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8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 26 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 23 out of 26
  2. Negative: 1 out of 26
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80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Aug 28, 2019
    66
    Spontaneity is a live band’s great asset, and that’s hard to convey in a recording studio, but the record is endearing and absorbing even when it stumbles.
  2. Aug 26, 2019
    80
    There is definitely room for some trimming. A third could easily be trimmed without damaging the listening experience too much. At the core of Face Stabber is a fun album that gets better with each listen but when it drags, and in places it does, it feels like a laborious chore to get to the good stuff again. The album lives up to its name. From the moment it starts it is an unrelenting, and visceral, album.
  3. The Wire
    Aug 22, 2019
    70
    They sound for good or ill like they’ve beamed in from psychedelic hard rock’s boom period too. ... Face Stabber is 80 minutes long, with two songs accounting for 35 of those minutes, and betrays mild hubris as regards their ability to jam interestingly. [Sep 2019, p.60]