Spelled In Bones
by Fruit Bats
  • Record Label: Sub Pop
  • Release Date: Jul 26, 2005
Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. Alternative Press
    40
    Second-rate Shins. [Aug 2005, p.164]
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  2. Stylus Magazine
    58
    It’s not groundbreaking. It’s not a huge stylistic forward leap or a studio-stunt. It’s simply another of Eric Johnson and his band’s records of simple grandiosity.
  3. Junkmedia
    60
    Lead bat Eric Johnson is a talented songwriter but his '60s lite-psych melodies and scruffy acoustic backdrop are not just tired, they're nearly dead.
  5. Magnet
    50
    Songs that actually shoot for happy tend to slide into saccharine. [#69, p.96]
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User Score
7.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 2 out of 9
  1. OttoZ
    Sep 28, 2006
    9
    Fun, lively, interesting.
  2. funkink
    Apr 16, 2006
    10
    I don't think its quite as good as previous albums, but after seeing them live I can't not love it.
  3. Dale
    Sep 27, 2005
    10
    The perfection of this CD is unvailed the more one listens to it. Saw their live on-stage performance which cemented my rating.
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