The Spade
by Butch Walker
User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. The Independent (UK)
    Jan 4, 2012
    40
    It's mainly brusque and strident raunch-rock, with an unappealing cajoling tone that virtually dares you not to find the songs clever and the hooks contagious.
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  2. PopMatters
    Oct 7, 2011
    90
    The Spade feels like Butch Walker has stopped his numerous genre exercises--as entertaining as they've been--and finally wrote an album that is entirely in his own voice. What's even more amazing about it is that it completely works.
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  3. Slant Magazine
    Sep 12, 2011
    70
    The Spade is a riotous album that recalls '80s-era Springsteen and Mellencamp, and Walker is smart enough to know not to take any of it too seriously.
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