Light Me Up
by The Pretty Reckless
Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
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  1. AllMusic
    Apr 11, 2011
    80
    If the band had explored their bluesy leanings more, Light Me Up could have been a small-scale revolution, but even as it stands now, it's still a wicked good record.
  2. BBC Music
    Apr 8, 2011
    70
    This is at heart a fun, dirty, insincere, cheap-thrill-laden pop record, with the raunch-riffery of Band of Skulls and lyrics which could be drawled from the mouth of a Bret Easton Ellis character.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Apr 8, 2011
    67
    Light Me Up is clearly built from the doll parts of that era's grunge goddesses --a sometimes too-slick conceit that Momsen's thousand-Marlboro growl still manages to sell surprisingly well.
  5. Kerrang!
    Apr 12, 2011
    60
    While lyrically there's nothing explicitly offensive, there are enough risque lines here to raise a few eyebrows, and enough good songs to prick a few ears. [28 Aug 2010, p.54]
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  6. The New York Times
    Apr 26, 2011
    80
    It's terrific fun: salacious, convincingly muscular, unnervingly rowdy.

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User Score
8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 73 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 65 out of 73
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 73
  3. Negative: 6 out of 73
  1. ArturB20
    Nov 8, 2011
    10
    Absolutely great, Light Me Up brings us the future of Rock music. Distancing from 2000's Indie Rock but not forgetting it, The Pretty RecklessAbsolutely great, Light Me Up brings us the future of Rock music. Distancing from 2000's Indie Rock but not forgetting it, The Pretty Reckless have revolutionized Alternative Hard Rock among bands like 30 Seconds To Mars, the bands that will dominate the new musical scene in the next years. But the Reckless are, in my opinion, better than Leto's band, because they are harder, more rough, more aggressive. With direct and excellent melodies, Mark Damon, Jamie Perkins and the charismatic guitarist Ben Phillips provide an awesome rhythm section, while singer Taylor Momsen, new queen of contemporary Rock, puts the hallmark on their music, turning it into a fantastic record and a reference in a period when really bad music reigns at the charts. Songs like Miss Nothing, Going Down, Just Tonight, the power and beautiful ballad Nothing Left To Loose or the well-known Make Me Wanna Die, with the rest of the album, is the proof that new bands can Rock hard nowadays, and that you can be a great rock composer with only 17 years old. Maybe it's too soon to say it, but I think in the future this will be seen as a classic album and the beginning of a great and decisive band in the 2010's. Good job!… Full Review »
  2. ishishah
    Apr 26, 2023
    8
    The album is so good. Her voice is amazing and so is the rest of the band. My favorites from the album have to be You, Nothing left to loseThe album is so good. Her voice is amazing and so is the rest of the band. My favorites from the album have to be You, Nothing left to lose and Just tonight.… Full Review »
  3. drune8
    Apr 12, 2020
    10
    Amazing album, found out about it two years ago and I’m still listening it to it daily, wish it was longer tho
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