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Universal acclaim- based on 446 Ratings
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Positive: 401 out of 446
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Mixed: 38 out of 446
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Negative: 7 out of 446
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Sep 1, 2013This album feels an sounds like a quarter life crisis. Are the tunes, riffs and songwriting strong? Yes. But at the end of it all they fail to make me care or connect as a listener. A few strong tracks would have made a memorable EP, but they really couldn't afford to make yet another one of those. Yawn. Next please Monkeys.
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Jan 20, 2012
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dantedAug 27, 2009Nothing new, nothing original, in some songs sound like nirvana, in other like prodigy, and other bands, very disappointing.
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drunkestepdaddadAug 29, 2009
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Sep 14, 2011The energy of the Monkeys have gone away in this album (and luckily came back in the following "Suck It And See") and they seem to be carrying a rock. Still, some songs as "My Propeller", "Secret Door" and "Dance Little Liar" have interesting melodies as well as lyrics. Not their best, but now we know Arctic Monkeys recovered.
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RamirezSep 26, 2009
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BrynT.Oct 5, 2009Not a bad album, not great either; but more importantly it was hugely unoriginal and cringinly copycat smiths-blur influences etc. at times.
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RicardoC.Sep 2, 2009The album is depressive in a way that doesn't get to you, it just gets you bored. The only decent songs are the first two.
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dacreAug 30, 2009Another example of an overproduced album. All the rawness of their previous releases is gone. They have basically followed the same course as The Strokes. That's too bad.
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Jun 13, 2011I was expecting so much from this album and couldn't help but be disappointed. There are some decent tracks but as an album it just doesn't seem to come together. The first 2 albums have this quality that demands you listen to the albums over and over while Humbug just doesn't. Overall, overproduced and underwhelming.
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Oct 20, 2011
Awards & Rankings
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Since so much of Humbug is about its process, it's not always immediately accessible or pleasurable to an outside listener, nor is it quite the thickly colored freakout Homme's presence suggests.
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Turner’s defense mechanisms are as honed and as vicious as his rather formidable bullshit detector has proven to be in albums past, and whatever Humbug lacks in middle fingers, or even thematic continuity, it makes up for with sinister gazes and scathing ambiguities.
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Humbug isn't better than either of its predecessors, but it expands the group's range and makes me curious where it might go next.