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8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 6 Ratings

  • Summary: The second release for King Tuff was produced by Bobby Harlow and is his first on the Sub Pop label.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. May 29, 2012
    88
    Feel-good nostalgia meets the stoned Dazed and Confused-types and the glam-punks halfway. The album's fuzzed-out appeal ... makes it a summer go-to disc.
  2. Jun 12, 2012
    87
    The results, especially when they give equal time to his natural charm and knob-twiddler Bobby Harlow's clearly natural talent ("Keep On Movin'"), are nothing short of spectacular.
  3. Uncut
    Sep 28, 2012
    80
    The album, reminiscent of Jon Spencer at times, exudes a deep love of rock 'n' roll on each track. [Nov 2012, p.77]
  4. Jun 7, 2012
    76
    Though it may lack a song with the immediacy of something like "Girls FM," the tracks on King Tuff represent some of the best work of the career of a man who's hopefully just getting started.
  5. Aug 9, 2012
    70
    Thomas has a near prodigy-like ability to generate indelible hooks that pull from a relatively deep well of inspiration.
  6. Jun 25, 2012
    70
    The greasy, catchy garage-pop on the Vermont-bred singer's second record sneers like convenience store parking lot stoners.
  7. Q Magazine
    Oct 12, 2012
    40
    More quality control wouldn't have gone amiss. [Jul 2012, p.104]

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Score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. Jun 22, 2012
    9
    This album is sheer brilliance. It contains the right mood, the vibe, the spirit of rock and roll. Amazing, uplifting and greatly writtenThis album is sheer brilliance. It contains the right mood, the vibe, the spirit of rock and roll. Amazing, uplifting and greatly written songs on this album made me want more and more. I can only recommend this to all fans of rock and roll as it became an istant classic for me. Collapse