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- Summary: Jesse Hughes from Eagles of Death Metal releases his debut solo album.
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- Record Label: Dangerbird Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Dance
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Positive: 5 out of 10
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Mixed: 4 out of 10
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Negative: 1 out of 10
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Jan 3, 2012Honkey Kong retains an essential lightness that keeps the music on the right side of parody.
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Sep 21, 2011In addition to proving once and for all that Hughes can stand on his own as a rock & roller, Honkey Kong meets the main requirement of all of the previous albums Hughes has appeared on. It's a rockin' good time.
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Oct 27, 2011Honkey Kong is the kind of record they used to make––as it recalls the fabulously flawed records of the '70s, whether the New York Dolls, the better Stones records, the Stooges or Nilsson.
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Kerrang!Sep 29, 2011Its lo-fi, organ-heavy, cheap drum machine-driven jams reveal his ear for fusing classic team-dream rock'n'roll with demented pastiche. [Sept 17 2011, p.51]
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Q MagazineNov 8, 2011Jessie, "The Devil" Hughes merges tub-thumping keyboards, '70s glam stomp and the sense that music making is a bit of a hoot on his solo debut. [Nov. 2011, p. 128]
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Oct 4, 2011Boots Electric rarely comes off as transcendent, only really succeeding with prior knowledge of Jesse Hughes' image.
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UncutSep 20, 2011Rock rears its head on "speed demon," but by that point, the riffs are drowned out by the sound of a joke having fatally gone too far. [Oct 2011, p.81]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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Sep 21, 2011
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Mar 27, 2012
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