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  • Summary: The debut solo release for the B-52 singer features contributions from Sia and Nick Valensi of The Strokes.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. May 29, 2015
    80
    Whilst this is an album that will draw comparisons to the band that made her name, it is a fine, if long overdue, solo effort.
  2. Feb 19, 2015
    70
    Guitars and Microphones is right in line with Pierson’s penchant for spiky dance pop, but it’s also a more revealing look at the atomically redheaded siren.
  3. Feb 19, 2015
    64
    Pierson hasn’t lost any of the force or heat that’s characterized her vocal work for 40 years; if anything, she’s acquired the ability to enrich otherwise pedestrian line readings with a resonance that feels born of a life well lived.
  4. Mojo
    Jun 10, 2015
    60
    Her songs are full of girl group feistiness. But not all of them. [Jul 2015, p.94]
  5. Feb 19, 2015
    60
    A collection of brassy manifestoes about independence and, naturally, outer space.
  6. Uncut
    Feb 19, 2015
    50
    Pierson's first outing without Fred Schneider and co is produced to sound immaculately (and blandly) like 1980s American new Wave pop; enough to make "Love Shack" seem cutting edge. [Mar 2015, p.80]
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  1. Feb 22, 2016
    10
    One of the BEST albums I've heard in a long while. This one has the lilt of the B-52s party-oriented music, combined with Pierson's ownOne of the BEST albums I've heard in a long while. This one has the lilt of the B-52s party-oriented music, combined with Pierson's own alternative and independent drive. Her voice can carry almost ANY song, and there's not a single bad cut on this album. Expand