Smoke & Mirrors
by The Datsuns
  • Record Label: V2
  • Release Date: Oct 9, 2006
User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4

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  1. JimS
    Jan 30, 2007
    9
    This album is fantastic, i cant get enough of it. I listen to it back to back regularly. Brilliant...Well done The Datsuns!
  2. AileenB
    Jan 8, 2007
    10
    Their best album yet. I love it!
  3. sizzla
    Dec 17, 2006
    8
    A really pleasant surprise. This is actually a better album than their debut and a way better album than the follow-up. There's a couple of clunkers but mostly it's a very enjoyable album and you can tell they're having fun. Plenty here to suggest that there's life (and a career) in the Datsuns yet.
  4. kiwie
    Dec 8, 2006
    6
    A swing and a miss. They are a little short on the ripsnorting rock blasts at break-neck speed that have ben their trademark. Should have stuck with the same ol same ol. If it aint broke, don't fix it.

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Metascore
62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Dot Music
    60
    A short, sharp blast of snotty fun that suggests the party is not over yet.
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  2. Mojo
    60
    Their forte remains unashamed headbanger action. [Nov 2006, p.114]
  3. musicOMH.com
    40
    There are gospel singers, there are elements of Zepplin'y mysticism, and there are swampy Cajun tinged bits, but nothing hides the fact that it's too little too late.
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