Keep On Your Mean Side
- The Kills
- Band Name: The Kills
- Record Label: Rough Trade / Domino
- Release Date: Apr 1, 2003
- Summary: "Coincidentally" released on the same day as the fourth album by the White Stripes, to whom the Kills are frequently compared, 'Mean Side' is the debut full-length for the UK blues-rock duo of VV (aka Alison Mosshart) and Hotel, who are backed by a drum machine (a la the Raveonettes).
- Record Label: Rough Trade / Domino
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 12 out of 18
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Mixed: 5 out of 18
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Negative: 1 out of 18
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90No, it's not the new White Stripes record -- it's something infinitely better.
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The Kills' sludgy punk-blues doesn't contain many pop melodies or catchy choruses.
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30The Kills make the least of their limitations -- rather than magnifying the importance of each choice, the simplicity of the Kills reveals how little thought went into any choice.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 9
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Mixed: 0 out of 9
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Negative: 0 out of 9
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FavianR10
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BlancoAlegua9Damned good album. It's got a raw, powerful groove to it. A little hard to believe they're English....
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