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Dec 19, 2011Like any good album for the information age, Soul Punk is overloaded well past the point of saturation and its merciless in its attack, so it can be a bit overbearing, yet there's a real, vivid imagination behind its crystalline clamor.
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Entertainment WeeklyNov 15, 2011He loses himself among all the references here, leaving an emptiness at Soul Punk's otherwise vibrant center. [28 Oct 2011, p.73]
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Alternative PressOct 21, 2011Soul Punk is a brave, bold statement on which Stump asserts his individuality. [Aug 2011, p.111]
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Oct 18, 2011Forget the punk and the old-school soul, this is a retro-leaning pop album--and a mostly good one.
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Oct 18, 2011With its sleek club-pop synths, flowery R&B singing and ultra-earnest lyrics about economic hardship and hometown pride, Soul Punk fulfills no known stereotype; it never allows you to tune out, confident in your assumption of where the music is headed.
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Oct 18, 2011Stump is an excellent, nimble singer, but it's his songwriting that makes this one of the most irrefutably catchy albums of 2011.
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Oct 17, 2011It's good--really good--but only if you want it to be.
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Oct 13, 2011Every song on Soul Punk bleeds confidence and assurance--that these songs are what Patrick Stump is happy creating--music that he's proud of.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 26 out of 30
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Mixed: 0 out of 30
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Negative: 4 out of 30
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Sep 4, 2015
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Oct 30, 2012Similar to Fall Out Boy
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Mar 31, 2018