War Stories - UNKLE
User Score
8.5 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 31 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 31
  2. Negative: 2 out of 31

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  1. JoeN.
    Aug 9, 2007
    2
    Uncle keep going on a journey I don't want to be on anymore... losing its cool, its luster, its quirkiness, its imagination, its creativity...and becoming standard guitar rock that's not that exciting. just gloom and doom, and coldness. it used to be gloom and doom, and way COOLness.
  2. TracyF.
    Aug 9, 2007
    2
    No thanks. not creative and strange anymore. boring rock music.
Metascore

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 19
  2. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. If there’s a central problem with War Stories, it’s that at times it strays too close to rock orthodoxy and loses the offbeat stylistic flourishes that made Unkle such an exciting proposition to begin with.
  2. There are enough excellent moments on War Stories to judge it a success, but there's another sense of missed opportunity hanging over the album.
  3. While the results aren't entirely successful, "Twilight," especially, by Massive Attack's 3D, proves that Lavelle can reimagine 'soul' like no one else.