Under A Billion Suns
by Mudhoney
  • Record Label: Sub Pop
  • Release Date: Mar 7, 2006
Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Uncut
    60
    Mudhoney these days, for all their pioneer status, mostly just sound like a regular, decent rock band. [Apr 2006, p.105]
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  2. Q Magazine
    40
    Most... is either shapeless mush or verging on self-parody. [Apr 2006, p.116]
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  3. Paste Magazine
    60
    Abrasive, apocalyptic rock. [Apr/May 2006, p.105]
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  5. Slant Magazine
    50
    Under A Billion Suns is, by a wide margin, the tightest Mudhoney has ever sounded on record. It's all the more unfortunate, then, that the album's lyrics bait the comparison to... Green Day.
  6. Tiny Mix Tapes
    50
    [The songs] may be executed with prowess, but their bandied crassness isn't just a tried-and-true style, it's a tiresome cliché.
  7. cokemachineglow
    60
    The problem isn’t the music, which is lively and varied, but the disconnect between the artistic intent and the artistic output.

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  1. RambaldiM
    May 26, 2006
    10
    Since I got their album I've turned over and over again. I know them from the beginning and this new album is their best punkrock album. Since I got their album I've turned over and over again. I know them from the beginning and this new album is their best punkrock album. It's kick out the jam. I saw them on 16h mai in Ghent, Belgium. For three full days I can't hear, man what I sound... Final : buy "A billion suns"… Full Review »
  2. MikeD
    Mar 24, 2006
    9
    Mudhoney's strongest album since EGBDF. It tightens up the unfiltered potenital of their 2002 release while rocking like their earlier Mudhoney's strongest album since EGBDF. It tightens up the unfiltered potenital of their 2002 release while rocking like their earlier releases. When are these guys going to get the audience they deserve!… Full Review »
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