Cage The Elephant - Cage the Elephant
Metascore
64 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
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  1. All Music Guide
    80
    Cage the Elephant didn't exist until 2005, but as this self-titled album demonstrates, their ability to be influenced by alternative rock and classic rock simultaneously is a definite plus.
  2. Billboard
    80
    The group's self-titled debut shows that it has more than one flashy single to offer.
  3. Rolling Stone
    60
    Despite callow lyrics and what sounds like an unfortunate Nineties rock-rap influence--'In One Ear' sports G. Love and Special Sauce-style rhyming--Cage the Elephant make a fine mess on their debut.
  4. The Guardian
    60
    There's a Red Bull-powered Stooges lurking in here somewhere, and when Cage the Elephant can transfer their live power to record, they'll be unstoppable.
  5. musicOMH.com
    40
    In the context of a studio recording, Cage The Elephant's premiere isn't far off insufferable.
  6. Drowned In Sound
    30
    It’s a fatal flaw that rears itself again and again as a bastardised version of blue-collar Americana is force-fed a mass-produced strain of bland modern rock throughout all eleven tracks.

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User Score
8.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 45 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. AlM
    9
    Critics are only critics because they lack the talent to be musicians. Ignore them at all times.
  2. GeoffC
    9
    Of course I heard their single "Ain't no Rest for the Wicked" on the radio. I downloaded the CD and was not disappointed ! The best way I can think to describe their sound is classic rock with blues, funk, and jazz thrown in. One of the best CD's I've heard in a long time.… Full Review »
  3. cameronmorewood
    6
    It's definitely scattershot, but there's some good stuff here.
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