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Generally favorable reviews- based on 21 Ratings

  • Summary: The first release of new material in seven years for the death metal band led by Jesse Hughes was produced by Josh Homme.
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  • Record Label: Universal Music
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Garage Punk, Hard Rock
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I Love You All the Time
I love you all the time I'm never alone, I look at my phone If I call you up, you're never at home I love you all the time I'm fueled up and high,... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. The Line of Best Fit
    Oct 2, 2015
    80
    Hughes sells it (and everything else on Zipper Down) in spite of relevance or degree of truth because he knows what any fan of Eagles Of Death Metal knows: they're here to entertain you and that's pretty much it.
  2. Exclaim
    Sep 30, 2015
    80
    After 11 tracks of lewd, enlivened and indulgent riffage, it appears time hasn't rusted the swivel and swagger of Jesse Hughes and Josh Homme; Zipper Down finds the Eagles of Death Metal as greased up and ready to rock as ever.
  3. Kerrang!
    Sep 30, 2015
    80
    Jesse Hughes and Queens Of The Stone Age main man Josh Homme's capacity for throwing out sexy grooves has only improved with age. [3 Oct 2015, p.52]
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  4. AllMusic
    Oct 2, 2015
    70
    As "The Reverend" closes things with another shot of the band at its finest, it underscores that even an inconsistent Eagles of Death Metal album is still a lot of fun.
  5. Clash Music
    Oct 5, 2015
    70
    Funky, frenetic and fast, Zipper Down is not for the pretentious listener.
  6. Sputnikmusic
    Oct 5, 2015
    66
    Although the new album is a solid affair and a step up in tightness/structure, it needed that previous edge to be truly compelling.
  7. Classic Rock Magazine
    Sep 30, 2015
    60
    Highlights are the punchy pop-metal of Got The Power and the greasy glamorama of The Reverend, replete with satisfyingly fuzzy guitar, but Zipper Down misses as much as it hits.

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  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. F4rtster
    Oct 2, 2015
    10
    It might be inconsistent in tone. But what sorts of songs it offers is of the highest quality. Songs like "Silverlake" and "Got a woman" isIt might be inconsistent in tone. But what sorts of songs it offers is of the highest quality. Songs like "Silverlake" and "Got a woman" is the typical sort of awesomeness that you'd expect from EODM but then they go and make the greatest love song of all time with "I love you all the time" and even throw in "Complexity" which is basically just a giant "Shut the **** up" to every pretentious hipster out there. Definitely worth a listen!… Expand
  2. urukusaki
    Oct 2, 2015
    10
    This album is pure fun! If you liked early QOTSA songs like "Monsters In The Parasol" or "Go with the Flow" then give this a chance. I thinkThis album is pure fun! If you liked early QOTSA songs like "Monsters In The Parasol" or "Go with the Flow" then give this a chance. I think songs like "Silverlake", "Skin Tight Boogie" or "The Reverend" are their strongest until now.… Expand
  4. agibbons_96
    Oct 20, 2015
    8
    After a seven-year absence, Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme finally reunites with his old partner-in-crime Jesse Hughes for aAfter a seven-year absence, Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme finally reunites with his old partner-in-crime Jesse Hughes for a fourth Eagles of Death Metal record - the cheekily-titled “Zipper Down”.

    Unlike the last project Homme worked on, the melancholic “...Like Clockwork” with QOTSA, this album is in the same vein of each of its three predecessors - it's all about having fun (thirty-four minutes of it this time around)! From the moment the opener “Complexity” starts, you know you're in for a good time. “The Deuce” feels very laid back, while “Silverlake (K.S.O.F.M.)” is three and a half minutes of pure cockiness. The pulsating driving force that is “The Reverend” ends the record in the same feel-good fashion that we've come to expect from an EODM record. Their cover of the Duran Duran classic “Save a Prayer”, has an eerie QOTSA vibe to it, almost like it was a rejected cut from the “Era Vulgaris” sessions, and sees Hughes arguably, put in his most subdued and emotional vocal performance to date, backed up by Homme's trademark falsetto wails. While generally uneven in production and tone, Hughes and Homme seem to don't give a damn about all that (if they ever), and they just write and record purely for the hell of it.

    EODM have always had fun when writing, recording and performing their records throughout their career, and this here is no exception - they've picked a formula, have stuck by it and continue to use it no questions asked. A project created to let the duo's hair down has remained exactly that after all these years, and they sound all the better for it!

    Album Highlights - “Complexity”, “Silverlake (K.S.O.F.M.)”, “Save a Prayer” and “The Reverend”.    … Expand
  5. WXYZ
    Nov 6, 2015
    6
    It's an alright effort, but it feels like we're heard all of this before. Heart On still remains their best album.
  6. allisonjane65
    Nov 1, 2015
    4
    This is a disappointing offering from EODM. As a fan I was hoping that this album would improve with repeated listenings but sadly it doesn'tThis is a disappointing offering from EODM. As a fan I was hoping that this album would improve with repeated listenings but sadly it doesn't . The best track, Complexity isn't even an original and the unnecessary cover of Duran Duran's brilliant 'Save A Prayer' is just plain awful.… Expand

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