- Record Label: Virgin
- Release Date: Sep 2, 2003
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OutburnBRMC continue on a predictable arc, borrowing heavily from Psychocandy-era Jesus & Mary Chain melodies, coked-up Rolling Stones licks, and My Bloody Valentine's production values. [#23, p.88]
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BlenderThe dark spaciousness that boosted BRMC's uneven 2001 debut is replaced with garage-rock fist pumpers, which are all catchy but cramped. [Sep 2003, p.119]
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On a first listen it sounds very long. On a second listen it sounds just like the eponymous debut, with the odd anthem missing. On a third listen we have to concede there are some fine moments.
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Take Them On, On Your Own is a good album, but some may be disappointed with just how much the band plays it safe.
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Their no-surrender stance is admirable, but Black Rebel haven't a hope of leading the people's revolution because they are so self-consciously reverential, with each narcotic outburst owing its existence to the Pistols and the Jesus and Mary Chain.
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Q MagazineThere's a lack of emotional intrigue or maverick charm here that keeps everything at a shrug-inducing distance. [Sep 2003, p.100]
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A skull-numbingly dull record, utterly bereft of the anti-establishment rhetoric these boring fakers aspire to.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 18 out of 19
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Mixed: 0 out of 19
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Negative: 1 out of 19
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KarlMarxMay 30, 2005
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ShireenHMay 22, 2004
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joycewNov 20, 2003I've never heard their first cd but after hearing "Take Them On..." I've got to go buy the first. They have got a dark sound that I love.