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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.

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Dot Music

The Lemonheads 2006 may not be breaking any new creative ground, but they couldn't sound in ruder health.

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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.

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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

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The Onion (A.V. Club)

The sound's a harder-edged variation on Ray, but only a few songs stick.

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NOW Magazine

An album defined more by its background players than its star.

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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.

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Prefix Magazine

The Lemonheads is a harmless, melodic album that brings familiar material to longtime fans and new audiences alike.

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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.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 8.4 (out of 10) based on 13 User Votes

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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.

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