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Universal acclaim- based on 110 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 102 out of 110
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Mixed: 2 out of 110
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Negative: 6 out of 110
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Aug 13, 2021As if The Killers couldn't get any more boring, they decided to strip away all the loud instrumentation that made their music somewhat enjoyable to listen to in the background, but failed to change their songwriting formula whatsoever, resulting one of the most generic, boring albums I've ever heard
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Aug 13, 2021
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Oct 25, 2021
Awards & Rankings
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Classic Rock MagazineSep 15, 2021Quiet Town and Runaway Horses exhibit tender lyrical themes, and there's brief respite in the dreamy haze of Sleepwalker and Pressure Machine. However, nostalgia and the shattering of childhood idylls reoccur through In the Car Outside and In Another Life. [Oct 2021, p.78]
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Aug 27, 2021The band’s blinkered aspiration to create a classic again produces an album that is enjoyable but hollow. In that way, at least, Pressure Machine is a Killers album just like any other.
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Aug 25, 2021This stirring portrait of small town existence in its twilight serves as a necessary metaphor, applicable to many of the major issues currently facing the nation. It is most certainly The Killers’ finest album since Battle Born, and successfully proves The Killers as visionary musicians who shall surely help to define “classic rock” for many generations to come.