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8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 10 Ratings

  • Summary: The second album for the British alternative rock band was produced by Dan Weller.
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  • Record Label: Play It Again Sam
  • Genre(s): Emo, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Post-Grunge
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Learn My Lesson
I'm a wavering candle light I remain but I'm ever slight Through all my years I sit In my room in the fading light Righting back all my wrongs... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Young Guns are vastly talented and laden with armfuls of potential. One listen to Bones proves that.
  2. Q Magazine
    Feb 23, 2012
    80
    Tauter, tighter and leaner, it's at its best when epic choruses collide with soaring guitars. [Mar 2012, p.105]
  3. Sep 25, 2012
    80
    Young Guns may have pushed themselves to the edge to create Bones, but the end result confirms the hard work was more than worth it.
  4. Feb 23, 2012
    70
    A solid improvement from "All Our Kings Are Dead" but they will need to do more if they want to break into the big time.
  5. Feb 23, 2012
    70
    While it contains next to no filler, includes a sufficient amount of enjoyable anthems, and is musically accomplished (Ben Jolliffe's drums are especially impressive, the dual guitar attack is competent and the sparingly used keys are wise), Bones is predominantly a consolidatory release.
  6. Feb 23, 2012
    60
    You eventually wish they'd give the stadium anthems a rest and be more of that small band from High Wycombe.
  7. Feb 28, 2012
    60
    Bones is undeniably still a solid follow-up that should consolidate their second-tier status, but they'll have to change the record next time around if they want to move into U.K.'s alt-metal big league.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Feb 9, 2018
    10
    And oh look I created another account using my alternate email upperclasstw*at.
  2. Feb 9, 2018
    10
    Hey dickhead two can play this game, I don't think this album is a solid ten but oh well gotta make up for your foolishness.
  3. Jun 22, 2017
    8
    Excellent album, with a step up in terms of production on this album from their debut (All Our Kings Are Dead), this album has someExcellent album, with a step up in terms of production on this album from their debut (All Our Kings Are Dead), this album has some outstanding standout tracks including the lead single 'Learn My Lesson' as well as 'Dearly Departed', 'Brother In Arms', 'Bones' and 'Everything Ends'.

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  4. Mar 5, 2016
    5
    I'm just rating this album with a 5 to sandbag its score so that it no longer appears at the top of the all time user's favorites listI'm just rating this album with a 5 to sandbag its score so that it no longer appears at the top of the all time user's favorites list because, seriously, no. Expand

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