Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace - The Offspring
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Metascore
52 out of 100

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7.9 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 61 Ratings

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  • Summary: The first album in over four years for the California punk band was produced by Bob Rock.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. Los Angeles Times
    75
    The album tends to sag in the middle, and as for those gentler moments, well, one for two isn't bad ('Kristi, Are You Doing Okay?' is OK).
  2. Billboard
    60
    There are potent moments like the rise-and-fall ballad 'Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?' and the fierce 'Nothingtown,' but 'Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace' sounds more like a tentative step in the Offspring's new direction.
  3. NOW Magazine
    60
    Sounding closer to their more earnest Smash days, the songs are snappy to-the-point SoCal punk, albeit with a more polished sheen.
  4. Sputnikmusic
    30
    This misguided eagerness to please is endemic throughout the album’s 12 tracks, from the appropriation of other artists’ styles (the chunky riffing and brutish vocals of ‘Hammerhead’ are reminiscent of Dave Grohl, while closer ‘Rage And Grace’ is a transparent attempt to recreate the vitality of Green Day’s ‘American Idiot’) to Holland’s equally unrelatable lyrics.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 38
  3. Negative: 3 out of 38
  1. joer
    10
    Best offspring album ever!
  2. KamachoMcSagget
    8
    It tries to be a bit more serious than other Offspring albums, but it still sounds really good. In fact, I'd say this is probably their best album (aside from "Greatest Hits", of course).… Expand
  3. MislavF.
    5
    This album sounds like a mishmash of their previous styles with a bit of more modern stuff. It isn't bad, but it's fairly unoriginal and quite forgettable.… Expand
  4. Korne
    4
    First off, I am a huge Offspring fan. While Hammerhead was just what I was looking for, the rest of the CD wasn't. Often it sounded too much like other bands including Greenday and Foo Fighters, but never really like the Offspring. This is a there worst CD to date next to their original demo 'Offspring'.… Expand

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