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After sitting out an album, drummer Nick Jago rejoins his BRMC bandmates, who return with a harder-edged recording than their 2005 acoustic departure 'Howl.'
| LABEL: | Red Ink |
| RELEASE DATE: | 01 May 2007 |
| DISCS: | 1 disc |
| GENRE(S): | Indie, Rock |
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
The average user rating for this album is 8.2 (out of 10) based on 48 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Afro from Above 1979 gave it a10:
Glorious Glorious Glorious!!! My favourite of 2007... American X: a masterpiece of 9:11 minutes... Baby 81: a masterpiece of 60:26 minutes... BRMC: a masterpiece forever.
Paul F gave it a10:
Wow, I thought BRMC's earlier albums were amazing - this totally blows them out of the water. Absolutely fantastic!
Cruq gave it a10:
I don't really understand why lot of those "great critics" rated this album so low. It's different than Howl, it sounds pretty much like another band's record. But it fucking kicks ass! It's real, heavy and dark rock'n'roll performed with massive amount of emotions. Critics (hello Pitchfork and NME) say that lyrics are dumb. Oh, they're not. Maybe BRMC doesn't use very sophisticated volcaburary, but songs tell about important things and suit the music damn great. It is one of the best records in recent years, and BRMC's best for sure. Just give it a chance and I bet you'll love it.
Steve H gave it a9:
Excellent, Compelling stuff
Thomas B. gave it a4:
A step back for BRMC, like they were going through the motions. Lacks the disarming emotion of Howl. Bland effort.
Joe T. gave it an8:
Recommended to those whose who loved the promise in the debut, and were turned off by contrived two that followed. The sophomore-album-that-should-have-been. Welcome back from marketing department hell.
Justin S. gave it a7:
Take a Pitchfork review for what it is worth which is about as much as a 200 year old dead guys impression on a newly released album.

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