Earthly Delights
by Lightning Bolt
  • Record Label: Load
  • Release Date: Oct 27, 2009
User Score
7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 20 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 20
  3. Negative: 4 out of 20

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  1. AShinyG1ratina
    Jun 22, 2022
    6
    It's definitely not their best but Lightning Bolt continue to impress me with how complex their soundscapes can be. Nation of Boar in particular is a big standout.

Awards & Rankings

88
#88 Best Album of 2009

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. Dusted Magazine
    70
    It is awfully difficult to bring audiences out of themselves without stacks of speakers, massed bodies and the possibility of timing things just right, all of which only the right context can provide.
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  2. Observer Music Monthly
    80
    It is also a sound that on this, their fifth album, seems as resistant to change as the forces of nature and while seemingly limited in palette, is as expansive as it is inventive.
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  3. PopMatters
    70
    Earthly Delights builds on the band’s last two successes, more concise than 2005’s "Hypermagic Mountain" and more stylistically diverse than 2003’s "Wonderful Rainbow."
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