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Universal acclaim - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. Oct 13, 2022
    90
    King Gizzard are restless and brilliant and listeners must follow everything they do like a hawk because they might unleash something classic, just like they did with Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava.
  2. Dec 20, 2022
    81
    Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava stakes its claim as the band’s most agitated yet fiercely funky record.
  3. Oct 19, 2022
    80
    The result is a glorious, dizzy riot with no precursor. [Dec 2022, p.18]
  4. Mojo
    Oct 19, 2022
    80
    With its major keys, funky breakbeats, scorching guitar solos and soothing flutes, here's one Gizzard Magnum opus not to miss in the deluge. [Dec 2022, p.92]
  5. Oct 13, 2022
    80
    The real joy in this album is found in the shared musical language that’s exhibited across its seven tracks. Instruments fold into each other and each player seems to relish the chance to explore these sonic spaces with true abandon together. These might not be King Gizzard’s tightest, or most immediately memorable pieces of songcraft, but their creativity and kinship is on full display here, which is ultimately what this band has always been all about (that and reminding us of impending heat death).
  6. Classic Rock Magazine
    Oct 19, 2022
    70
    A way more fun prospect than it seems. [Nov 2022, p.75]
  7. Oct 13, 2022
    70
    Element, and devoutly ambitious, it’s a record to be absorbed at its own pace.

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User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Oct 27, 2022
    7
    Pretty decent record. Some tracks are a bit annoying (looking at you, Lava). What bothers me the most about this album are the lyrics. They'rePretty decent record. Some tracks are a bit annoying (looking at you, Lava). What bothers me the most about this album are the lyrics. They're a bit nonchalant and uninspired at times, but the instrumental makes up for it. Something to listen to on a trip!

    Favourite tracks: Mycellium, Ice V, Magma, Iron Lung, Gliese 710
    Least favourite tracks: Lava, Hell's Itch
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