The Royal Society
by The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
  • Record Label: MCA
  • Release Date: Oct 25, 2004
Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    A demented, disjointed, delicious-as-human-rump-steak modern classic. [23 Oct 2004, p.49]
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  2. The Guardian
    80
    [Singer Guy] McKnight's baritone, which could earn him a packet doing horror movie voiceovers, injects melodrama into songs already drowning in it.
  3. Playlouder
    100
    Confrontational, clammy, brimming with confidence... ‘Royal Society’ is as majestic as its title implies.
  5. Uncut
    80
    Explores themes of mental derailment and the black arts against a backdrop of the heaviest psychobilly, grunge-metal and stoner rock. [Nov 2004, p.106]
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  6. Drowned In Sound
    80
    There’s something horrific about this record; it’s possessed by an indefinable evil that permeates every song.
  7. Tiny Mix Tapes
    100
    This record is full of the illogical, instinctive, incomprehensible poetry that the BEST Rock & Roll lyrics are made of, and contains some of the most distinctive and indeed brilliant music of the last ten years/twenty five years/ever/let's get more carried away.

Awards & Rankings

37
#37 Best Album of 2004

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User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 14
  3. Negative: 2 out of 14
  1. JohnH
    Jan 23, 2006
    8
    In my opinion, this is THE most underrated band in the world TODAY. Trust me, listen to these guys. Look online for a streamed free-play. In my opinion, this is THE most underrated band in the world TODAY. Trust me, listen to these guys. Look online for a streamed free-play. Tune in to music channels, and hope that they come on. This band NEEDS to be heard. Full stop.… Full Review »
  2. Kesher
    May 29, 2005
    9
    Hahahaha and indeed ha! Riffs from Heaven...Basslines from Hell...Thumbs Up !!
  3. Foxy
    Mar 1, 2005
    10
    What a great follow-up to Hörse Of The Dög. They couldn't have got it much better!
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