Excellent Italian Greyhound
by Shellac
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8

Review this album

  1. Your Score
    0 out of 10
    Rate this:
    • 10
    • 9
    • 8
    • 7
    • 6
    • 5
    • 4
    • 3
    • 2
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
  1. Submit
  2. Check Spelling
view
per page
  1. alecvl08
    Nov 25, 2014
    4
    The album is way to skeletal and doesn't present any memorable moments besides the first track, The End of Radio, which is great; it's the best song on the album, and the awkward two-minute vocal monologue in Genuine Lulabelle. I expected some better grooves and riffs, considering the long instrumental sections that fill this album. The lyrics don't really have a connection with anythingThe album is way to skeletal and doesn't present any memorable moments besides the first track, The End of Radio, which is great; it's the best song on the album, and the awkward two-minute vocal monologue in Genuine Lulabelle. I expected some better grooves and riffs, considering the long instrumental sections that fill this album. The lyrics don't really have a connection with anything going on, and the album ends up as average. I do really like the band's use of mixed meters; it keeps the listener on their musical toes.… Expand

Critic Reviews

All reviews »
Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. AllMusic
    90
    A stellar accomplishment from a truly singular band.
    Read full review
  2. BBC collective
    90
    Excellent Italian Greyhound is vintage Shellac: stark, razorous and blackly comic, lurching into whatever time signature happens to possess drummer Tod Trainer.
    Read full review
  3. Drowned In Sound
    70
    Excellent Italian Greyhound is everything you’d want from a new Shellac record - terrific-sounding, expertly performed and gleefully atonal as ever, but it’s live that this legendary three-piece’s performance art really comes to life as more than the sum of its casually-displayed parts.
    Read full review
See all critic reviews »