Happy In Galoshes
by Scott Weiland
  • Record Label: New West
  • Release Date: Nov 25, 2008
Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14
  1. AllMusic
    80
    Happy in Galoshes isn't quite as textured or bright as "12 Bar Blues"--the smaller budget is evident in its muted colors as well as Weiland's sleepy delivery--but it has the same emphasis on churning psychedelia and clomping glam.
  2. Billboard
    70
    While the debut showed him eager to step outside the confines of STP, he essentially has nothing to prove here, and as a result, it's a casual-sounding record.
  3. Blender
    50
    Mood enhancers like 'Blind Confusion' and 'Blister on My Soul' set tart melodies to a guitar punch that compensates for a shortage of coherent content. But from there, things slow down and bloat up.
  5. Entertainment Weekly
    42
    Sticky melodies crop up here and there, but they're badly outnumbered by turgid power ballads and indulgent experiments.
  6. Hot Press
    60
    STP singer on the solo comeback trail.
  7. Mojo
    60
    The singer's second solo album is far removed from VR's ass-kicking hard rock. [Feb 2009, p.108]
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  8. NOW Magazine
    40
    What he winds up with is an unfocused yet sonically balanced mess.
  9. PopMatters
    60
    Happy in Galoshes is a fresh start for a rock star who began his career derided as a lightweight, but who is slowly gaining respect and credibility both in hindsight and looking forward.
  10. Q Magazine
    60
    Galoshes largely succeeds as a document of a delinquent soul finally coming to terms with his own past. [Feb 2009, p.119]
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  11. Rolling Stone
    70
    His latest is two discs and all over the highway, from the solid rock of "Missin' Cleveland" to the banjo-glam ballad 'Tango With Your Mind' to the bossa-nova glide of 'Killing Me Sweetly.'
  12. Slant Magazine
    40
    Galoshes is a fascinating mess.
  13. Spin
    60
    With intervention from the boys of No Doubt and production help from Steve Albini, this sprawling album earns a fair hearing.
  14. The Boston Phoenix
    25
    It might be one of the year's worst albums, an underwritten, overarranged mess of factory-floor guitar fuzz, go-nowhere vocal melodies, limp electronic beats, and lyrical clunkers.
  15. Uncut
    60
    Here Scott Weiland lets off steam in grand style. [Feb 2009, p.101]
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User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14
  1. BrentH
    Dec 27, 2008
    8
    I like the dominate, beefy bass through out the cd good production. The slower songs really projects Weiland's vocal ability he gives it I like the dominate, beefy bass through out the cd good production. The slower songs really projects Weiland's vocal ability he gives it a real eligant vibe. Great melodys something that scott dose not lack. Anyways I am from Cleveland and so is he.… Full Review »
  2. ricardod
    Nov 29, 2008
    9
    "Happy In Galoshes" runs in much more familiar grounds than "12 Bar Blues" did, but it's still a joy to hear Scott Weiland running free "Happy In Galoshes" runs in much more familiar grounds than "12 Bar Blues" did, but it's still a joy to hear Scott Weiland running free from the constraints of an actual "band". "Paralysis" is simply wonderful and many other tracks follow closely. Good stuff.… Full Review »
  3. SanderE
    Nov 26, 2008
    8
    Ok, maybe it's not the most brilliant album ever made, but come on, it's still Scott Weiland!
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