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Specter at the Feast
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews What's this?

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 21 Ratings

  • Artist(s): Robert Levon Been, Leah Shapiro, Peter Hayes
  • Summary: The sixth full-length studio release for the Los Angeles alternative rock trio was written in Santa Cruz and includes a cover of The Call's "Let The Day Begin." [Michael Been, the father of lead singer Robert, fronted The Call and passed away in 2010.]
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Classic Rock Magazine
    Jun 6, 2013
    80
    BRMC have transcended a past that was extremely full of the past and arrived in the present. [Apr 2013, p.93]
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  2. Paste Magazine
    Mar 19, 2013
    80
    Reacting to what life has given them has made Black Rebel Motorcycle Club a better band on Specter at the Feast, and we can hope that this change will stick.
  3. Austin Chronicle
    Apr 25, 2013
    78
    Melancholy pervades the dreamy "Fire Walker" and "Returning," while creeping darkness duels with a dramatic chorus on "Funny Games."
  4. Under The Radar
    May 17, 2013
    65
    There's no real transformation here, but given the subject matter, the band sounds especially urgent, even for BRMC.
  5. Magnet
    Mar 15, 2013
    60
    The superficial snarl and by-the-numbers rawk in the middle on tracks like "Haste The Taste" and "Teenage Disease" never find equal footing with the album's inspired bookends. [No. 96, p.53]
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  6. Pitchfork
    Apr 8, 2013
    51
    Where the record falters is on the rockers, which are composed of clichés and exhausted riffs only.
  7. Mojo
    Mar 14, 2013
    40
    In short, a bafflingly sequenced and rather unlovable record. [Apr 2013, p.91]
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  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
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  1. StrikeZ
    Mar 19, 2013
    10
    I am not that familiar with BRMC, but after hearing one of the group members on Sound City I decided to give this album a try. I enjoy theI am not that familiar with BRMC, but after hearing one of the group members on Sound City I decided to give this album a try. I enjoy the riffs and mature depth of the lyrics. This has a dark alley feel with a grungy tinge. A nice discovery.… Expand
  2. Etaipalombo
    Apr 2, 2013
    8
    Specter At The Feast, which was released 18 of March, 2013, should be listened as a goodbye from a close person, That person is Michael Been,Specter At The Feast, which was released 18 of March, 2013, should be listened as a goodbye from a close person, That person is Michael Been, the sound engineer of the band and also The Call former leader and the father of the bass player, Robert Levon Been. The band mates, Peter Hayes and Leah Shapiro, gather together and wrote an album of mourning, adopting more realistic standpoint. I found the album very joyful, maybe because it was made from the bottom of the heart

    (http://5songsperartist.blogspot.co.il/2013/04/specter-at-feast-black-rebel-motorcycle.html)    … Expand

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