New band, again rocking hard!

Good album all around. not the best, not the worst. not bad for a totally new band. three new members have added a good touch, though i miss the original vibe.

Between the few memorable songs this record is dripping with fillers. With high anticipations after the strong debut, it's hard not to get gravely disappointed with this one.

This album is not so great than first one, but pleases me and is such a pleasure to know this guys, long life Wolfmother.

Freakin' awesome!!! Better than Vegamite!!!!

1. California Queen - weak vocals, great guitar 2. New Moon Rising - vocals good, lyrics a bit repetitive, guitar great 3. White Feather - first song on CD with a new sound, loved it, did just enough to get me excited 4. Sundial - intro, weak then explodes into awesomeness, the song follows suit, weak builds to awesome, back to weak then to awesome 5. In the Morning - vocals a bit too polished, too produced. As always, guitar rocks. A slight taste of white unicorn in the middle. 6. 10.000 feet - sounds like that Motocycle Club CD. A decent, not good try at darker psychadelic rock. Faint layering of guitar in middle DOES NOT work. The 3 min. mark to end sounds superb. 7. Cosmic Egg - slow going beginning still sounds great. The distorted guitar works well, good song, kind of reminds me of something I'd tune out though. Solo is pretty standard, kind of weak really. Keyboards! Done well but not the same oomph as before. 8. Far away - weird intro. Kind of No Doubtish, more Aquaduct-ish. Rock ballad? Kind of Sister Christian. Boarderline changing tune. But wait! at 2 min mark song redeams itself. Catchy guitar. Definitely rock ballad. Shrill thing kind of annoying. A piano???? Where did that come from? 9. Pilgrim - Like it, very Beatles at the chorus, the song could hit a little harder. Wait! 2:50 mark . . . finally!!!!! Wolfmother!!!! Got the chills. Damn, then the Beatles chorus ruins it. Then Redemption!!! Wolfmother! Chills! 10. In the Castle - keyboards, nice. WOLFMOTHER! Finally hitting hard. Guitar is a knife. Drums finally arrive. And just when you think it's done . . . WOLFMOTHER! Didnt even notice is was nearly 6 min long. 11. Phoenix - I could see myself falling in love with this song after I hear it a few times. Right now, it's just OK. A little long for it's own good. First time I've thought 'OK get on with it.' 12. Violence of the Sun - wtf is this intro? It's like 1980s easy listening. Kind of like it though. It's morphing into rock of course. I bet this is a test of Stockdales at a rock opera. A much different sound than I'm used to from Wolfmother.… Expand

Purchased the Delux Edition of the album and have been thoroughly entertained and amazed from start to finish... Listened to the complete album about four times now.

Another album that will remind us how some bands can make Rock music really boring, spiritless and unimaginative.

Some songs suck. but about four or five shred and are beautiful (esp. 'white feather' and 'phoenix'). i like those much much much more than their earlier more garagey/post-punk stuff. imo, music should make you want to have sex and feel like you're already having sex. it should make you want to drive fast. rock is not sassy. it's not a source of social insight. it's entertainment. a good rock song should give you a rush like looking at megan fox gives you a rush. if you want intelligence and innovation, go read wittgenstein and richard dawkins. i like beck. beck is innovative and sometimes even soulful and searching. but he doesn't rock. nobody rocks anymore. audioslave rocks. i'm not a music person. i haven't paid much attention to music since Kid A (radiohead is an amazing creative smart band, but they don't rock), and, even then, i tend to associate with wall street types. i'm a gym rat who drinks pinot noir. wolfmother's guitarist can play. when a man can play heavy, he should play heavy. it is really refreshing to hear some music that shakes walls yet has some sweet glam sheen to its sound. smashing pumpkins were like that, but wolfmother's singer sounds much better and their music has far more propulsion (finally a decent drummer). this isn't groundbreaking music, but it rocks. and it's more important to rock than to be hip, creative, and relevant.… Expand

Really cohesive as an album and a complementary punch in the gut to the 1st album's punch in the face!

If Black Sabbath and Deep Purple had a love child, this would be their moody adolescent offspring. Tons of music for your money; some tracks are great, all are worth listening to.

With albums like this there is still hope for the future of Rock. An amazingly mature and superbly produced album. Many tracks are "familiar" but still original. All the best of classic rock themes, with none of the crap. Stockdale was obviously the heart, soul and main talent of Wolfmother 1, but with the new line-up the band is tighter more cohesive, with just the right touches of Progressive Rock thrown in. This album is epic and the best of anything produced anywhere in the world today. As for being called commercial pop, those critics obviously have cloth ears or just haven't listened to it. Buy it . It will be a classic album of the future..NO QUESTION! Oh, and turn it up to 11.… Expand

At first it doesnt sound brilliant, but it turns out to be pretty good. Oh and its pretty funny how the only person who rated this low is named MikP obviously a brainwashed fanboy who rates things without listening to them and just follow what Patton says blindly.

As a follow up this album really does lack. Although there are certain tracks that remind you why you love Wolfmother (Cosmic Egg , 10,000 Feet) personally i just think the whole album seems abit bland, and drowned in noise, it's more like a collection of B-Sides that were not used for a reason. All in all, disappointing - but still worth adding to your collection.