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Devil's Music
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

  • Artist(s): Klas Ã…hlund, Joakim Ã…hlund
  • Summary: The Swedish band releases its sixth album of electro-punk, featuring such guest artists as Cee Lo and the B-52s.
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  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Electronic, Alternative Dance
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Cardiac Arrest
Hey little sister suffragette Baby barbie on barbiturates Slepu heads gonna wake up dead A trail of crumbs leading from your bed So come on And... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. Expert Witness (MSN Music)
    Jul 6, 2011
    100
    Not afraid to be funny because they're having so much fun, Arve-Ahlund-Ahlund are one more electrobeat-wielding​ Swedish cartel bent on proving that rock and roll proceeds from enlightened capitalism like we had in America before our plutocrats started expanding the national income gap up past Colombia's.
  2. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Aug 19, 2011
    70
    It isn't life music, unless you live in a camp permutation of Gold's Gym. The Air-like, Gary Numan-lite instrumentals popping up between the songs with hit potential are way lighter than air. I don't mind 'em, but also don't love 'em.
  3. AllMusic
    Jul 1, 2011
    60
    Very much like its predecessor, Devil's Music derives most of its noteworthiness and novelty (and arguably, for better or worse, much of its musical interest) from an impressive, sometimes head-scratching roster of guest vocalists drawn from pop, rock, rap, and reggae.
  4. The A.V. Club
    Jul 6, 2011
    58
    Devil's Music lives and dies on the strength of the collaborators (lightweights like Laza Morgan lack the personality to elevate the material), as all the instrumental tracks just sound like long intros to better songs.
  5. Prefix Magazine
    Jul 6, 2011
    55
    As with any Teddy Bears release, this is all meant to be a sort of pastiche; lots of genre jumping, lots of smooth transitions, lots of hooky goodness mixed with a plethora of guest stars and vocalists.
  6. Rolling Stone
    Jun 28, 2011
    50
    Teddybears' second U.S. release seems designed to be a coming-out party, but it's just slick hodgepodge.
  7. NOW Magazine
    Sep 8, 2011
    20
    You'd figure we'd at least get a one-off novelty track, but the flat, repetitive melodies and gimmicky rhymes even fail to do that.

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  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. Hankie
    Aug 20, 2011
    10
    Um this album is crazy good!! Totally original, mixes things up a bit and doesn't steer towards mainstream. Check out some of their otherUm this album is crazy good!! Totally original, mixes things up a bit and doesn't steer towards mainstream. Check out some of their other stuff! Only problem with it is that Get Mama a House with B.o.B isn't nearly as good as the original version with Desmond Foster. Look it up on youtube, and you'll see this version is a million times better than the one with B.o.B and that it's the best track on the album.… Expand
  2. edvard
    Oct 18, 2013
    9
    really like rocket scientist. discovered it on an episode of breaking bad. i have not heard the rest but i have reall y high expectations andreally like rocket scientist. discovered it on an episode of breaking bad. i have not heard the rest but i have reall y high expectations and this album seems to just be so much fun… Expand
  4. kermitology
    Jul 5, 2011
    7
    It's not fantastic by any means, not earth shattering, but damn if I'm not having fun listening to it! I'm enjoying just turning it on andIt's not fantastic by any means, not earth shattering, but damn if I'm not having fun listening to it! I'm enjoying just turning it on and zoning out on my work while I unknowingly find myself dancing in my chair.… Expand

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