Release and Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Robert Christgau | C+ |
| College Music Journal | (unfavorable) |
| NME | |
| PopMatters | |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Martin Charles Strong | |
The Amazing Jeckel Brothers debuted and peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200. In order to promote the album, Island released multiple collectible versions of The Amazing Jeckel Brothers, emphasizing the faces of Jake or Jack Jeckel. In 2008, it achieved platinum certification.
The album was panned by critics. NME wrote that "the slick, dumbed-down Dungeons & Dragons rap-rock schtick is often unbearable". College Music Journal writer Matt Ashare described the album as "Cirque de so-lame". Rolling Stone writer Barry Walters gave the album two out of five stars, writing that "no musical sleight of hand can disguise the fact that Shaggy and J remain the ultimate wack MCs." In The Great Rock Discography, Martin Charles Strong gave the album four out of ten stars.
PopMatters reviewer Brendan Maher accused Insane Clown Posse of misogyny and described The Amazing Jeckel Brothers as "music to strangle your ex-girlfriend to". Robert Christgau gave the album a C+, writing "Though they claim clown, they rarely get funnier than 'I'd cut my head off but then I would be dead'." However, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic gave the album a four out of five star rating, writing that " actually delivered an album that comes close to fulfilling whatever promise their ridiculous, carnivalesque blend of hardcore hip hop and shock-metal had in the first place".
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