Buy Now
| Buy on |
|
- Critic score
- Publication
- By date
-
Q MagazineJul 26, 2016Beck thrills tot he max--and Loud Hailer hits career peaks of tough, funky belligerence. [Sep 2016, p.102]
-
Jul 26, 2016Beck has never made a record quite like this before, one that radiates knowledge and tempers cynicism with hope and hope with cynicism. Thank goodness we have it now and for all time.
-
Jul 15, 2016There’s feisty attitude in abundance here but significantly, also substance and sincerity behind the rhetoric. Sensational stuff.
-
Jul 15, 2016An out of the ordinary offering, the disc proves Beck still hasn’t stopped growing.
-
Jul 14, 2016Rather, at 72, Jeff Beck continues to push the envelope and stays as edgy and restless as those less than half his age.
-
Jul 15, 2016Compared to the floating ambition of Emotion & Commotion, this album feels invigorating and suggests how Beck doesn't want to rest on his laurels, even if he's not fully committed to embrace the turmoil of the present.
-
UncutJul 13, 2016The lyrics can be trite, but the guitar is accomplished, and the title fits. [Aug 2016, p.71]
-
Jul 13, 2016Lyrically this has all been done better before, but it does show that Beck is fully engaged with the world. Moreover, Loud Hailer’s often stunning tapestry of vampy rock, funk, Southern blues and wah-wah wizardry proves that all of his considerable faculties are as sharp as they ever were.
-
Aug 2, 2016["Pull It" is] the high point of Loud Hailer (an English colloquialism for megaphone), and its wordlessness is a plus; other songs decry war, apathy, greed, crass media, evil politicians, empty fame and other ills with less art than righteous heart.
-
Jul 13, 2016Guitarist Carmen Vandenberg and singer Rosie Bones are on hand to bring focus to Beck’s vocabulary of guitar sounds.
-
Jul 14, 2016A mixed blessing. The musical edifice that he and his cohorts have built is strong and daringly modern, but they’ve decorated the insides with spray paint and hashtagged sentiments.
-
MojoJul 13, 2016Overall these are bold ideas rather than great songs. [Aug 2016, p.91]
User score distribution:
-
Positive: 8 out of 11
-
Mixed: 1 out of 11
-
Negative: 2 out of 11
-
Jul 17, 2016