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==Critical reception== {{album ratings | MC = 64/100<ref name=Metacritic/> | rev1 = [[Wikipedia:AllMusic|AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-get-wet-mw0000219058 |title=I Get Wet – Andrew W.K. |publisher=[[Wikipedia:AllMusic|AllMusic]] |access-date=September 4, 2020 |last=Phares |first=Heather}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[Wikipedia:Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' | rev2Score = 8/10<ref>{{cite journal |title=Andrew W.K.: I Get Wet |work=[[Wikipedia:Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |issue=165 |date=April 2002 |page=65}}</ref> | rev3 = ''[[Wikipedia:Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' | rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.blender.com/reviews/review_822.html |title=Andrew W.K.: I Get Wet |work=[[Wikipedia:Blender (magazine)|Blender]] |issue=6 |date=April–May 2002 |access-date=July 6, 2016 |last=Harris |first=John |author-link=John Harris (critic) |page=112 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040614103032/http://www.blender.com/reviews/review_822.html |archive-date=June 14, 2004 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev4 = ''[[Wikipedia:Entertainment Weekly|Entertainment Weekly]]'' | rev4Score = B+<ref name=EW>{{cite journal |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2002/03/18/i-get-wet |title=I Get Wet |work=[[Wikipedia:Entertainment Weekly|Entertainment Weekly]] |date=March 18, 2002 |access-date=November 2, 2012 |last=Browne |first=David |author-link=David Browne (journalist) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715200531/http://www.ew.com/article/2002/03/18/i-get-wet |archive-date=July 15, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev5 = ''[[Wikipedia:The Guardian|The Guardian]]'' | rev5Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2001/nov/02/shopping.artsfeatures3 |title=Party on, dudes |work=[[Wikipedia:The Guardian|The Guardian]] |date=November 2, 2001 |access-date=February 13, 2016 |last=Sullivan |first=Caroline}}</ref> | rev6 = ''[[Wikipedia:NME|NME]]'' | rev6Score = 8/10<ref name=NME>{{cite journal |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/andrew-wk/5779 |title=Andrew WK : I Get Wet |work=[[Wikipedia:NME|NME]] |date=October 30, 2001 |access-date=November 2, 2012 |last=Oldham |first=Jason |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304004036/http://www.nme.com/reviews/andrew-wk/5779 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev7 = ''[[Wikipedia:Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' | rev7Score = 0.6/10 {{small|(2002)}}<ref name=PitchforkRev/><br />8.6/10 {{small|(2012)}}<ref name=PitchforkRev2/> | rev8 = ''[[Wikipedia:Q (magazine)|Q]]'' | rev8Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Andrew W.K.: I Get Wet |work=[[Wikipedia:Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=185 |date=December 2001 |page=128}}</ref> | rev9 = ''[[Wikipedia:Rolling Stone|Rolling Stone]]'' | rev9Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=RS>{{cite journal |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/119765/review/5945263/igetwet |title=I Get Wet: Andrew W.K. |work=[[Wikipedia:Rolling Stone|Rolling Stone]] |date=April 11, 2002 |access-date=November 2, 2012 |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821031624/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/119765/review/5945263/igetwet |archive-date=August 21, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev10 = ''[[Wikipedia:The Village Voice|The Village Voice]]'' | rev10Score= A−<ref name=Christgau>{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv203-03.php |title=Consumer Guide: The Prelude |work=[[Wikipedia:The Village Voice|The Village Voice]] |date=February 11, 2003 |access-date=November 2, 2012 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau}}</ref> }} ''I Get Wet'' provoked sharp critical reaction when it was initially released, with ''[[Wikipedia:Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''{{'}}s Ian Cohen retrospectively writing that "critics of Andrew W.K. were often branded as the fun police and his fans considered fools or incurable ironists."<ref name=PitchforkRev2/> On the review aggregate site [[Wikipedia:Metacritic|Metacritic]], the album holds a score of 64 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref name=Metacritic>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/i-get-wet/andrew-wk |title=Reviews for I Get Wet by Andrew W.K. |publisher=[[Wikipedia:Metacritic|Metacritic]] |access-date=June 21, 2011}}</ref> Stephen Thompson of ''[[Wikipedia:The A.V. Club|The A.V. Club]]'' described ''I Get Wet'' as "more fabulously entertaining the louder it's played" and added that "if it wipes out a generation of hard-rock crybabies along the way, fans will owe him a debt of gratitude that can never be repaid."<ref name=avclub>{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/articles/andrew-wk-i-get-wet,22081/ |title=Andrew W.K.: I Get Wet |work=[[Wikipedia:The A.V. Club|The A.V. Club]] |date=March 29, 2002 |access-date=November 2, 2012 |last=Thompson |first=Stephen}}</ref> [[Wikipedia:Rob Sheffield|Rob Sheffield]] of ''[[Wikipedia:Rolling Stone|Rolling Stone]]'' also gave the album a positive review, stating that "there's no denying the over-the-top whomp of his music, the loudest and funniest metal you've heard in ages."<ref name=RS/> [[Wikipedia:David Browne (journalist)|David Browne]], writing in ''[[Wikipedia:Entertainment Weekly|Entertainment Weekly]]'', noted that W.K. "must know how ridiculous this all sounds, but he attacks the material with such fervor that you almost believe he means every word."