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Generally favorable reviews- based on 124 Ratings
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Positive: 88 out of 124
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Mixed: 19 out of 124
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Negative: 17 out of 124
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Jun 16, 2019Keeping up with the other Baroness albums, Gold & Grey is one of the best metal albums of the year. The new material has so much personality, and is really special that Baroness doesn't loose quality when its members change. Borderlines and Tourniquet are real gems.
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Jun 16, 2019Album of the year contender, really great stuff. It's a shame that the mix is not as good as it should...
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Jun 15, 2019This is a fantastic album and deserves all the praise it’s getting. It’s Baroness’ best album and the best album of the year so far. Sure, the album has a muddy production, but the mix/master is what holds all the wonderful diverse songwriting together. Bravo!
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Jun 14, 2019Great album. Could be their best. When I was done listening to it I started it again from the beginning.
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Jun 14, 2019Great compositions to make this album worth listening to. Definetely one of the best albums of 2019. Screw those guys who just created an account to score the album 0. And one of them also gave Marvel's Spiderman a very low score.
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Jun 14, 2019Really consistent and enjoyable. They have a great ear for melody and it all just fits together very well.
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Jun 14, 2019Despite the mix is raw, they try yo go further of the new sounds explored in Purple.
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Jun 14, 2019The best album Baroness have ever done. And not only that. Its one of the best records this year, if not the best.
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Jun 22, 2019A bold new direction pays off for Baroness. The sonic variety and great songwriting propel this album. This is the first of their records that feels as if all players have equal say at the table. And, where some people don’t like the production, i find it to be a bold choice that pays off in a unique listening experience throughout.
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Aug 8, 2019
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Sep 1, 2019Mesmerizing album by Baroness. The addition of Gina Gleason made the band expand their sonic universe.
The mix doesn’t bother me at all. It’s all part of the gritty texture of the heavier songs on the album.
I would say they really shone through with the mellower stuff on this one!!
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Jun 14, 2019If Blue Album is actually amazing, Gold & Grey is even better. Spotlight for amazing rhythm section.
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Jun 22, 2019
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Jun 14, 2019Absolutely stunning. Definitely an album of the year contender. There's so much variety and interesting stuff to make the 17 song long tracklist worth every second. Listen with good headphones.
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Jun 17, 2019
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Jul 22, 2019
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Jun 14, 2019
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Nov 28, 2021Really consistent and enjoyable. They have a great ear for melody and it all just fits together very well
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Jul 26, 2019This is an album that could've been truly amazing if it had a better mix. The production can get truly messy and even clip in the mix to make some of these songs enjoyable. Despite that, the band can still play like crazy and there are some songs that could even match what they delivered on "Purple". I just wish the production was better...
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Jul 4, 2019Gold & Grey. There's some golds and greys about this album. The golds are those instrumentals though it's like hearing alternative and electronic pieces. The greys are those plain metal songs. Interesting point here is that this album is a metal album, and those songs aren't even tethered. It's like you're hearing 2 albums (an instrumental and a metal one) in a shuffled playlist.
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Jun 28, 2019I love Baroness. IMO they are a breath of fresh air where Metal and Rock are concerned. I was really looking forward to Gold & Grey, but after several listens I just can't seem to get into it. Who knows maybe I need to take a break from the album and re-listen, or perhaps I may gain a new appreciation for the album after hearing it live, but for now its just a 5 out of 10. Still a fan though!
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Jun 19, 2019
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Jul 5, 2019
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Jun 16, 2019The songs seems to be good but the mix makes this album unlistenable. It's a complete disaster.
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Jun 18, 2019
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Jun 20, 2019A catchy album ruined by terrible mixing and poor recording quality. I am particularly mad because I bought this on vinyl and it sounds like the music is coming through laptop speakers. Inexcusable when the music should sound epic and big.
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Jun 14, 2019What's wrong with all this good reviews on this album?
Absolutely blunt and boring. Nothing new for the metal, nothing new for the hard rock.
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Jun 20, 2019Not sure how you can call this crap music but two songs into it was enough for me thanks! Hard pass on my end.
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Jun 18, 2019Found the album utterly boring, can’t understand some of the rave reviews being dished out here. Won’t be listing to it again.
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Jun 14, 2019
Awards & Rankings
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Jul 22, 2019While their more reflective and even pop-oriented moments keep the double album catchy and worth revisiting, this new avenue also affords a clearer view of Baroness' Achilles' heels, which are a propensity for predictable lyrics and an occasional Foo Fighter sappiness. But those flaws aren't terminal, and for the most part, Baroness takes us on a thunderous langskip ride through angry seas that is as addictive and thrilling as their past output.
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Q MagazineJul 2, 2019Stellar fifth album is a determined attempt to push back the genre's long-established boundaries, folding in everything from glitchy electronica and lysergic Americana to gnarled pop into their full-frontal noise. [Aug 2019, p.108]
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Jun 27, 2019With Gold & Grey, Baizley and his cohorts have produced a monumental work of art that’s as dark and forbidding as it is bright and triumphant. It perfectly balances light and dark, revels in the creative possibilities of music-making, whilst plumbing emotional depths that might have you worrying a little for Baizley’s state of mind.