- Record Label: In the Red Records
- Release Date: Feb 24, 2015
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MojoMar 19, 2015This fourth album's a gas. [Apr 2015, p.86]
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Mar 13, 2015At its core, Bad News Boys is a joyous celebration of all things rock'n'roll by two guys who seem to have it running in their blood.
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Feb 25, 2015All told, Bad News Boys is as solid a record as the King Khan and BBQ Show have ever put out, and a must-have for fans of both the band and the genre.
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Feb 25, 2015They’re stuck in the middle, two mutants hopelessly adrift in a sea of normalcy. The good news: If things don’t end in cannibalism, they’ll keep making records exactly like this.
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UncutFeb 25, 2015Entirely unoriginal, but the sort of thing that, 55 years after it was invented, it's still hard to get enough of. [Apr 2015, p.77]
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Feb 25, 2015Bad News Boys works more as a collection of singles than a continuous listening experience. You’re constantly switching gears as you move through it.
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Feb 25, 2015While the composition of Bad News Boys adheres to a tried ‘n’ true formula, the songs here consistently yield charming little details.
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Feb 25, 2015The sentimental doo wop vocals filtered through a slightly muddy garage rock lens butt up against the cartoonishly crass punk rock rants and the mild tripouts for yet another album of pure fun and explosive rock & roll antics, with a delivery that by now belongs solely to these wild-eyed champions of inspiration and profanity.
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Nov 5, 2015Gonzo garage maniacs King Khan & BBQ Show offer the aural equivalent to a drunken hook-up: short, weird, messy.
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Feb 25, 2015Bad News Boys fits into a long string of solid garage samplers from these two maniacs.