<ref name=EW/> [[Wikipedia:AllMusic|AllMusic]]'s Heather Phares noted that while the album "has a certain sameness due to the frenetic beat that drives nearly every track, it's the perfect complement to W.K.'s party-centric vision", praising it as "refreshingly simple and cleverly stupid."<ref name=allmusic/> Adrien Begrand of ''[[Wikipedia:PopMatters|PopMatters]]'' gave the album a mixed review, writing "At its best, WK’s music is a refreshing blast of skanky air on the current stale music scene, but at its worst, it’s disappointingly monotonous, unoriginal, and very, very dumb."<ref name=popmatters>{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/andrewwk-igetwet/ |title=Andrew WK: I Get Wet |work=[[Wikipedia:PopMatters|PopMatters]] |date=March 25, 2002 |access-date=November 2, 2012 |last=Begrand |first=Adrien}}</ref> Evan Chakroff of ''[[Wikipedia:Stylus Magazine|Stylus Magazine]]'' called it a "worthless piece of rock-product, 35 minutes of glossy, overproduced tripe", but concluded that "once these songs have pounded their way into your head, you can’t help but pay attention" and "if this is a joke, it's a brilliant one."<ref name=Stylus>{{cite web |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/andrew-wk/i-get-wet.htm |title=Andrew W.K. – I Get Wet – Review |work=[[Wikipedia:Stylus Magazine|Stylus Magazine]] |date=September 1, 2003 |access-date=May 10, 2015 |last=Chakroff |first=Evan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014211/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/andrew-wk/i-get-wet.htm |archive-date=March 5, 2016}}</ref> Ryan Schreiber of ''Pitchfork'' panned the album as being "about as empty as rock music gets, right down to the tinny, digitally processed tonebank noise that passes for 'guitars.'"<ref name=PitchforkRev>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/184-i-get-wet/ |title=Andrew W. K.: I Get Wet |work=[[Wikipedia:Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=July 7, 2002 |access-date=June 21, 2011 |last=Schreiber |first=Ryan}}</ref> ===Legacy=== ''[[Wikipedia: Q (magazine)|Q]]'' listed ''I Get Wet'' as one of the best 50 albums of 2001.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Best 50 Albums of 2001 |work=[[Wikipedia: Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=185 |date=December 2001 |pages=60–65}}</ref> ''[[Wikipedia:NME|NME]]'' included ''I Get Wet'' in their retrospective list of the best albums of 2001.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.nme.com/photos/a-decade-of-music-50-best-albums-of-2001/157503#42#lq8dY2HkkvUJgClc.99 |title=A Decade Of Music – 50 Best Albums Of 2001 |work=[[Wikipedia:NME|NME]] |date=November 4, 2009 |access-date=April 29, 2015}}</ref> [[Wikipedia: Rhapsody (online music service)|Rhapsody]] ranked the album at number two on its "Rock's Best Albums of the Decade" list.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.rhapsody.com/2009/11/rockdecade.html |title=Rock's Best Albums of the Decade |publisher=[[Wikipedia:Rhapsody (online music service)|Rhapsody]] |date=November 8, 2009 |access-date=January 12, 2010 |last=Farrar |first=Justin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108000844/http://blog.rhapsody.com/2009/11/rockdecade.html |archive-date=November 8, 2009}}</ref> Despite initially panning the album, ''Pitchfork'' placed ''I Get Wet'' at number 144 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.<ref name=Top200Albums>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7707-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-150-101/ |title=The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 200-151 |work=[[Wikipedia: Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=September 28, 2009 |access-date=October 1, 2009 |author=''Pitchfork'' staff}}</ref> Ian Cohen of ''Pitchfork'' acknowledged his review of the album's 2012 reissue, which received a "Best New Reissue" designation, as the website's "biggest statistical [[Wikipedia:mea culpa|mea culpa]] ever", writing that "whether you consider these songs to be brilliant, brilliantly dumb, or just dumb, ''I Get Wet'' is necessarily simple".<ref name=PitchforkRev2>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16836-i-get-wet/ |title=Andrew W. K.: I Get Wet |work=[[Wikipedia:Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=August 31, 2012 |access-date=August 31, 2012 |last=Cohen |first=Ian}}</ref> Andrew W.K. reflected on the album's initial reaction in a 2012 interview, saying: {{cquote|Everything is always going through changes in terms of attitudes or mood, but it does seem like partying is a more common theme in music and culture [now]; colorful attitudes and excitement and positivity are more embraced. I remember trying to make a band the first time around [..] people didn't like that there were keyboards in the music. They said it sounded too corporate. They also didn't like that it had this four-on-the-floor club beat. But it's interesting because now the club/dance beat is in lots and lots of songs. I was very happy with how things have come around.<ref name="2012 Pitchfork Interview"/>}} ===References=== The song "Ready to Die" is referenced in the [[Wikipedia:Zombie Apocalypse|Zombie Apocalypse]] novel "Islands of Rage & Hope" by [[Wikipedia: John Ringo|John Ringo]]. The song is played on loudspeakers by the Marines prior to their assault on a [[Wikipedia:zombie|zombie]] infected beach. The leader of the assault is singing along as they attack the zombies.
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