Powder Burns - The Twilight Singers
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78 out of 100

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9.2 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 33 Ratings

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  • Summary: 'Powder Burns' is Greg Dulli's fourth album under the Twilight Singers name, and was recorded in New Orleans before, during (using generators) and after Hurricane Katrina. Joseph Arthur and Ani DiFranco guest.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
  1. Drowned In Sound
    90
    While Dulli’s working from his usual palette of muddy grooves, guitar-scree and leering swagger, the new album sounds more urgent and lucid in intention than its predecessors.
  2. Uncut
    80
    Mostly the mood is dark. Kinda seductive, too. [Jun 2006, p.120]
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  3. Billboard
    50
    While Dulli's bitter, drunken voice remains front and center, the backup vocals and orchestras nearly make the songs sound like a parody, marrying a beast to a beauty.
  4. Stylus Magazine
    33
    Sounding (at best, mind you) like an uninspired Afghan Whigs tribute band, it recycles motifs, melody lines, production tricks, and lyrics from the back catalog. Part of the problem lies in the production--it's far too muddled, loud, and flat--but even the most gifted producer would have trouble making a good album out of the Dulli-by-numbers on display here.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 21
  3. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. OnofreL.
    10
    Incredible and for me, their best album!! Go and buy it!!! from Caracas, Venezuela...
  2. BabyHustlerKGB
    10
    Intense & spirtual
  3. BlackoutNights
    8
    I wonder why we read reviews on things we like, or even bother to write them when we're not being paid for our opinion? Dulli's never been about putting something together to please anyone but himself. That's part of the fucker's charm. Powder Burns is a storm of emotion and noise. It's the best Twilight Singers album to date. Having said that, I agree with Jason P. the latter part of the album starts to sag, still listenable, but nowhere near the intensity of the beginning...though if you got it off iTunes, They Ride certainly is a great closer. Dulli's playing to the "in", and if you're not in it, get out of the damn bar...fucker.… Expand
  4. JeremyD
    3
    Just doesn't capture the magic of early TS material. Certainly doesn't come close to the Whigs. Really, a very poor record.

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