Music magazine
Cursive released "The Ugly Organ," their fourth album, in 2003 on Saddle Creek Records to critical and commercial success. Music magazine "Rolling Stone" gave the album a 4-star rating, while alternative music magazine "Alternative Press" rated the album a perfect 5 out of 5. At the time of "The Ugly Organ"'s tenth anniversary reissue in 2014, the album had sold over 170,000 records.