Editing High/Low (album) (section)

==Critical reception==
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| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web |title=High/Low Review by Ned Raggett |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/high-low-mw0000186222 |website=AllMusic |access-date=4 June 2024}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kot |first=Greg |author-link=Greg Kot |date=August 8, 1996 |title=Recordings |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |pages=E9B |id={{ProQuest|2190270185}}}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s|Christgau's Consumer Guide]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating-Christgau|dud}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |year=2000 |chapter=Nada Surf: ''High/Low'' (Elektra '96) |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s |title-link=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s |publisher=[[St. Martin's Griffin]] |location=New York |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/christgausconsum00chri_0/page/220/ |page=221|isbn=0-312-24560-2 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="EOPM">{{cite book|editor-last=Larkin|editor-first=Colin|editor-link=Colin Larkin|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2006|publisher=[[MUZE]] |volume=6 |edition=4th|isbn=978-0-19-531373-4|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |pages=106–107 |chapter=Nada Surf |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0006unse/page/106/ |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev5score = B−<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Browne |first=David |author-link=David Browne (journalist) |date=June 21, 1996 |title=High/Low |url=https://ew.com/article/1996/06/21/highlow/ |access-date=2024-09-03 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev6Score = 7.4/10<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schreiber |first1=Ryan |title=Nada Surf High/Low |url=http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/n/nada-surf/high-low.shtml |website=Pitchfork |access-date=4 June 2024 |archive-date=23 November 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011123101939/http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/n/nada-surf/high-low.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'' noted that "there's an almost elegant austerity to the album's sound, but what ultimately brings the songs into focus is the band's ultra-efficient playing, which is so sparing you'd think the recording studio charged them by the note."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Considine |first1=J. D. |title=Nada Surf High/Low |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=25 July 1996 |department=Features |page=8}}</ref> ''[[The Ottawa Citizen]]'' concluded that Nada Surf "may have been moulded by a superior studio presence, but the root of their sound, guitar-driven and heavy on the backbeat, speaks of an energy that was harnessed and focused, not manufactured."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Blanchfield |first1=Mike |title=Nada Surf has bloodlines, sound to stay at high tide |work=The Ottawa Citizen |date=24 Aug 1996 |page=E3}}</ref>