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Dragonslayer - Sunset Rubdown
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81 out of 100

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9.2 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 55 Ratings

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  • Summary: The third album for the Spencer Krug-led project is its first with newest member Mark Nicol.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. Drowned In Sound
    100
    Whatever all this means, Dragonslayer is an album to get your teeth into. As on the final chorus, it's: "a bigger kind of kill". You need this.
  2. The A.V. Club
    100
    It isn't a song so much as a journey, and as with the rest of Dragonslayer, its epic ambitions are fulfilled.
  3. Under The Radar
    60
    By using fewer overdubs, Sunset Rubdown is actually undermining its strengths of expectation-defying structures and lavishly decorated arrangements. [Summer 2009, p.69]
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  1. Positive: 21 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. StianS
    10
    This album is amazing and it's getting even better for each listening, even after two months!
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  2. RoryC.
    10
    Best album I've heard this year. On par with Wolf Parade's (One of Krug's other bands) last album, but more accessible and hopeful of finding beauty in the world. Hopefully the album that will give Sunset Rubdown the recognition they deserve.… Expand
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  3. KurtC
    10
    Exceptional album. This one really surprised me and continues to give me goose bumps while I'll rock out to it. One of the only albums I own with a perfect rating of 100. A must-by and my #1 album of 2009; it also placed at #4 for the decade behind My Morning Jacket, Wilco, and Fleet Foxes to give you some reference for what I'm in to.… Expand
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