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76 out of 100

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8.9 out of 10

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  • Summary: The third LP from Scotland's Mogwai was produced by David Fridmann of Mercury Rev.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 16
  3. Negative: 2 out of 16
  1. Magnet
    100
    A massively significant step forward.... Rock Action is so monumentally magisterial, it approaches near heretical status: the post-post-rock era's Sgt. Pet Sounds' Lonely Hearts Club Band.
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  2. Blender
    40
    A 38-minute meditation on how not to build on a hook. [Jun/Jul 2001, p.114]
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  3. The A.V. Club
    30
    Even [producer Dave] Fridmann's ever-clever studio work can't make Rock Action interesting.

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  1. Positive: 10 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. TheVillageDrunk
    10
    This is a damn near perfect. Sine Wave opens the album with a wall of sound so powerful it nearly crushes you to death before Take Me Somewhere Nice soothes you with it's lush surge, while pondering spaceships over Glasgow. Dial: Revenge is a heartbreaking Gruff Rhys-lead tragedy of some kind. You Don't Know Jesus easily perfects the heavy build up then 2 right Make 1 Wrong glories in a cinematic soundscape that would put a smile on anyone's face. It ends with a Secret Pint, like a drunk friend falling through your front door before opening his heart to you. In all seriousness, there's barely a wasted note on Rock Action, Mogwai have tried & came close, but they've never bettered it.… Expand
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  2. Tubz
    10
    Very Pure. Good Album Overall!
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  3. mg
    5
    very uneven, and they shouldn't sing. sine wave is excellent.
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