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  • Summary: The 12th full-length release for the Maryland rock band was produced by Vance Powell.
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  1. Sep 7, 2018
    90
    They balance killer musicianship and verbal panache with a bar-band mindset. Album of the year? Possibly, but that's just business as usual for Maryland's finest.
  2. 90
    It's up there with the very best records they've released. [Sep 2018, p.86]
  3. Kerrang!
    Sep 7, 2018
    80
    This is another collection as thrilling as back catalogue classics like The Elephant Riders (1998) and Blast Tyrant (2004). [1 Sep 2018, p.54]
  4. Sep 19, 2018
    80
    Book of Bad Decisions is an excellent late-era entry into the band's vast catalog, a natural product of their enduring chemistry and dedication to their legion of fans.
  5. The Wire
    Sep 21, 2018
    80
    It's [Neil Fallon's} witty, intelligent, lusty lyrics that elevate Book Of Bad Decisions from good to great. [Oct 2018, p.50]
  6. Sep 7, 2018
    70
    Tracks like “Weird Times” and “Ghoul Wrangler” aren’t so much weak as redundant, overshadowed by the album’s more distinctive moments--Book of Bad Decisions might have been a stronger 40-minute album than the nearly hour-long 15-track helping that it is.
  7. Sep 12, 2018
    60
    The result sounds tired, formulated, comfortable, and much too safe to be satisfying. If the album does one good thing, it's that it begs us to go back and listen to the catalogue of Clutch that was so bold and exciting.
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