Street Sweeper Social Club - Street Sweeper Social Club
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critics What's this?

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 16 Ratings

  • Summary: The debut album for the new project led by Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine/Audioslave and Boots Riley of The Coup.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 17
  2. Negative: 4 out of 17
  1. 90
    The true brilliance here is what is not done rather than what is. Instead of getting repetitive, drawn out, and maybe even boring, the album concludes itself at a measly yet perfect 11 tracks, clocking in at just under 40 minutes.
  2. It's Street Sweeper Social Club, pairing guitarist Tom Morello with rapper Boots Riley on a self-titled collection of striking, strident songs that take aim at the status quo with devastating riffs and searing lyrics.
  3. 60
    Morello's guitars tend to dominate, Riley's best lines get lost, and none of the songs here have the tunes to convert floating voters. [Nov 2009, p.106]
  4. Even as a record of adequate, vaguely politicized mook-rock, it mostly falls flat, whether by lazy lyrics or some uninspired drumming from Galactic's Stanton Moore, who adds plenty of percussive touches like the judicious cowbell of 'Clap For the Killers' but sinks more straightforward tracks such as 'The Oath' like a stone.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. bankrobber
    10
    The metacritic average does not include the rave reviews from The Boston Herald, The Associated Press, or Revolver Magazine. They are all major publications and would easily be rating the album at a 90 or above. This would change the album's score dramatically. You should include those. Expand
  2. PrestonJ
    8
    Perfect cruising music. The tempo never really changes over the cd's course, but is plenty of fun while it lasts. Ideal for long drives and riotous nights with your friends. Expand
  3. QuayT
    7
    Don't expect Rage Against the Machine, but it's still pretty good and harkens back to the socially-aware rap that appears to be going extinct. Expand
  4. KateS
    0
    Horrible album, no more words fot this.

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