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Smoke & Mirrors
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 4 Ratings

  • Summary: The New Zealand rock band returns with a third album.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Q Magazine
    70
    Now they are finally more punchy than punchable. [Nov 2006, p.140]
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  2. The Guardian
    70
    Surprisingly lean, vibrant and enjoyable.
  3. Uncut
    60
    Some of their poppiest songs to date. [Nov 2006, p.106]
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  4. Mojo
    60
    Their forte remains unashamed headbanger action. [Nov 2006, p.114]
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  5. Dot Music
    60
    A short, sharp blast of snotty fun that suggests the party is not over yet.
  6. New Musical Express (NME)
    50
    For the most part it's clear that the New Zealanders have lost what sense of direction or purpose they had left. [7 Oct 2006, p.39]
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  7. 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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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. AileenB
    Jan 8, 2007
    10
    Their best album yet. I love it!
  2. 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!
  4. 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 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.… Expand
  5. 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 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.… Collapse

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