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Shaka Rock
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5.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 39 Ratings

  • Summary: Chris "Frenchie" Smith produces the Australian hard rock band's third album.

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She's A Genius
My girl's ready to take control She just blows my mind She only listens to the radio To see who's alive She wakes up scared of getting old, she... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Q Magazine
    80
    Shaka Rock avoids critical flak, however, by harnessing their Stones-age rock with a groovy undercarriage. [Oct 2009, p.114]
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  2. Billboard.com
    62
    Shaka Rock may not expand Jet's range, but its high-energy guitar assaults should impress modern rock audiences.
  3. Spin
    60
    There’s plenty of groan-inducing lyrical inanity, and one can only assume the reggae-rock abomination 'Beat on Repeat' was a misguided effort to branch out. Sometimes the middle of the road is the proper path.
  4. Los Angeles Times
    50
    By and large, Shaka Rock is an unmistakable and confident move toward respectability for Jet. But it does make you wonder why it's so rough for a band to be young, dumb and full of bad come-ons.
  5. Mojo
    40
    Surely the key to echoing some of rock's key ancestral voices is having songs strong enough to stand on their own. Shaka Rock simply doesn't have them. [Oct 2009, p.106]
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  6. Rolling Stone
    40
    They're back with another dull slog through the AC/DC catalog.
  7. AllMusic
    40
    Shaka Rock squanders the promise Jet showed on their previous work, and even if they soldier on and release another ten albums, this feels like the end of the road for them.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 18
  3. Negative: 5 out of 18
  1. JakeB.
    Sep 20, 2009
    10
    Very good.
  2. JoeC.
    Sep 1, 2009
    10
    Straight up rock and roll brilliant.
  4. JohnL
    Sep 17, 2009
    9
    It may not be as great as the first album but this is still brilliant. Some of you guys need to be a bit more realistic and less like It may not be as great as the first album but this is still brilliant. Some of you guys need to be a bit more realistic and less like jerks.(I'm talking to you Phil M).… Expand
  5. DamoD.
    Sep 25, 2009
    7
    This is a great rock n roll record. Really upbeat, cool choruses and big fat hooks. Great party record. Jet just get hammered by critics, This is a great rock n roll record. Really upbeat, cool choruses and big fat hooks. Great party record. Jet just get hammered by critics, they don't even give them a chance. As Bronson W says lighten up not every rock n roll record is out to change the modern face of rock music!.… Expand
  6. JamesR
    Sep 4, 2009
    5
    I think jet really took a pounding after the disappointing SALES from there 2nd album "shine on," which wasn't a bad album. Not only do I think jet really took a pounding after the disappointing SALES from there 2nd album "shine on," which wasn't a bad album. Not only do these songs lack the raw energy and passion of their first two albums, but also the musicianship. What happened to the drummer, listen to him on get born, he's amazing, exciting. He's just generic on this album. This album reeks of a band who's lost their confidence, the single "she's a genius" sounds like a lame attempt to recapture the success of "are you gonna be my girl." It's almost as if the band known for imitating that classic rock sound are poorly imatating their own older selves. there are some positives "KIA," "Black hearts (on fire)" and "Seventeen" are worth listens. "Goodbye Hollywood" and "Walk" show potential but are overproduced. I'm not sure jet can rebound from this album, but I hope they can, because I'm a fan of rock n roll.… Expand
  7. MattC
    Aug 29, 2009
    3
    First album was good, second not so much and this is just outright bad. Doing nothing original was fine the first time but now it sounds like First album was good, second not so much and this is just outright bad. Doing nothing original was fine the first time but now it sounds like they aren't even trying but then again maybe that what to expect.… Collapse
  8. PhilM
    Aug 30, 2009
    0
    I really wish Jet would rhyme with SHIT. because that's what I want to say about this, I want it to be: "Jet? More like SHIT!"

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