www.indieworkshop.com has a wonderful album review posted that finally admits it's too easy to pigeonhole this record into a particular era or style...the reviewer also mentions that he didn't read the press kit or come into it with any expectations, and now he loves it. Read for yourself:

"Ima Robot is a super group of sorts. Well, maybe as far as two of the five members go. Justin Meldal-Johnson and Joey Waronker have been the rhythm section for most of Beck’s career (among countless other endeavors)… but that doesn’t mean they let the quirky rockin’ stop there.

I didn’t read much about this band before I tossed this disc in. I’m kind of glad I didn’t. If I had read the press sheet for the album first I probably would have had completely different expectations of the record, just from knowing more about its roots and players. But as it stood, I knew nothing of Ima Robot before “Dynomite” came through my speakers.

…And then my face donned a huge grin. What I heard was the Dead Kennedy’s trapped in a 1989 model computer with Rivers Cuomo pushing the buttons. They tear on through that first track, the aforementioned “Dynomite”, into “Song #1”, an equally “caffeine inspired” song, but with hooks the size of tractor-trailers. It’s at their most hyper when the band comes off the most innovative and original, but that by no means should discredit their more “tender” moments.

They pump out dark rock power ballads that are only rivaled the likes of Muse and Placebo. “Scream” creeps out of the shadows and surprises you with its heartfelt crooning. The song is a result of a strange lovechild between 80’s and 90’s alt pop. That might seem like a cheap, and easy, comparison, but it’s weaved with so many different bands influence that it would be impossible to list out.

And man, if you aren’t hooked by the time you hear “A is For Action”, well, then maybe this album isn’t for you. As for myself, I can’t get these songs out of my head. Dripped in sexuality and radio friendly pop hooks, I have a hard time seeing this album as being anything but heavy rotation material. I guess only time will tell on that last claim, but for now, it’s doing just fine as one of the better albums I’ve heard so far this year."
-by Jake