• Record Label: Concord
  • Release Date: Nov 6, 2015
Metascore
67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 11
  2. Negative: 1 out of 11
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  1. Q Magazine
    Oct 28, 2015
    80
    Perfectamundo explodes into glorious Technicolor. [Dec 2015, p.107]
  2. Mojo
    Oct 27, 2015
    80
    Gibbons's wily blend of open-mindedness and roots-loyalty remains intact. [Nov 2015, p.86]
  3. Uncut
    Oct 27, 2015
    80
    When the guitarist and singer pairs their familiar hard-boiled, in-the-red licks with Latin rhythms and transcendent B3 organ flights, the combination is revelatory. [Dec 2015, p.71]
  4. 80
    Even non-ZZ Top fans will appreciate the vitality and exuberance that jumps out of every track and those who have followed Gibbons’ 45 (and counting) year career should be delighted with this energetic if temporary change in direction.
  5. 80
    Aside from this one minor flaw [rapping in the title track], Gibbons has totally nailed it with Perfectamundo. It’s what a solo project should be: a new adventure.
  6. Oct 27, 2015
    70
    All this flair is a welcome reminder that, for all his vaunted blues purism, Gibbons remains something of a futurist, happily blurring the lines between the present and past along with obliterating the lines between cultures.
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  1. Nov 16, 2015
    7
    Is a solid Album from track 1 to 13. Explore Latin rhythms with undeniable finesse, perhaps the experiment that divided "You're What'sIs a solid Album from track 1 to 13. Explore Latin rhythms with undeniable finesse, perhaps the experiment that divided "You're What's Happenin 'Baby" in two with a completely and unnecessary rap is a down, but i think thats in a great album from Mr. Gibbons. Full Review »