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Apr 20, 2011The album tells a loose story about a man breaking up with his girlfriend but the songs are written in a way that work outside of the narrative, too.
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Apr 22, 2011The Taking is the sound of a man with no corporate or musical responsibility simply doing what sounds and feels right.
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Apr 28, 2011Despite this lingering scent of stale nicotine, alcohol, and leather, The Taking does make a brute impression, McKagan's Loaded playing with a vitality that almost compensates for how they fetishize the past.
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Kerrang!Apr 21, 2011Anthemic opener Lords Of Abbadon, Indian Summer and the gutter-sleaze of Cocaine are the crowd-pleaser, but the main thing is that Loaded sound like a proper band now. [16 Apr 2011, p.51]
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Jun 27, 2011Their third album, The Taking, is a perfectly respectable riff and hook delivery system.