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The most striking aspect of Gold Medal is the band's remarkable maturation process over the past two years.
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Alternative PressWe're skipping past Gold Medal's soggy, pub-folk title track toward an otherwise flawless album of glossy, commercial punk. [Dec 2004, p.142]
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Their craft has gotten way deeper than hey-ho blitzkrieg bop.
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UncutThey may be shamelessly role-playing their Joan Jett schtick, but The Donnas still out-rock earnest retro-bores like Jet and Kings Of Leon. [Dec 2004, p.157]
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MojoThey've come within a hairclip's breadth of producing the rock'n'roll riot they always promised. [Dec 2004, p.114]
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They churn out seriously fun, ballsy rock tunes with a wink and a nod.
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BlenderHere, their frustration with scheming girlfriends and negligent boyfriends boils over into a cathartic froth. [Nov 2004, p.132]
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One of the rare instances in which a band grew more interesting after looking away from punk and back toward classic-rock influences, Gold Medal fills in some of the blanks between the group's trademark three chords.
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SpinThe Donnas... have zeroed in on their true obsession: obsession. [Dec 2004, p.117]
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Entertainment WeeklyAs with many of their peers' stabs at maturity, professionalism often replaces raw power. [29 Oct 2004, p.66]
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They've mostly dropped the songs that traded entirely on their sexuality, replacing them with tunes full of nuance and subtlety.
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Five albums in, these ladies have outgrown their limited palette of good-time party tunes about boys, cars and getting high, and have tapped into an emotional well full of more bile than anyone could have expected.
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FilterThere's... an unexpected intimacy in their nonchalance. [#13, p.92]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 17
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Mixed: 2 out of 17
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Negative: 1 out of 17
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AmandaSep 19, 2006
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samrApr 16, 2005Loved it!
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MarkHApr 4, 2005