Ahead Of The Lions - Living Things
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critics What's this?

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

  • Summary: Steve Albini produced this debut album for the St. Louis-based Berlin brothers (Lillian, Eve and Bosh) who make up the Living Things.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 11
  2. Negative: 2 out of 11
  1. 83
    Each track follows the Rage Against The Machine model: Make music for the masses without diluting it for the bosses. [Nov 2005, p.101]
  2. 80
    Beneath their steel-wool guitar tone, the songs swing like a slammed door. [Nov 2005, p.137]
  3. Fans of handclaps, who don't mind that Berlin sings as many lines about doing lines as he does protest lines, marching lines and battle lines, will have fun pretending to be epic along with these Velvet Ramones.
  4. Ahead of the Lions is pure press-a-button-out-comes-album radio pap.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. NickH
    9
    4 1/2 stars of 5 stars... I've heard it all before, but it's never sounded this good. Every song on this album is great on it's own - which is a rare find in this day and age, what with filler and all. Never once did I find myself skipping around to find a song I like more than another. The lyrics are unusually catchy, almost forcing you to sing-a-long with them. It's the perfect album to listen to when you need a pick me up, it's a damned good time. Expand
  2. DavidA.
    8
    This is a good album, that is definitely worth the money. Especially, good to listen to while throwing back a few.
  3. Mick
    7
    Leave it to Jason Pettigrew's teeny-bopper toliet paper rag, otherwise known as AP, to give this album a super low rating. I suppose that they were comparing it to the latest ICP release. Living Things, derivative? You betcha...but in a good way. Expand
  4. SeanT
    0
    absolute garbage. i cant believe steve albini recorded this. oh wait i forgot that he takes shitloads of money from bands like this just like he did with bush. so i am actually happy for the man. he recorded some douches and got a lot of money for probably not doing a lot. but man this sucks! Expand

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