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Jun 5, 2012Celebration Rock could arguably lack the powerful impact of the first record. Still, it's a hell of lot of fun.
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May 29, 2012The duo taps into a power greater than itself to address impossibly vast and elemental topics-- friendship, lust, revenge, art, self-actualization-- with songs every bit as big.
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Jun 5, 2012Celebration Rock presents hedonism as a means to an end. There's nothing nihilistic or sneering about it. It invites everyone to the party.
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UncutJun 1, 2012At times all this vim can slip into noise. [Jul 2012, p.74]
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Q MagazineOct 12, 2012Celebration Rock delivers more of the same good-time guitar-pop anthems about girls and night on the tiles, delivered at breakneck velocity and near-deafening volume. [Jul 2012, p.104]
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Jun 6, 2012Japandroids know how to bring the ruckus. But elsewhere the power-chord pummelage gets a bit one-note.
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Jun 5, 2012Japandroids sing about lost youth and sex and drinking atop hammer-of-the-geeks distortion swirls and holler-along refrains a gorilla could pump some paw to.
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Jun 1, 2012Utterly everyday yet utterly recognisable and distinctive, Celebration Rock is pounding, lithe and youthful.
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Jul 18, 2012All too often, though, it's an attempt at this exact same sound that lacks any ideas; not so much directionless as without destination.
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May 29, 2012Harder, better, faster and stronger than their excellent debut, 2009's Post Nothing.
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May 31, 2012The sheer energy pouring from this record is breathtaking: not until the very final song ('Continuous Thunder') does Celebration Rock's sense of acceleration cease.
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Jun 4, 2012Celebration Rock starts strong and stays there over the course of its eight songs and 35 minutes.
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Jun 4, 2012This is not the sound of settling.
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Jun 6, 2012Where Post-Nothing melts into a hazy dream, Celebration Rock does exactly what it claims to do-it burns on and on like the best sort of party.
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Jul 5, 2012Celebration Rock is a tipsy toast to the very best moments in life.
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Alternative PressJun 1, 2012"Continuous Thunder" is a sensitive parting shot, and cements Celebration Rock's emotional depth. [Jul 2012, p.98]
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Jul 31, 2012The songs punch and swerve and sway like organic beings, structured in a way that amplifies rather than hems in emotional resonance.
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May 29, 2012Each song spills over with a breathless, unhinged vigour that impresses... But taken all together, the band's refusal ever to let up on volume, bombast, group-shouted vocals, fast-strummed chords or smashing drums makes Celebration Rock an exhausting sonic assault in need of variety.
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Jun 5, 2012Celebration Rock's high-tempo riff rock concerns itself with energy and embraces our serendipitous run-ins with those good times worth remembering.
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May 29, 2012Celebration Rock is near-perfect in what it sets out to do: making people happy, bringing them together.
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MagnetJun 14, 2012Midway through, it's already tiresome to hear the anthemic shouting and seemingly non-stop drum fills. It's a celebratory listen for sure, but one that could do with a breather that shows off this duo's skills. [No.88 p.58]
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Jun 5, 2012Celebration Rock is raw frenzy, tender love, and foolish cacophony.
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Jun 7, 2012Celebration Rock encapsulates the kind of affirmative, collective experiences that define an entire adolescence.
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Oct 30, 2012Japandroids is bloated, angry, and absolute proof that the heart of rock & roll is still beating.
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May 30, 2012An album wracked with spirit and a ferocious refusal to let anything slide away. Every track's an anthem; every second's precious, each breath as breathless as the last.
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Jul 16, 2012It works, but it doesn't make sense, and can't be explained. It can only be heard.
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May 29, 2012Celebration Rock is in perpetual motion, driven by a visceral sense of urgency that most modern guitar music is so sorely lacking.
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Jun 7, 2012Japandroids sophomore effort is loaded end to end with great songwriting and the joy they've found in their influences.
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May 29, 2012An inspired, exhilarating spectacle that makes good on its gang vocals, feel-good (but not cheesy) lyrics, pleasantly muddy production, and galloping sense of self-confidence.
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May 31, 2012[The lyrics] carry a meaning that doesn't stop when the song does.
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Jun 21, 2012What makes this album so powerful and moving is the way that innocence erodes in its second half.
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Jun 1, 2012Bookended by snippets of crackling fireworks, the aptly-titled 'Celebration Rock' is big on anthems, euphoria and fistpumping rock'n'roll thrills.
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Jul 3, 2012Kind of heartwarming that it's still possible for a young band to rock out with palpable joy about the pleasures, terrors, and life lessons of the road.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 89 out of 96
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Mixed: 3 out of 96
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Negative: 4 out of 96
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Jul 19, 2012
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Mar 9, 2013
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Dec 25, 2012