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Filter[Mudhoney] are as furious, as weird, and as tuned-down as ever. [#19, p.101]
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A fabulous record.
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Its precision in sound and spirit can’t be denied; Under A Billion Suns is a triumphant, wild mess.
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Alternative PressTheir best record in years. [Apr 2006, p.218]
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Under a Billion Suns is a great record, and Mudhoney is one of the best bands in rock 'n' roll, period.
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The rock these four men so easily brandish is every bit the equal, if not the better, of that deployed by so-called peers half their age.
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MojoWith its indelible songs and bug-eyed intensity, this album makes you wish that more bands could be so irreverent. [Apr 2006, p.100]
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Under a Billion Suns is one of the hardest and tightest albums this band has ever made.
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Mudhoney is a new band lyrically and emotionally.
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Under The RadarMusically, the boys prove once again that grunge needn't be reduced to Black Sabbath meets Black Flag. [#13, p.94]
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Entertainment WeeklyMudhoney's saving grace is their sardonic worldview, which is as touchingly sick as ever amid the horn-spiked, bluesy arrangements. [10 Mar 2006, p.69]
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Rolling StoneMostly they deliver a bluesy sprawl full of meaty punk riffs and Stooges-schooled abandon that still outpaces less-inspired slop-rock bands. [9 Mar 2006, p.94]
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The band’s best effort in over a decade.
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Their bleakest set of songs ever.
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New Musical Express (NME)Rollickingly great fun to listen to. [4 Mar 2006, p.31]
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So what’s a band to do that sticks to its guns and produces some of the finest sludgy blues-punk this side of Blue Cheer? Well, for starters, add horns. Call it a gimmick or a last-ditch effort at reinvention, whatever the case, but it works.
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What makes these weak attempts at earnestness all the more disappointing is that the music is great.
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The problem isn’t the music, which is lively and varied, but the disconnect between the artistic intent and the artistic output.
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UncutMudhoney these days, for all their pioneer status, mostly just sound like a regular, decent rock band. [Apr 2006, p.105]
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Paste MagazineAbrasive, apocalyptic rock. [Apr/May 2006, p.105]
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Under A Billion Suns is, by a wide margin, the tightest Mudhoney has ever sounded on record. It's all the more unfortunate, then, that the album's lyrics bait the comparison to... Green Day.
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[The songs] may be executed with prowess, but their bandied crassness isn't just a tried-and-true style, it's a tiresome cliché.
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Q MagazineMost... is either shapeless mush or verging on self-parody. [Apr 2006, p.116]
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RambaldiMMay 26, 2006
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MikeDMar 24, 2006