Payola
by Desaparecidos
  • Record Label: Epitaph
  • Release Date: Jun 23, 2015
User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 16 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 16
  3. Negative: 2 out of 16
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  1. MBaudi
    Jan 23, 2019
    9
    Somehow this album feels even more necessary in 2019 than it did in 2015. Usually protest rock doesn't age well. This did the exact opposite in the age of Trump and corruption.
  2. joemick14
    Jul 16, 2015
    10
    I think this is a landmark album. People have chimed in and maybe they are listening to something I am not that it's not huge. Make no mistake, this is the best rock album since Nirvana Never Mind, easily. This sound is big, and I don't need to break it into stupid critic pieces. I loved them earlier and this is better. Punk rock, turned on its ear, which is hard to do, but forget critic,I think this is a landmark album. People have chimed in and maybe they are listening to something I am not that it's not huge. Make no mistake, this is the best rock album since Nirvana Never Mind, easily. This sound is big, and I don't need to break it into stupid critic pieces. I loved them earlier and this is better. Punk rock, turned on its ear, which is hard to do, but forget critic, crap. Let it take you. Not since Jack White, has someone reinvented rock, while tapping into the past at the same time. Really this is not just great, it may be the best thing that's been released in 2000s,… Expand
  3. sullivan79
    Jun 24, 2015
    9
    Brilliant album! I loved Read Music Speak Spanish and this is as good if not better. Energy, passion, angst, just fantastic. It's a shame that more people aren't aware of the brilliance of Desaparecidos.

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Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. Mojo
    Jun 30, 2015
    80
    [A] terrific LP, which depicts a sickness at the heart of America with a confident swagger and righteous anger.
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  2. Spin
    Jun 26, 2015
    80
    Recruiting Cursive’s Tim Kasher (on a single that outs the founding fathers as slave rapists) and Laura Jane Grace for 14 good songs in 40 minutes, Oberst’s made his best album since 2008’s addictive Conor Oberst, and ended up with the white male rage of the year.
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  3. Paste Magazine
    Jun 25, 2015
    88
    Though its 14 tracks were recorded sporadically across something like three years with co-producer Mike Mogis, you’d be hard-pressed to hear a lack of momentum or consistency.
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