Unlock Your Mind
by The Soul Rebels
  • Record Label: Rounder
  • Release Date: Jan 31, 2012
Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. BBC Music
    Feb 23, 2012
    80
    This is a full-on, joyous, positive album that makes you feel like celebrating.
  2. PopMatters
    Feb 23, 2012
    80
    Unlock Your Mind is a testimony to the power of horns--in all their squawking, tooting, screaming glory--and a vibrant concoction of different types of music.
  3. AllMusic
    May 9, 2012
    70
    They remain faithful to the New Orleans musical ideal in the sense that they turn everything they play into celebratory party music.
  5. Austin Chronicle
    Oct 9, 2012
    67
    The dancehall rhythms of the title track, originally a hit for the Staple Singers, with Neville's super soul vocals, plus the loud, proud funk of opener "504" serve up instant highlights.
  6. The Independent on Sunday (UK)
    Feb 23, 2012
    60
    It's all pretty good, but you want to see them live more than replay the album, though "504" needs downloading.
  7. The Guardian
    Feb 23, 2012
    60
    You won't find complicated, destination-disguising improvisations here, but a jazz spirit inspires the group, and their raw power is pretty faithfully caught on disc.

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