• Record Label: Yep Roc
  • Release Date: Mar 10, 2015
Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. Uncut
    Mar 10, 2015
    90
    This set combines recordings from a number of indie EPs, and while the ensemble always combines a bemused, tongue-in-cheek quality with a rock'n'roll fanatic's mindset, Dungeon Golds spinning out smart, graceful pop hooks and hard, Dukes-Of-Stratosphear-type psych--gazes hard at mortality. [Apr 2015, p.80]
  2. Mar 27, 2015
    80
    While plenty of folks might pick up Dungeon Golds because some well-known musicians are on board, even with a cast of unknowns Scott McCaughey would still be writing fine songs and singing them with heart and humor, and that's what makes Dungeon Golds worth your time.
  3. Mar 16, 2015
    80
    A vigorous, emphatic outing that offers little let up in terms of its energy and intensity.
  4. Magnet
    Mar 12, 2015
    80
    It's positively full of life. [No. 118, p.56]
  5. 80
    These songs are as trippy, wonderfully produced and well-written as anything in his catalog.
  6. Mar 10, 2015
    70
    The sound is very much mid-’60s Beach Boys/Byrds pop stuff.
  7. Mar 10, 2015
    70
    A welcome sharing of the band's playful way with Sixties pastiche ("It's Magenta, Man!") and vigorous defense of pop classicism's truths and joys.
  8. Mojo
    May 20, 2015
    60
    Golds is rich with wry psych-pop nuggetry of a kindred humour to Robyn Hitchcock. [Jun 2015, p.92]
  9. Classic Rock Magazine
    May 12, 2015
    60
    The Minus 5 remain a star-heavy Trojan horse for McCaughey's songwriting. [Jun 2015, p.97]
  10. Mar 11, 2015
    60
    Dungeon Golds reeks of Record Store Day--it sounds like something that a super fan would hoard away. This doesn’t mean that the tracks are really odd or even deviate much from the overall output from the band, it just means that a fistful of really great songs were paid too much attention over too long a period of time.

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