Pinewood Smile
by The Darkness
User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 2 out of 11
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  1. Alfie18
    Feb 5, 2023
    8
    Another great album here from the mighty Darkness. Solid Gold is one of their best songs encapsulating everything great about The Darkness. All The Pretty Girls kicks of a album like only The Darkness can. Southern Trains and Japanese Prisoner of love are great songs as well. Also worth a listen is Why Don't The Beautiful Cry and I Wish I Was In Heaven.

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Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Clash Music
    Oct 16, 2017
    60
    It’s just sad to hear the spark of reinvention that ignited their last powder keg of an album confined to a handful of tracks on a largely mediocre album. They can do better. They have done better. They will do better again.
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  2. Pitchfork
    Oct 12, 2017
    48
    Pinewood Smile has got more jokes than ever, and it’s the first time the Darkness don’t evoke 1974 or 1984 so much as 2003--and they’ve never sounded more dated.
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  3. Kerrang!
    Oct 4, 2017
    80
    In their own way The Darkness, enthusiastically blending banter and bombast in equal measure, are proving as much fun [as Queen]. [7 Oct 2017, p.51]
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