Shine On
by Jet
  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Oct 3, 2006
Metascore
62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 16
  3. Negative: 2 out of 16
  1. New Musical Express (NME)
    70
    If you get a kick out of glorious, ragged old rock'n'roll, then you'll consider it essential.
  2. Dot Music
    40
    When you don't have the fun of playing spot-the-steal, all you're left with are wishy washy pastiches and a sense of growing fatigue.
  3. AllMusic
    70
    Shine On is a good album that avoids the sophomore slump, but has enough moments of rote rocking to make the next record a worrisome prospect.
  5. Rolling Stone
    60
    Jet are at their best in the high power-riff gear of "Stand Up" and "Rip It Up"... with singer-guitarist Nic Chester barking and bawling like an improbable trinity of Liam Gallagher, Bon Scott and Axl Rose. When those songs take off, you fly.
  6. The Guardian
    60
    Get Born's follow-up suggests their musical palette is substantially broader than that of their progenitors or than their Cro-Magnon image suggests... [but] the lyrics are agonisingly stupid throughout.
  7. NOW Magazine
    60
    While occasionally generic, nothing on Shine On is as annoying as their breakthrough single, Are You Gonna Be My Girl.
  8. musicOMH.com
    40
    [Jet] are making a career out of sounding like a Small Faces tribute band covering The Beatles in the style of Oasis.
  9. Slant Magazine
    30
    You can practically hear the energy draining away as the album progresses and one song slides into another, indistinguishable by either melody or lyric.
  10. Billboard
    40
    Volume and snappy nods to '70s arena rock cannot obscure empty angst and lazy rhymes.
  11. Under The Radar
    30
    The problem once again is that it’s all been done before and better. [#15]
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  12. Uncut
    80
    With Shine On, Jet manage to establish a common ground between Badfinger and AC/DC. [Nov 2006, p.110]
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  13. Q Magazine
    80
    Shine On is "new old rock" at its finest. [Nov 2006, p.136]
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  14. Mojo
    60
    Something about Jet doesn't quite ring true. [Dec 2006, p.106]
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  15. Blender
    50
    A retread of a retread. [Nov 2006, p.148]
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  16. Spin
    50
    It's when Jet explore the territory between their lodestars [AC/DC and the Beatles] that they go from being decent mimics to inconsequential imitators. [Nov 2006, p.96]
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  17. Entertainment Weekly
    67
    Mostly forgettable. [6 Oct 2006, p.68]
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Awards & Rankings

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#68 Most Discussed Album of 2006
57
#57 Most Shared Album of 2006

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User Score
5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 69 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 43 out of 69
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 69
  3. Negative: 21 out of 69
  1. Xbluannax
    Nov 21, 2021
    8
    Really miss this Australian band great rock songs on here to dance to, shame they are no longer a band.
  2. Jamison12
    Jun 27, 2013
    8
    This isn't as good as Get Born, but it's good. Very good. Jet is the modern day Beatles. Simple as that.
    The title track is good, and Rip it    This isn't as good as Get Born, but it's good. Very good. Jet is the modern day Beatles. Simple as that.
    The title track is good, and Rip it up is a sleeper track.    … Full Review »
  3. GeorgeC.
    Feb 7, 2008
    1
    I liked these guys much better when they were called Iggy and The Stooges.
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