'' Fever to Tell '' was met with widespread critical acclaim . At Metacritic , which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics , the album received an average score of 85 , based on 27 reviews . In a four star review , '' Rolling Stone '' wrote : " There are half a dozen songs under three minutes on '' Fever to Tell '' , and they sound absolutely complete " . Andrew Perry from '' The Daily Telegraph '' called it an " exhilarating dose of lo-fi garage-rock " . In '' The Village Voice '' , Robert Christgau observed " a striking sound " that is " both big and punk , never a natural combo " , and highlighted by Zinner 's " dangerous riffs " . He had reservations about the subject matter , however ; while noting " two human-scale songs toward the end " , Christgau said " to care about this band you have to find Karen O 's fuck-me persona provocative if not seductive , and since I 've never been one for the sex-is-combat thing , I find it silly or obnoxious depending on who 's taking it seriously . " '' Fever to Tell '' was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album and was certified gold in both the United States and the United Kingdom . The video for " Maps " received nominations for Best Art Direction , Best Cinematography , Best Editing , and the MTV2 Award at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards . '' The New York Times '' chose '' Fever to Tell '' as the best album of 2003
2004 MTV Video Music Awards
2004 MTV Video Music Awards
Fever to Tell