Critical Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
| Robert Christgau | A− |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Spin | (8/10) |
Version 2.0 has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics.Version 2.0 ends 1998 named Daily Mail's Album of the Year, and is in end-of-year lists in The Guardian, Q, Kerrang!, Melody Maker, NME, Select, Spin and Gear. Canada's largest modern rock station, The Edge 102 named Version 2.0 #1 Album, while three tracks make Australia's Triple J Hottest 100: "I Think I'm Paranoid" (at #57), "Push It" (#87) and "Special" (#89). A rare negative review was from Newsweek, whose reviewer David Gates criticized the samples, "space-age wheeps" and "calculated showbiz shtik".
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