Peace Love Death Metal
by Eagles of Death Metal
Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 1 out of 13
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    91
    Hughes' titillating vocal performance makes these Eagles soar. [26 Mar 2004, p.73]
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  2. Stylus Magazine
    80
    Canned Heat mixed with Kiss and chopped into lines with Elvis and Queens Of The Stone Age.
  3. Blender
    80
    Eagles of Death Metal aren't air-quote ironic like the Darkness; they're a passionately played goof for Homme. [May 2004, p.120]
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  5. Austin Chronicle
    78
    Opener "I Only Want You" busts the QOTSA model with a little funk and jive. The rest of the album follows suit: a Queens backbone and Seventies rib.
  6. Pitchfork
    72
    Peace Love Death Metal is at its best when the inside joke is buried deep in the music, but whenever the deathtongue is planted squarely in the deathcheek, the songs turn not just silly, but lumbering and self-indulgent, overburdened by the overriding concept.
  7. Mojo
    70
    A swaggering, intoxicating tight-but-loose debut. [Jun 2004, p.107]
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  8. Uncut
    70
    Often shambolic and in-jokey, it's also sensationally good fun. [May 2004, p.93]
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  9. Rolling Stone
    70
    If there's a problem, it's that the fifteen songs tend to blur together after nearly forty-five minutes.
  10. Alternative Press
    70
    So authentic, you'll think songs like "Bad Dream Mama" were put to tape 25 years ago. [Jun 2004, p.108]
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  11. Q Magazine
    70
    Splendidly queasy listening. [May 2004, p.100]
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  12. Trouser Press
    70
    Like all great garage rock, it all sounds the same, but that doesn’t matter.

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8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 28 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 28
  3. Negative: 3 out of 28
  1. Vampire25
    Apr 2, 2012
    9
    This is boogie woogie, head-shaking music that's consistent the whole way through. Eagles Of Death Metal aren't trying to start a movement orThis is boogie woogie, head-shaking music that's consistent the whole way through. Eagles Of Death Metal aren't trying to start a movement or get you thinking about the meaning of life, absolutely not. It's just good old rock and roll that makes you want to swing your hips. I've listened to it once already and I'm instantly hooked. A-… Full Review »
  2. battlebongs
    Mar 8, 2014
    0
    Not the worst thing to come from members of Queens of the Stone age, but its pretty bad. Josh Homme should just stick to Queens of the StoneNot the worst thing to come from members of Queens of the Stone age, but its pretty bad. Josh Homme should just stick to Queens of the Stone Age where he belongs… Full Review »
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    Mar 8, 2014
    0
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