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- Summary: 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.'
- Record Label: Red Ink
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Have a little love, as were fighting with each other aint no use in crying like the others were fools in need, fools to believe, there are fools in... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 21 out of 29
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Mixed: 8 out of 29
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Negative: 0 out of 29
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Revolutionary? Not really. But another strong turn.
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Spin[BRMC] have never sounded more self-assured. [May 2007, p.84]
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UrbStill clenching its beloved Americana, BRMC spits a familiar noise that has transformed from a mountain of stifling volume into a dense layering of sophisticated references. [May 2007, p.93]
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MagnetBaby 81 finds BRMC back in control of the street corner, cigarette squints and rock'n'roll swagger intact. [Summer 2007, p.90]
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"Baby 81" isn't an all-out fuzz free-for-all, though, and the California trio retains some of the gentler ideas it explored last time out.
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In the context of their seemingly blinkered attempts at finding some source of inspiration they've produced an entertainingly atmospheric, melodic record to bracing and accessible effect.
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A painfully disappointing artistic failure.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 28 out of 36
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Mixed: 7 out of 36
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Negative: 1 out of 36
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LianeCMay 2, 2007
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danaMay 17, 2007
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AfrofromAbove1979Jul 27, 2007
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AccapellaMay 2, 2007
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scottaMay 15, 2007
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JustinS.Jun 6, 2007Take 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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JonathanBMay 21, 2007
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