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The Lemonheads
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 23 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 13 votes
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Album Info
Label: Vagrant
Release Date: 26 September 2006
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Alternative, Rock
Summary
The Evan Dando-led band (now down to a trio) returns with its first studio disc in ten years. J Mascis guests.
What The Critics Said
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...
Slant Magazine
The Lemonheads is nearly as great as the band's masterpiece, It's A Shame About Ray, and far more dependable than the runner-up Come On Feel The Lemonheads. And it may be more fun than either.
Read Full Review >Dot Music
The Lemonheads 2006 may not be breaking any new creative ground, but they couldn't sound in ruder health.
Read Full Review >All Music Guide
The best thing that can be said about The Lemonheads is that it sounds like the album Dando and company should have released in 1995.
Read Full Review >Uncut
A moody, giddy, charming album, as ragged and dynamic as those the band were making half a lifetime ago. [Oct 2006, p.100]
Under The Radar
It represents maturity and growth, all the while retaining the essence of what made The Lemonheads great. [#15]
New Musical Express (NME)
Dando is in spiky, Buzzcocks-esque form. [23 Sep 2006, p.31]
Hartford Courant
The first Lemonheads record in 10 years makes a great case for meat and potatoes, verses and choruses, distortion pedals and minimal production.
Read Full Review >Drowned In Sound
For latecomers to The Lemonheads this record isn't a bad place to start. For long-term fans it's a sure sign that Evan Dando isn't ready to be written off just yet.
Read Full Review >Q Magazine
If the songwriting isn't quite up to the standard of 1992's high-water mark It's A Shame About Ray, The Lemonheads marks a welcome return. [Oct 2006, p.122]
Trouser Press
A likable, cogent album of adult punk-pop that matches Dando's easygoing voice to genial fuzz-rock.
Read Full Review >Mojo
The Lemonheads have never sounded so feral yet so tight. [Oct 2006, p.104]
PopMatters
There’s enough in Dando’s affable charm, dazed vocals and gentle, sorrowful lyrics to make large parts of this record a joy to listen to.
Read Full Review >Paste Magazine
A welcome return to the fuzzed-out guitars, slacker sensibilities and indelible pop hooks for which the band is known. [Dec 2006, p.89]
Pitchfork
Most listeners with a soft spot for those early-90s Lemonheads records will get a good spin out of The Lemonheads.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club)
The sound's a harder-edged variation on Ray, but only a few songs stick.
Read Full Review >Alternative Press
The Lemonheads is the album Dando should have made 10 years ago, and poppy punk ain't what it used to be. [Nov 2006, p.200]
Spin
Agreeably chunky guitar pop. [Nov 2006, p.102]
The Guardian
There's a broken feeling about this album, a resignation that reflects the trouble of the intervening years.
Read Full Review >Prefix Magazine
The Lemonheads is a harmless, melodic album that brings familiar material to longtime fans and new audiences alike.
Read Full Review >Filter
The greatest 1996 era melodic rock since... 1996. [#22, p.98]
Rolling Stone
At its best, The Lemonheads sounds exactly how you want the Lemonheads to sound. [19 Oct 2006, p.132]
Stylus Magazine
The Lemonheads is full of, for better or worse, comfort music. It radiates a blunted nostalgic glow that seeps through the frequent musical languor.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 8.4 (out of 10) based on 13 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Raindog 1972 gave it a9:
Excellent return to form from Dando. A little too short given the long wait, but overall everything an excellent pop record should be...
Jyotirmaya D gave it a7:
I love the Lemonheads' great catalogue of good songs, but this album is only half-good. There are some winners and stinkers on it...
Dustin T gave it a6:
Definitly not dando best release. How ever I'll take any thing consistant espacially with the all star cast he lined up to record the disc.
Jake V gave it an8:
It's no "Lovey" or "Ray" but a lot better than the lame later efforts of "Come on Feel" and especially the snore-fest known as "Car Button Cloth". Reminds me why he/they were one of my fave bands in the high school years. If you're a fan at all, its a must buy.
Matt D. gave it a9:
A couple songs sound a bit out of place, but are good - and they provide needed change of pace in this excellent power pop CD.
Ray Shame gave it a10:
The Lemonheads...are...back...Holy S**t!...lock up your sons and daughters! Not as good as "Ray", fine...nothing Dando and co. ever do will be, that record is a stone masterpiece. But this album is good. Maybe great. What do you want from me? It's just so great to have them back!!!!!
Anthony J gave it an8:
My expectations were high, and they were met--maybe even exceeded. A great album that stands up with the best 'Heads stuff from the 90's. Better, more consistent than Baby I'm Bored, and more upbeat and fun.
