Baby 81 - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
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71 out of 100

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8.2 out of 10

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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.'

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. Los Angeles Times
    88
    Revolutionary? Not really. But another strong turn.
  2. Uncut
    80
    BRMC seem invincible; or back to their searing best, at any rate. [May 2007, p.87]
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  3. Mojo
    80
    Baby 81 finds a band evolving past expectations into a newly intriguing proposition. [Jun 2007, p.101]
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  4. Under The Radar
    60
    Baby 81 still contains a decent collection of songs, it’s just that not only do most of them not stand out from the band’s previous work, they also pale in comparison. [#17, p.82]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 36
  3. Negative: 1 out of 36
  1. AfrofromAbove1979
    10
    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.… Expand
  2. JoeT.
    8
    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.… Expand
  3. JustinS.
    7
    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.
  4. ThomasB.
    4
    A step back for BRMC, like they were going through the motions. Lacks the disarming emotion of Howl. Bland effort.

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