• Record Label: Epic/Red
  • Release Date: Sep 30, 2008
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
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  3. Negative: 1 out of 5

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Metascore
61

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 11
  2. Negative: 2 out of 11
  1. With The Fabled City, Morello's growth as a topical songwriter is enormous; he's brought the singer/songwriter into a cultural discussion, a dialogue, where we can dialogue not only about characters (who are treated with dignity as speaking subjects, not merely as objects to hang a tune on) and their struggles, but also with popular music again, as a ready tool for awareness of the world around us.
  2. 50
    The protest ballads plod, and even the song about praying for God to drown the president sounds more weary than pissed. The Nightwatchman is that rare crusader whose secret identity is more exciting than his alter ego.
  3. The Rage Against the Machine guitarist's remarkable transformation from purveyor of weapons-grade funk-metal riffs into introspective protest folkie yields even more impressive fruit on his second solo effort The Fabled City.