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Good Bad Not Evil
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 17 Ratings

  • Summary: The fifth studio album for the group from Georgia.

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Bad Kids
Bad Kids all my friends are bad kids product of no dad kids kids like you and me bad kids aint no college grad kids livin' out on the skids kids... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    91
    'O Katrina!' which kicks off like any lovesick Nuggets stomp, then drops the line "I can't believe what's on the TV screen." We're not hearing about a jilted girl anymore, but a jilted city. And before that can sink in, another wonderfully scuzzy guitar solo is on its way.
  2. Filter
    82
    The album marks the first time Black Lips’ unconscious bar anthems have sounded completely, well, developed.
  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    American flower-punks Black Lips are purists when it comes to scuzz, and Good Bad, Not Evil is a perfect tapestry of sordid pleasure.
  4. Drowned In Sound
    70
    There’s filler for sure, but with the 13 tracks being sleek as they are such fluff merely makes for a more rounded proposition.
  5. BBC collective
    70
    Good Bad, Not Evil delivers 13 testosterone-crazed grooves which mercifully give finicky revivalism the swerve, in favour of fuzz-frazzled sonics and lots of fun.
  6. Spin
    60
    It's gleefully cheeky, but a little safe. [Oct 2007, p.96]
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  7. Q Magazine
    40
    Entertaining in the flesh maybe, but a considerably less engaging proposition on record. [Jan 2008, p.105]
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  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
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  1. JohnnyT.
    Oct 8, 2007
    10
    The best band to come out of Atlanta . . . um, ever. Most reviews have been a little too lukewarm for my blood. I don't know how you The best band to come out of Atlanta . . . um, ever. Most reviews have been a little too lukewarm for my blood. I don't know how you feel lukewarm about a band like this, you should either love them or hate them. One of the top 5 albums of the year.… Expand
  2. MarkR
    Oct 13, 2007
    9
    Absolutely great and quite funny....great if your into the genre
  4. WesselK.
    Oct 5, 2007
    8
    This is what i wanted from the black lips. An consisted album, without the childless fooling around (it's fun to see that live but not This is what i wanted from the black lips. An consisted album, without the childless fooling around (it's fun to see that live but not on the album). The only problem is that it doesn't have the real killers like 'buried alive' and 'sea of blasphemy'. The black lips made a proper pop album and it's a sidestep from their previous material. The next album should be the classic Garage rock album of the new millennium.… Expand

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