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- Summary: The classic rock-influenced New York City group led by singer/songwriter Bill Whitten returns with its third album, produced by Mercury Rev's Dave Fridmann.
- Record Label: Arena Rock
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Positive: 3 out of 7
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Mixed: 4 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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All eleven tracks on Bad Timing are gems that balance a knack for brain-lodging choruses with the grime and stylistic drift of Exile on Main Street, begging a record collection's worth of comparisons with nary an instance of outright thievery.
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UncutIt's their dirty, lowdown rock pastiches that truly score.... A bona fide blast of ageless, pretension-free rock'n'roll. [Mar 2003, p.98]
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MojoNobody's idea of "the new rock'n'roll," certainly, but it rings seductively true. [Mar 2003, p.109]
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MagnetThe misfires pale in comparison to the stomp and swagger of the record's best songs. [#58, p.91]
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Grand Mal isn't going for anything bombastic with Bad Timing, but it's a good dose, a healthy spoonful of new millennium indie rock.
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Q MagazineSounds a lot like a world-weary J Mascis fronting Teenage Fanclub. [Mar 2003, p.108]
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Grand Mal takes a connoisseur's approach to classic rock, and when it works, the best of Bad Timing can stand tall next to its forefathers.