded in a single day? Huge props.

TheCarioca
66

Found - 4/5
I Think I Might Be Weird - 3/5
Huge New Her - 3/5
Lords of Kensington - 4/5
Broken Little Boys - 3/5
Nothing's Immortal - 3/5
Falling Right Under - 3/5
One Day - 3/5
Cicada - 4/5
Roar - 3/5

umtaldetales
60

quite repetitive

ExplodingDukeX
70

I'm still amazed how someone can write and record an album in one day while having it still be decent.

DCCXX
75

Favourite Tracks:

Found
I Think I Might Be Weird
Huge New Her
Lords of Kensington
Broken Little Boys
One Day

Least Favourite Tracks:

Nothing's Immortal
Falling Right Under
Cicada
Roar

7.5/10

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Track List

1Found
3:49
69
2I Think I Might Be Weird
3:17
58
3Huge New Her
4:18
63
4Lords of Kensington
4:08
69
5Broken Little Boys
2:47
63
6Nothing's Immortal
3:00
57
7Falling Right Under
4:22
59
8One Day
5:02
64
9Cicada
4:29
72
10Roar
4:44
63
Total Length: 40 minutes

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