Boys & Girls
- Alabama Shakes
- Band Name: Alabama Shakes
- Record Label: ATO
- Release Date: Apr 10, 2012
- Band members: Steve Johnson, Zac Cockrell, Heath Fogg, Brittany Howard
- Summary: The full-length debut for the Alabama-based Southern soul-rock quartet was produced by the band.
- Record Label: ATO
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, American Trad Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 26 out of 34
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Mixed: 8 out of 34
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Negative: 0 out of 34
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Apr 5, 2012100Just a series of great, swampy soul grooves, fronted by the most arresting new voice you'll hear this year, and the kind of natural songwriting that seems to contain the entire history of Southern music within its staves.
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Apr 13, 201280Alabama Shakes' nods to vocal giants past never overshadow the fact that their music has a raw, aggressive style that is completely their own. [May 2012, p.90]
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Apr 16, 201280The album encapsulates summers of falling asleep on porches, cicadas chirping periodically among the trees, shaking slightly from a passing breeze.
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Apr 9, 201260Boys & Girls is a fine album, full of sturdy Southern-fried blues performed with swagger and verve. As the proper debut for a band that's built its reputation on the fearless pandemonium of its live shows, however, Boys & Girls is curiously and deliberately subdued.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 8 out of 8
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Mixed: 0 out of 8
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Negative: 0 out of 8
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