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May 2, 2013Everybody Loves Sausages exceeds every expectation for a covers album, especially one so far into a band’s career.
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Apr 29, 2013An odd little journey, but one worth making.
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Apr 30, 2013A sense of glee infuses every weird noise and sludgy riff.
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MagnetMay 10, 2013No matter the song or guest, it always sounds like the Melvins, and that's a good thing. [No. 98, p.58]
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Apr 24, 2013With the band straying very little from the original templates, the main surprises come when they have to change styles to fit the songs.
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May 2, 2013Calling in favours from Neurosis’s Scott Kelly and Mudhoney’s Mark Arm makes Everybody Loves Sausages feel like a loose party record.
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May 2, 2013The goofball virtuosity of these tracks is fun if not especially memorable. Where Everybody Loves Sausages hits hardest is when the Melvins assert their personality on the material, rather than vice versa.
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Apr 24, 2013The question is then, on Everybody Loves Sausages, the band's first all covers album, can they maintain the originality that seeps through their reworkings for an entire album? Yes, yes they can. And how.
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May 10, 2013It's a whimsical exercise that allows the Melvins to test their limits with an agenda that pushes them to break away from typical patterns and artifices. Yet, even as they explore what it's like to take on the personas of their influences, the Melvins still manage to sound surprisingly natural throughout.
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The WireApr 24, 2013This is a collection of songs that the group genuinely love and it shows. [Apr 2013, p.61]
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UncutApr 24, 2013Cigars all around for these sludge-metal/grunge veterans, then, with a set that values hand-on-heart appreciation over novelty. [May 2013, p.74]