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10.0
6786
10.0 |
Daily Telegraph
Packed with punchy, malevolent tunes, Them Crooked Vultures is, bar none, this season’s heavy-rock album of choice
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8.5
7020
8.5 |
The Quietus
...this is the most toe-tapping stuff we've heard from Homme sans Oliveri & Lanegan and Jones sans Page & Plant, maybe we should just accept the gift, thank you very much
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8.5
6587
8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
...one of the best rock albums of this year. It’s infectious and attention-grabbing, showing what can happen when three talented, if not historically revered, musicians can achieve when they lock in to that special place
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8.0
7205
8.0 |
State
This isn’t fine wine – it’s a bottle of whiskey that’ll be smashed against the wall as soon as it’s downed in one. Hic
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8.0
7863
8.0 |
The Skinny
It's loud, idiosyncratic, and – for three older blokes with beer bellies - suprisingly sexy
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8.0
6805
8.0 |
Mojo
Print edition only
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8.0
6848
8.0 |
Q
Print edition only
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8.0
6779
8.0 |
FasterLouder
Simple, fun and energising rock records don’t come much better than this
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8.0
6410
8.0 |
The Times
The maniac blues of New Fang is inspired, while Elephants combines Rock and Roll-era Led Zep with the dense, dark riffs of QOTSA
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8.0
6441
8.0 |
The Observer
Grohl may sound like the happiest drummer alive, but it's Homme who has rock's most awe-inspiring rhythm section swinging to his melodic design
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8.0
6450
8.0 |
The Sunday Times
Anyone expecting a meld of the trio’s own bands may be more tantalised than sated...The results are both utterly unanticipated and thrillingly, breathtakingly odd
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8.0
6564
8.0 |
PopMatters
The best part is, once it’s all over you can’t help but start the beast all over again. This stomping, panting, sweaty monster is a great listen
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8.0
6600
8.0 |
Blurt
...it is wholly its own proud, roaring entity. So welcome is this into the hard rock canon of late. Thanks gents.
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8.0
6601
8.0 |
Rave Magazine
It’s loud, impolite, bug-eyed and bonkers (check the creepy metal circus swirl of Reptiles for proof) and sprawling (but not too sprawling). Unblock your sinuses with this go-for-the-gut epic
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8.0
6676
8.0 |
The List
...could never add up to the sum of their parts but what they have produced is a record of raw rock played with passion and power
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8.0
6678
8.0 |
The List
...could never add up to the sum of their parts but what they have produced is a record of raw rock played with passion and power
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8.0
6687
8.0 |
The Independent
Them Crooked Vultures is a supergroup worthy of the term, in the classic rock tradition of Blind Faith and ELP
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7.0
6334
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Homme and Grohl are old hands at this kind of thing ... but they definitely seem inspired by Jonesy's presence, and he helps them keep it light
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7.0
6586
7.0 |
Spin
...like the fruit of some weed-smoky rec-room freak-out. Only, y'know, with three of the world's heaviest hitters instead of your older brother's buddies
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7.0
6766
7.0 |
Clash
Them Crooked Vultures have created an album with plenty to recommend it... while unable to live up to some’s expectations, will do just fine for fans of their respective bands
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6.2
6637
6.2 |
Pitchfork
Feels like a record to be checked off a list rather than one to live with and fully invest in
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6.0
6748
6.0 |
Uncut
Print edition only
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6.0
6353
6.0 |
The Guardian
The appeal of Them Crooked Vultures relies as much on their audience's willingness to hero-worship the participants as it does on their music. That's what supergroups are like
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6.0
6405
6.0 |
Evening Standard
...leaves a niggling feeling of being music that was not crying out to be made. OK guys, time to reconsider the day jobs
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6.0
6540
6.0 |
The Scotsman
Rather than forge a new chemistry, the trio stick to what they know and the result is the inevitable synthesis of three rock'n'roll juggernauts into one powerful retro jam machine
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5.0
6580
5.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Fanboys and girls of all three musicians will find a little something to enjoy here; few if any of them will still be listening when the next ‘dream’ line up comes our way
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5.0
6589
5.0 |
Click Music
What their self-titled debut album actually sounds like is... a Josh Homme record with some other guys tagging along, occasionally cramping his style
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4.0
6657
4.0 |
Eye Weekly
...an assemblage of castaway Queens riffs that, lamentably, provides precious few opportunities to savour the sound of Jones interacting with the best hard-rock drummer this side of John Bonham’s grave
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