Honkin' On Bobo
by Aerosmith
  • Record Label: Columbia
  • Release Date: Mar 30, 2004
Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. Rolling Stone
    80
    Bobo is a celebratory attack on the canon, not a violation of it.
  2. Billboard
    90
    There hasn't been this entertaining or hard-rocking an Aerosmith album since who-knows-when.
  3. The Guardian
    40
    If the point is to guide listeners back to the sleazier, sexier originals, it's done its job.
  5. The New York Times
    60
    Not every song here benefits from the Aerosmith treatment. [29 Mar 2004]
  6. Entertainment Weekly
    67
    Aerosmith go full bore in upturning the music's minimalist roots, building a wall of rock so monstrous that no air gets in. [2 Apr 2004, p.65]
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  7. E! Online
    67
    This isn't necessarily the best place to hear the definitive versions of Bo Diddley's "Road Runner" or Big Joe Williams' "Baby, Please Don't Go," but it's definitely the place to hear Aerosmith having the time of its life.
  8. AllMusic
    80
    Aerosmith sound reinvigorated, even liberated from the need to have a hit power ballad, and they tear through these 12 songs with an energy they seemed to lose sometime after Pump.
  9. Launch.com
    80
    Honkin’ On Bobo is a big bruiser of an album, with heart, soul, and fury to spare.
  10. Q Magazine
    70
    If only the Stones would make a record like this. [Jun 2004, p.94]
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  11. Mojo
    80
    [Aerosmith's] affection for and facility with the material in hand [is] as plain as the nose on Gerard Depardieu's face. [May 2004, p.106]
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  12. Blender
    70
    There's no unnecessary reverence, so the roots move that could have tagged Aerosmith as geezers proves instead that they're still wild boys. [May 2004, p.118]
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  13. Village Voice
    30
    This suspicious move into another moribund genre resembles the frustrated strivings of a band uncertain of how to exist After Rock.

Awards & Rankings

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#99 Most Discussed Album of 2004

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User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 29 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 29
  3. Negative: 5 out of 29
  1. DrewJ
    Jan 31, 2007
    10
    One of the greatest blues albums of all time....and I am not even an Aerosmith fan
  2. killer18
    Jun 9, 2006
    10
    Perfect. This is what rock n roll is about
  3. DougF
    Sep 28, 2005
    10
    Incredible music, lyrics and variation of tunes. Steven Tyler was made to sing these bluesy type songs. Every track on the CD was a pleasant Incredible music, lyrics and variation of tunes. Steven Tyler was made to sing these bluesy type songs. Every track on the CD was a pleasant diversity. I love this CD… Full Review »
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