Stuck On Nothing - Free Energy
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76 out of 100

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  • Summary: The debut full-length album for the Philadelphia band produced by LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy shows influences of 1970's rock music.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Prefix Magazine
    85
    For a debut album oozing with influences, Stuck on Nothing is doubly impressive in the way that it not only makes a definitive mission statement for a truly exciting new band but also manages to keep such a strong sense of itself in spite of itself.
  2. All Music Guide
    80
    Stuck on Nothing isn’t going to change rock & roll history even a little, but for a good time, give the album a listen and you won’t be disappointed.
  3. Uncut
    80
    They appropriate Thin Lizzy's strutting grooves and harmonised guitars on "Dream City" and Psychic Lighting," while other tracks gleefullly work in a careening analog synth as if it had just been invented. [Jun 2010, p.86]
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  4. Drowned In Sound
    60
    You’d need DNA evidence to separate Free Energy from the influences they’re so clearly in thrall of, but it’s all so blusteringly fun and care-free that they make you feel like a curmudgeon for even contemplating giving a shit.

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  1. centurysleuth
    10
    One of the best albums of the year, hands down. Glad to hear bands coming out like this that can play their instruments, and form creative, listenable material.… Expand

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