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A Productive Cough
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  • Summary: The fifth full-length release for the indie punk band led by Patrick Stickles features a cover of Bob Dylan's "(I'm) Like a Rolling Stone" and was produced by Kevin S. McMahon.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Slant Magazine
    Feb 26, 2018
    90
    Despite the clean production and largely decreased noise level, A Productive Cough is Titus Andronicus's freshest, wildest, most unexpected work to date.
  2. Drowned In Sound
    Mar 6, 2018
    80
    What’s interesting about A Productive Cough is how accessible it is compared with the band’s past work.
  3. Q Magazine
    Mar 13, 2018
    80
    Songs swerve through ranting country, Celtic balladry and doo-wop. And you have to raise a glass to anyone who dares defile Like A Rolling Stone by redirecting its venom inwards. [May 2018, p.114]
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  4. Paste Magazine
    Mar 2, 2018
    69
    Despite occasional attempts at restraint and the fact it’s only seven songs long, A Productive Cough provides Titus Andronicus with another bold manifesto. They might have varied the volume, but they’re still railing with their customary resolve.
  5. musicOMH.com
    Mar 5, 2018
    60
    

A Productive Cough is not a bad album, but it’s not Titus Andronicus’ greatest moment. Part of the problem comes from the high expectations set by the band’s previous work, and to some degree the drawn out jam sections that occasionally go on just a little too long.
  6. Pitchfork
    Mar 6, 2018
    59
    For all its promises of a leisurely, good time, A Productive Cough plays like a quarantine.
  7. The Skinny
    Feb 28, 2018
    40
    While it's absolutely fine that he's not interested in making punk music anymore (or at least for the time being), hearing him run through the blues and rock repertoire of the 60s and 70s offers absolutely nothing that can't be achieved by just going and listening to all those great, original, records.

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  1. reubensandwich
    Mar 23, 2018
    9
    If the Pogues and Modest Mouse had a big sloppy french kiss, this is what it would sound like. My new favourite album.
  2. emsbhr
    Mar 4, 2018
    8
    Fun, raw, classic album. Perfect follow-up to TMLT. Those shocked or put off on the first listen should return again, and maybe once moreFun, raw, classic album. Perfect follow-up to TMLT. Those shocked or put off on the first listen should return again, and maybe once more after that, before casting it off. If you approach it on its terms, this is a truly solid piece of rock and roll in 2018-- who would have thought?… Expand

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