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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 16 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 16
  2. Negative: 2 out of 16
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Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 13 Critic Reviews

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  1. The Wire
    Dec 15, 2014
    70
    There is a mellowness to the album, underscored by Albini's older, deeper voice, that suggests their edge has been lost. [Nov 2014, p.68]
  2. Magnet
    Dec 10, 2014
    90
    Twenty years later, the Shellac so many swore by is back, and swinging. [No. 116, p.61]
  3. Mojo
    Nov 19, 2014
    80
    This is hard rock as anthropology, administered like only this band can. [Dec 2014, p.88]