Last Place
by Grandaddy
  • Record Label: Columbia
  • Release Date: Mar 3, 2017
Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
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  1. Q Magazine
    Mar 14, 2017
    60
    Both in the lyrical themes and in its sound, we are floating in familiar space. [May 2017, p.104]
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  2. musicOMH.com
    Mar 13, 2017
    60
    Last Place is anachronistically introverted, and its tech references don’t quite make sense in the context of 2017. If it’s understood as a more human album then it works, but it is held back a little by the vestiges of the earlier, broken down and burnt out, Grandaddy.
  3. Pitchfork
    Mar 8, 2017
    60
    They sound exhausted, right where we left them.
  5. The Observer (UK)
    Mar 6, 2017
    60
    Ultimately, though, for all its emotional tug, Last Place is solid rather than spectacular, with nothing quite matching the peaks of their first two albums.
  6. DIY Magazine
    Mar 3, 2017
    60
    There’s a sense that nobody’s heart was quite in it which sometimes means proceedings drag on, refusing to invent, refusing to accept that Granddady can be a band who make it. It’s heart-breaking and at times powerfully so, but it also shuns the listener, forcing them to a place where Grandaddy risk drifting once more into obscurity.
  7. Exclaim
    Mar 1, 2017
    60
    On Last Place, the band returns to the same well again, and while there is enough here to sustain some nostalgia, that well seems drier than ever before.
  8. Mojo
    Feb 27, 2017
    60
    Great to have back that little razor edge that Lytle loses when he steps away from his bandmates, but this might be the last time he gets away with it without a major rethink. [Apr 2017, p.96]
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User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 33 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 33
  3. Negative: 2 out of 33
  1. Slowave
    Mar 3, 2017
    10
    Grab your beer. Head out into the country. And watch the sun set as you listen to the return of the most underrated band in the history ofGrab your beer. Head out into the country. And watch the sun set as you listen to the return of the most underrated band in the history of indie rock. Other than the song order and song length (Check Injun could have easily been twice as long) there is not a single thing to disappoint die hard fans. Best album since Sophtware Slump and dare I say better than Sumday as there's no cheese. Lost Machine can compete with their best emotional punches and there's a bit of every shade of Grandaddy here on offer.… Full Review »
  2. Fantasio
    Mar 3, 2017
    9
    it's the first time I hear of this band and their return is a great thing for the rock&roll landscape. What a great album. The production isit's the first time I hear of this band and their return is a great thing for the rock&roll landscape. What a great album. The production is great, the sound is great. Some songs have some Pink Floyd mood to them but with a 2017 twist. Definitely one of the best album I heard in 2017 to date.… Full Review »
  3. Music_Observer
    May 16, 2017
    7
    This dream/space rock work does as the genre name suggests and creates wonderfully unique pockets of room that float peacefully through yourThis dream/space rock work does as the genre name suggests and creates wonderfully unique pockets of room that float peacefully through your ears, even though rhythm and overall cohesion may falter a bit for the standard multi piece rock band. My Score: 129/180 (Good) = 7.2/10… Full Review »
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