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- Summary: The Canadian garage rock duo's second full-length album includes a cover of The Gun Club's "For the Love of Ivy."
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- Record Label: Polyvinyl
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Top Track
The House That Heaven Built | |
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When the soul of the city Was laid to rest And the nights forgotten And left for dead It happened at a house Built of living light Where everything... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 29 out of 33
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Mixed: 4 out of 33
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Negative: 0 out of 33
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Jun 4, 2012Celebration Rock starts strong and stays there over the course of its eight songs and 35 minutes.
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Jun 6, 2012Where Post-Nothing melts into a hazy dream, Celebration Rock does exactly what it claims to do-it burns on and on like the best sort of party.
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May 29, 2012An inspired, exhilarating spectacle that makes good on its gang vocals, feel-good (but not cheesy) lyrics, pleasantly muddy production, and galloping sense of self-confidence.
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May 31, 2012The sheer energy pouring from this record is breathtaking: not until the very final song ('Continuous Thunder') does Celebration Rock's sense of acceleration cease.
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Jun 5, 2012Japandroids sing about lost youth and sex and drinking atop hammer-of-the-geeks distortion swirls and holler-along refrains a gorilla could pump some paw to.
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Oct 30, 2012Japandroids is bloated, angry, and absolute proof that the heart of rock & roll is still beating.
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May 29, 2012Each song spills over with a breathless, unhinged vigour that impresses... But taken all together, the band's refusal ever to let up on volume, bombast, group-shouted vocals, fast-strummed chords or smashing drums makes Celebration Rock an exhausting sonic assault in need of variety.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 15
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Mixed: 1 out of 15
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Negative: 0 out of 15
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