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10.0
12871
10.0 |
Uncut
One of the most exciting rock'n'roll records since global warming hit the headlines
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10.0
13655
10.0 |
Rave Magazine
The Gaslight Anthem, coming to a Grammys ceremony near you!
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9.0
14194
9.0 |
Clash
A sublime third effort bursting with broken-hearted, wide-eyed wonder
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9.0
13050
9.0 |
musicOMH
It's their straight talking and honesty that will push them into the spotlight and, with Fallon at the helm, they will make the most of it. This is the future of rock 'n' roll
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8.0
12876
8.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
A disgracefully good album by a disgracefully good band, and it's nailed-on to be a year-end highlight
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8.0
12861
8.0 |
The Digital Fix
This is an album to fall in love to. Not that wishy washy smoochy kind, but the kind that comes from the gut and goes straight to your heart
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8.0
13230
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Even with that super high-gloss finish, it's hard to dispute the depth of songwriting talent throughout American Slang, and as a summer rock album, it's (quite literally) nigh on faultless
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8.0
13358
8.0 |
The Observer
It might fall shy of true greatness, but American Slang is one of those totemic American records whose easy sincerity trumps analysis
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8.0
12868
8.0 |
Q
American Slang spans a taut 10 tracks and sticks to a similarly tight musical brief. Print edition only
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8.0
13821
8.0 |
State
With American Slang, the Gaslight Anthem have delivered a record that is honest, passionate and does exactly what it sets out to do. And that will do us just fine
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8.0
13482
8.0 |
Spin
A killer arena-rock album
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8.0
13499
8.0 |
PopMatters
A big step forward for the Gaslight Anthem, showing more consistency and ambition than The ‘59 Sound
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7.3
13434
7.3 |
Pitchfork
Even if many of the album's lyrics find Fallon looking back in anger, American Slang ultimately proves The Gaslight Anthem are not afraid to move forward
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7.0
13480
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Treads the line between sublime and a little silly – and hits you right in the gut
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7.0
13203
7.0 |
NME
Won't change anyone's life and it's unfair to punish it for not, but we just hoped for ...more
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6.8
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6.8 |
Beats Per Minute
For what it’s worth, this the best Gaslight Anthem record yet, if only because “The Diamond Church Street Choir” stands out as a truly great piece of songwriting
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6.5
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The Line Of Best Fit
The Gaslight Anthem write good songs, but they’re working with a sound and subject we’ve heard before. Without the spark of The ‘59 Sound, the band is in danger of becoming as workmanlike as the everyman heroes of their songs
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6.0
14597
6.0 |
FasterLouder
A perfectly respectable third album, with some very good moments. It’s just not as good as the last record
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6.0
13318
6.0 |
BBC
Not so much a bad record as a weirdly redundant one: four talented, passionate musicians do a perfectly reasonable job of making a record that sounds a good deal like vintage Springsteen, but fail to really leave their own mark on the music
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6.0
13186
6.0 |
The Skinny
A few nuggets of stand-out material ... surrounded by deep cuts and a couple of jammed-out, though slightly uninspired, barn-burners
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6.0
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6.0 |
Mojo
Gruff singer Brian Falcon keeps things grounded with a voice that rumbles like crashing Boardwalk waves. Print edition only
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6.0
12878
6.0 |
God Is In The TV
A distinctly average, rock record. It’s solid and decent, but nothing more
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5.0
13331
5.0 |
The Fly
Never happier than being compared to their hero, The Gaslight Anthem’s third outing is addictive, just not revolutionary
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4.0
13346
4.0 |
The Times
If more songs had bounded along with the punky élan of Stay Lucky this wouldn’t feel like the sonic equivalent of eating sloppy joe with an oily spanner
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4.0
13326
4.0 |
The Guardian
The one truly extraordinary thing about the Gaslight Anthem seems to be the nature of their rise to stardom
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4.0
13223
4.0 |
Eye Weekly
The magic of their meteoric rise has dissipated like a Jersey Shore fog patch, as they sound like a bar band with super-polished hooks
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