EW's GRADE
B+

Details Lead Performance: The Suburbs; Genres: Reissues, Rock

A decade ago, when ''alternative'' bands were rarely known above the underground, Minneapolis' Suburbs — debonair, edgy, rhythmically intense — were a deservedly big deal. On this sterling career retrospective, Ladies and Gentlemen, the Suburbs Have Left the Building, the quintet's unsettling adventures in cerebral art-punk-funk-rock don't sound at all dated. B+

Originally posted Jan 29, 1993 Published in issue #155 Jan 29, 1993 Order article reprints

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