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The Lucky Ones

Generally favorable reviews
Based on 19 critic reviews
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Album Info
Label: Sub Pop
Release Date: 20 May 2008
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Rock, Alternative, Punk
Summary
Recorded in less than four days, this is the eighth full-length album released by the Seattle-based band.
Also By This Artist: Since We've Become Translucent Under A Billion Suns
Also On The Web: Mudhoney @ Sub Pop
What The Critics Said
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All Music Guide
Mudhoney remain bloody but unbowed, heavyweight champions of fuzz and feedback, and on the evidence of The Lucky Ones, no one with any sense is going to challenge their title anytime soon; they built this strange machine, and they can drive it better than anyone before or since.
Read Full Review >Dusted Magazine
The eleven tracks here are tight, raw, and marked by insistent thumping rhythms and taught chunky riffs, laying the groundwork for one of the band’s most straight-ahead rock albums in years.
Read Full Review >musicOMH.com
The Lucky Ones is unlikely to garner any new fans for Mudhoney, which is a shame because this is one of the best albums of their career.
Read Full Review >Tiny Mix Tapes
Although Mudhoney aren’t shaking things up too much with their established formula, The Lucky Ones shows no signs of the band mellowing out, and their bloozy, fuzzy rock action still sounds pretty damn great after a couple High Lifes.
Read Full Review >Mojo
Mudhoney celebrate 20 years of mucus-crusted punk hootenannies with a raw restatement of basic priciples. [June 2008, p.113]
The Guardian
Stooges riffs and Mark Arm's dirty growl bring alive tales of lusty romance played with a timeless swagger and an infectious smirk, though the lyrics do little justice to the power of the songs.
Read Full Review >Uncut
The Lucky Ones frames this new worldview in a punchier, tauter, leaner sound--less fuzz but more crunch. [July 2008, p.104]
Alternative Press
The end result escalates The Lucky Ones into one of the finest albums Mudhoney has ever produced, as well as one of the best albums of the year thus far. [July 2008, p.158]
Magnet
Some will call this regression, but longtime fans will likely call it focused and celebrate the return to form represented on The Lucky Ones.
Read Full Review >Pitchfork
No envelopes are pushed on the quartet's latest, The Lucky Ones. But there's an increase in firepower that makes it their best effort in a while.
Read Full Review >Billboard
With Steve Turner's guitar a buzzing hangover and Mark Arm snarling with irresistibly creepy restraint, Mudhoney's eighth studio album finds the band rocking like it's 1988 . . . or 2008.
Read Full Review >Hartford Courant
Longtime fans may accuse the band of losing its edge with age, but The Lucky Ones is still an exciting and efficient bridge between the Stooges' growling ruckus and Nirvana's noisy pop anthems.
Read Full Review >Prefix Magazine
The Lucky Ones shows him to be as reassuringly sarcastic and self-deprecating as ever.
Read Full Review >Spin
The bedrock combination of redlined guitars and Mark Arm's adenoidal wail has only been rendered more caustic by two decades of watching lesser lights cash out. [June 2008, p.114]
Read Full Review >Delusions of Adequacy
The Lucky Ones is a solid record chock full of classic sludge, pissed off yelps, and witty (almost existential) lyrics.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club)
Lucky Ones is the sound of a band that obviously knows not to fuck with a good thing.
Read Full Review >Q Magazine
Pitched somewhere between the Blues Explosion and Grinderman, it's an awesome racket, but the lack of time spent means the potential of 'Next Time' and the fevered 'New Meaning' have been lost in the rush to record. [July 2008, p.108]
Under The Radar
It may not match the transcendent bird-flipping of those early albums, but Mudhoney are still as pissed and giddy as ever. [Summer 2008]
PopMatters
It’s another batch of seemingly uninspired grunge rockers lacking the sinewy venom that was the hallmark of early Mudhoney.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 10.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes
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