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Aug 29, 2012Hot Cakes is definitely worthy of throwing more than a few devil horns the band's way.
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Alternative PressAug 29, 2012Hot Cakes, the band's surprisingly strong third album, certainly reaffirms their glammy cred. [Sep 2012, p.88]
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Kerrang!Sep 4, 2012Hot Cakes may tail off a bit, but, ultimately, it proves as capable of suspending your belief and blowing your mind as any blockbuster. [18 Aug 2012, p.52]
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MagnetAug 29, 2012Hot Cakes isn't really trying to be funny so much as just plain fun. And it is. [No.90, p.55]
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MojoAug 30, 2012Frenetic take on Radiohead's Street Spirit aside, the tightly arranged songs here are pleasingly Queen, AC/DC, Lizzy and Leppard-aware. [Sep 2012, p.86]
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Aug 29, 2012They've once again made a brilliantly over the top record.
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Aug 29, 2012A fun comeback album filled with screeching and penis jokes.
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Aug 29, 201211 killer-no-filler songs that steer through the '70s and early-'80s and veer from fist-pumping anthems to mid-tempo good-time rock, all with an ear for a killer pop hook.
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Q MagazineAug 30, 2012For the most part Hot Cakes leaves you with the sense that The Darkness' reinvigoration will delight those longing for rock to rediscover the fun button. [Sep 2012, p.106]
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Aug 29, 2012Light on laughs and riffage, the title/cover entendre makes it hard to tell if it is supposed to be so terrible or a joke about being so terrible... But the long-available cover of Radiohead's "Street Spirit" is inspired, and first single "Nothin's Gonna Stop Us" grafts one candy rope hook after another into one of the year's finest melodies.
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Aug 29, 2012Eschewing the bells, whistles and sequinned kitchen sinks of their second album, One Way Ticket, in favour of an approach that shows off their credentials as a first-rate out-and-out rock band, Hot Cakes bulges with infectious melodies, blazing leads and strident riffing, Justin Hawkins' unmistakable falsetto adding pathos and silliness in equal measure.
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Aug 29, 2012Hot Cakes is a rock-solid home win from the band who still do feelgood hard rock better than anyone alive.
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Aug 29, 2012An 11-track galumph through feelgood rockularisms.
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Aug 29, 2012Hot Cakes [is] proof if it were needed that there's plenty of life in the old dog yet - and that dog still don't give a f***.
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UncutAug 30, 2012Hot Cakes adds little to their hybrid Queen, AC/DC, Van Halen and Gun N' Roses, but their air-punching thrills of "Forbidden Love" and "Concrete" are undeniable. [Sep 2012, p.74]
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