Rebel, Sweetheart - The Wallflowers
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73 out of 100

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8.3 out of 10

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  • Summary: Jakob Dylan & co.'s fifth long-player was produced by Brendan O'Brien.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. All Music Guide
    80
    Not that Rebel, Sweetheart offers anything all that different from previous Wallflowers albums -- they just do what they do better than they have before.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    75
    Dylan's images are sharper than ever and his vision more focused. [22 May 2005]
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  3. Entertainment Weekly
    75
    A slickly produced, radio-friendly collection of almost love songs with downbeat lyrics and upbeat guitar riffs. [27 May 2005, p.136]
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  4. Uncut
    60
    Accomplished but seldom inspired. [Aug 2005, p.106]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
  1. bdean
    10
    Jakob Dylan is not Bob Dylan. Well, duh- get over it. This album is amazing.
  2. BrianT
    10
    The fact that the reviewer for Eonline didn't like it much and was catty about it, yet those hacks actually seem to think that "The Black Eyed Peas" are anything other than the flavor of 05 just reaffirms my complete enjoyment of this album. Dylan has come so far since 96's "Bringing Down The Horse." No BS here, and no filler. Every single song on this album spoke to me, and that almost never happens for me in these days of stretched out content and rush recording. Then again, Dylan has proven that he's not as interested in celebrity as he is in becoming a good songwriter. He's getting there!… Expand
  3. JasonR
    7
    Might be the Wallflowers weakest album to date. One of the few Brendan O'Brien produced albums that I've ever been at all disappointed in. The mix sounds a little weird to me...perhaps a bit over compressed and just little "sludgy" sounding. On a positive note, theres a few really great songs. Rebel, Sweetheart just isn't what I've come to expect from usually amazing Wallflowers… Expand
  4. jonahg
    4
    This album instead of moving the wallfowers forward, seems to only drag them back. The singing seems dry, and musically the disc goes nowhere they haven't been before.… Expand

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