Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace
by The Offspring
  • Record Label: Sony
  • Release Date: Jun 17, 2008
Metascore
52

Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. Billboard
    60
    There are potent moments like the rise-and-fall ballad 'Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?' and the fierce 'Nothingtown,' but 'Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace' sounds more like a tentative step in the Offspring's new direction.
  2. Village Voice
    60
    The patchwork of styles thrown around here distracts you from the album's strengths.
  3. NOW Magazine
    60
    Sounding closer to their more earnest Smash days, the songs are snappy to-the-point SoCal punk, albeit with a more polished sheen.
  5. Rolling Stone
    50
    The album's latter half contains some welcome pop moments--'Nothingtown' and 'Let's Hear It for Rock Bottom' make going nowhere in life sound like hot fun--but the standout melodies often take a back seat to the diatribes, and Holland doesn't back up his disaffection with many good reasons to rally behind him.
  6. AllMusic
    40
    It's not that the Offspring sound behind the times on their eighth album, Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace--it's that they sound disconnected from it.
  7. Uncut
    40
    Five years in gestation, these revved-up anthems are fuctional enough, but none have the catchy ska-punk bounce of the band's late 1990s commercial peak. [Sep 2008, p.99]
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User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 87 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 66 out of 87
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 87
  3. Negative: 7 out of 87
  1. MislavF.
    Aug 12, 2008
    5
    This album sounds like a mishmash of their previous styles with a bit of more modern stuff. It isn't bad, but it's fairly This album sounds like a mishmash of their previous styles with a bit of more modern stuff. It isn't bad, but it's fairly unoriginal and quite forgettable.… Full Review »
  2. Whomstami
    Feb 4, 2021
    8
    This album is pretty good. I like how the band doesn't really take themselves seriously and they know who they are and what they do. It's just fun.
  3. clem666
    Jan 19, 2021
    5
    This is the first Offspring album I listened to. In my early teenage years I would surely have given it a 9 out of 10 to testify how manyThis is the first Offspring album I listened to. In my early teenage years I would surely have given it a 9 out of 10 to testify how many times this album joyfully accompagnied my on my way to school. I obviously listened to it again before posting this review. Ouch, my adolescence is taking a hit. One can easily feel in the voice of Dexter Holland (the singer of the band) that tiredness and lassitude manage to take effect despite the energetic and wild rhythms of the songs. Not to mention of course the monotony of his tone of voice that doesn't let any decent emotion filter. The mix of many different genres prevents the album from becoming repetitive after the second track to the detriment of creating a worthy cohesion. This album is not horrible, but it's only a small step away from being a project that failed all the way through.… Full Review »
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