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On Light Grenades, they are a tightly focused, purposeful band, shifting moods and textures at the drop of a dime, proving that they have become a rare thing: a modern heavy rock band that actually grows and improves with each album.
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UncutThe band seem to have suffered a who-are-we?-style mid-life crisis. [Jan 2007, p.100]
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It’s not an album that will be easily forgotten.
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Q MagazineAn admirably muscular and direct effort. [Jan 2007, p.145]
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New Musical Express (NME)'Light Grenades' offers little change to Incubus' formula of having Brandon Boyd perform his brand of strained vocal gymnastics. [2 Dec 2006, p.30]
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At its worst, Light Grenades is a little scattered, but when it's good, Incubus sound only like their hard-rocking sentimental selves.
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Fans who have been frustrated with recent output will be able to find a lot to like here.
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SpinThe album flounders during their attempts at arty funk. [Jan 2007, p.92]
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Entertainment WeeklyEqually adept at rave-ups and ballads, Incubus even make their unexpected forays into space-rock work. [1 Dec 2006, p.82]
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Alternative PressOverall, it's what you'd expect from Incubus--and that isn't a bad thing. [Jan 2007, p.138]
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The New York TimesThe music’s intricacies become less impressive when so many of them are directly lifted from far better songs. [27 Nov 2006]
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BlenderThe tearjerkers flow free on their sixth studio album. [Jan/Feb 2007, p.88]
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"Light Grenades" refines the band's attack modes: melodic and muscular, gentle and intense.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 75 out of 93
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Mixed: 11 out of 93
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Negative: 7 out of 93
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Aug 8, 2019LOVE this album. Great mix of funk, rock and easy listening melodies. Never gets old.
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Mar 10, 2015
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Sep 17, 2013