200 Tons Of Bad Luck
by Crippled Black Phoenix
  • Record Label: Invada
  • Release Date: Apr 14, 2009
User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7

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  1. SmazzK.
    Sep 10, 2009
    10
    Perfect post-rock. The new Floyd....well closest yet.
  2. CarlS
    Jun 1, 2009
    10
    The individual disc is only half as good as the double album (The Resurrectionists & Night Raider), but still chronicles most of the better songs, and works pretty well as a stand-alone. Seek out or download the full double album to get the complete experience though, it won't leave you disappointed.

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Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    The guitar-led epic soundscapes, choral chanting, woeful strings and portent keys on their debut ‘A Love Of Shared Disasters’ are still present.
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  2. PopMatters
    70
    The 77-minute epic is absolutely far too long for some. But it is certainly worth sticking around for, even if the third track--a three-part, 18-minute 'Time of Ye Life/Born For Nothing/Paranoid Arm of Narcoleptic Empire'--appears daunting.
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  3. Prefix Magazine
    55
    Despite these head-scratching derailments, 200 Tons of Bad Luck brings the gloom in Biblical doses.
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