Reviews
4 stars out of 5 -- "Barlow's new approach made for one of the best indie-rock albums in a year full of stellar ones -- and Sebadoh's greatest work.", "...the overall effect is lightly, pleasantly numbing. Which is part of their appeal, one suspects...", Included in Mojo's "25 Best Albums of 1994" - "...their most consistent long-player yet with brisk, riffing nuggets....Sebadoh are surely poised for greatness.", 3 stars out of 5 -- "Easily their most accessible....There are certainly moments of aggressive clarity here...", 3 Stars - Good - "...Sebadoh are Lou Barlow's Velvet Underground, wrapping his confessions in fuzz, hiss and distortion and setting them alongside complementary songs by bandmates....Individual songs offer slightly different perspectives...", Ranked #27 in Nme's List of the `Top 50 Albums of 1994.', "...Sebadoh continue their streak of winners on BAKESALE, an album brimming with edgy, off-kilter pop....It's that self-aware wink that keeps so much self-doubt from becoming grating....There's really not a bad song on here...", "BAKESALE was the catchy, coherent 1994 breakthrough -- a missing link between Nick Drake and Sonic Youth.", "...Set Alongside Barlow's Fearless Lyrics, Quality Control Is No Longer an Issue for this Band...", Highly Recommended - "...a consistent, even professional pop-rock record....Like the young Elvis Costello, he flirts with emotional fascism twisting love-song cliches into clever negations...", 4 Stars - Excellent - "...The tone is conversational, the choice of words precise, yet natural. Sebadoh may have arrived at a potentially very popular midpoint between R.E.M. and Nirvana...", Ranked #20 in the Village Voice's 1994 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll., Ranked #16 in Spin's list of the `20 Best Albums Of '94' - "...Sebadoh's cleanest, most pro recording to date..."
