• Record Label: Rounder
  • Release Date: Feb 10, 2015
Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. Classic Rock Magazine
    Feb 18, 2015
    90
    A highly more-ish record with real soul and class. [Mar 2015, p.88]
  2. Kerrang!
    Mar 10, 2015
    80
    Too countrified for you r average black metal fan, Blackberry Smoke are nevertheless as warming as rock gets. [7 Feb 2015, p.54]
  3. Feb 25, 2015
    80
    Holding All the Roses, with its sleek, yet “real”, its creator’s trailblazing attitude, production and its honorable hark back to traditional Southern sounds is top-notch listening from top to bottom.
  4. Mojo
    Feb 13, 2015
    80
    You've heard it all before, but rarely done so well. [Mar 2014, p.98]
  5. Feb 10, 2015
    80
    While the touchstones are evident--you can hear wisps of everyone from Vince Gill to Steve Earle to Lynyrd Skynyrd--Blackberry Smoke has assuredly carved out its own spot.
  6. Feb 10, 2015
    80
    Holding All the Roses delivers on every promise Blackberry Smoke have made to themselves and their fans.
  7. Feb 11, 2015
    60
    While some may disparage Blackberry Smoke’s generic stance and the fact that Holding All the Roses seems so overtly radio-ready, there’s something to be said for a band that can rock so relentlessly and still maintain its melodic appeal.
  8. Uncut
    Feb 10, 2015
    60
    It's an album of two halves, with "Rock And Roll Again" summarising a scene-setting opening hand that focuses on good-time, AC/DC-worshiping rockers. A shade more subtlety comes late on. [Mar 2015, p.72]
  9. Feb 10, 2015
    60
    The sub-Quo thud of Rock and Roll Again aside, this is an eminently likable upholding of 40-year-old principles.
User Score
6.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. Jun 11, 2015
    4
    Tried and trusted country rock that’s as pallid and cliche riddled to send even the most ardent fan back to the source material and realizeTried and trusted country rock that’s as pallid and cliche riddled to send even the most ardent fan back to the source material and realize there’s no place in this world for such an inconsequential record. Full Review »