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This is a return to the sound of Sixteen Stone, complete with big, grandiose production propelled by ballsy grunge riffs and real hooks in the guitars and vocals.
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Gavin Rossdale's delicious rasp is still unequivocally sexy, but his melodies are rote versions of the same old song.
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SpinGolden State merely sounds like Bush--not as buffed as 1999's The Science of Things, but slicker than 1996's Razorblade Suitcase. [Dec 2001, p.152]
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Alternative PressThere is little on Golden State to differentiate it from its predecessors. [Dec 2001, p.76]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 16 out of 21
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Mixed: 2 out of 21
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Negative: 3 out of 21
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Feb 4, 2021
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AlexAJul 10, 2009This album may be bush's worst, but it is still a great album.
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JonathanHDec 9, 2006