• Record Label: Strut
  • Release Date: Apr 25, 2011
Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. Apr 19, 2011
    83
    Overall, the album displays an artist in total command of his style and vision, which only makes sense considering how long and accomplished Dennis Coffey's career has been.
  2. May 18, 2011
    80
    Assembling an impressive list of guests that understand his legacy (Paolo Nutini, Mayer Hawthorne, and the Dirtbombs' Mick Collins among them), Coffey sounds downright vital, unleashing dusted licks and stinging wah-wah over boom-bap breaks and buoyant horns.
  3. Apr 28, 2011
    80
    This self-titled offering is monster; a masterpiece of tough, psychedelic soul.
  4. Apr 19, 2011
    80
    The enthusiasm all around is palpable, the guitar steps up front in the mix, and Mr. Coffey, now 70, sounds more vicious than ever.
  5. Apr 19, 2011
    80
    It sounds like all involved had fun putting this one together, and the listening experience is a pretty fun one too.
  6. Apr 19, 2011
    80
    Coffey is the star, and on tracks like "Plutonius" and "Space Traveller," his monstrously psychedelic groove still kills.
  7. May 3, 2011
    70
    Sitting alongside those covers are several new instrumentals that offer a full serving of the fuzzed-out, wah-wahed, stinging, spacey pyrotechnics of Coffey's guitar playing.
  8. Q Magazine
    May 31, 2011
    60
    Vintage soul styles are duly nailed with his coruscating guitar between funk and psychedelic rock. [Jun 2011, p.110]
  9. Mojo
    May 18, 2011
    60
    Coffey's new solo album is split 50/50 between space-funk rock guitar features and more grounded tracks as he becomes the servant of singers on five of the 11 tracks here. [Jun 2011, p.106]
  10. May 27, 2011
    50
    These musicians are all beyond competent, but aside from Coffey they don't play with much personality.

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