The View from the Bottom - Lit
  • Band Name: Lit
  • Record Label: Megaforce
  • Release Date: Jun 19, 2012
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  • Summary: Butch Walker produced the first album in eight years for the southern Californian rock band, who lost their drummer, Allen Shellenberger, to cancer in 2009.

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  1. Positive: 1 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. All Music Guide
    Jun 22, 2012
    70
    while the album may be about the band's View from the Bottom (whether that be career woes, the loss of a friend, or the bottom of a shot glass), as the title of the rousing set closer implies, Lit definitely got it "Right This Time."
  2. Alternative Press
    Jun 22, 2012
    60
    The majority of the album sounds like generic radio rock. [Jul 2012, p.98]
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  3. Q Magazine
    Jul 27, 2012
    60
    While predictable mall-rat anthems in praise of partying, one-night stands and nocturnal hi-jinks now come with a cathartic edge, their first album in almost a decade feels frustratingly shallow. [Aug 2012, p.104]
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  4. Kerrang!
    Jul 24, 2012
    60
    They've not skipped a beat, picking up where they left off. [30 Jun 2012, p.54]
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  1. GrizzleFist
    10
    Great Album, they've taken an almost 8 year break from making any new music due to several tragedies including the death of their drummer. Most "Professional" reviewers are the same ones that give people like Justin Bieber and Lady GaGa pefect scores of 10's on their albums, so why listen to them about this one when they give it 5s and 6's? Give it a try and Itunes for free if your not sure if you will like it. There old albums are also all amazing.… Collapse

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