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10.0
13299
10.0 |
The Independent
There's a steely confidence about the album right from the opening riff of "Jefferson Jericho Blues", whose unison guitar and harmonica groove rolls along with the Corvette power of a Chess Records classic
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8.0
13341
8.0 |
Evening Standard
A typically downbeat statement of intent, but loose-limbed and unashamedly twangy
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8.0
13369
8.0 |
Independent on Sunday
If the band rocks like a working party of experts, don't let that bring you down. They do it like they mean it
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8.0
13378
8.0 |
Daily Telegraph
A masterclass in bluesy songcraft
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8.0
13465
8.0 |
PopMatters
It has some of the most well-written songs he’s released since at least as far back as 1985’s Southern Accents and, song for song, it maybe the finest recording of the band’s career
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8.0
13479
8.0 |
Rolling Stone
Mojo is dynamite – Petty and the Heartbreakers' matured return to the elementary fury of their first golden-twang era
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8.0
13561
8.0 |
Blurt
The most satisfying studio release from Petty in a decade or more
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8.0
13616
8.0 |
Mojo
Print edition only
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8.0
13898
8.0 |
Q
Print edition only
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6.0
15123
6.0 |
Rave Magazine
The fairly standard production hides some pretty good songs though, especially towards the end of the record with tracks like High In The Morning and Something Good Coming
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6.0
13403
6.0 |
Uncut
Mojo is ultimately undone by the very virtuosity of its creators: the band stumbles repeatedly into that musicians’ trap of making music that sounds intended principally to impress other musicians
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6.0
13343
6.0 |
The Times
The expertly languid tone of the bluesy guitars feels like an unhurried jam session between old friends
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6.0
13360
6.0 |
The Sunday Times
Basically, there’s too much in-the-studio and not enough live. It’s all just too polite
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4.0
13510
4.0 |
The Guardian
There are sparks of life in the rollicking country rock of US 41 and the spiralling riff of First Flash of Freedom, but it's all very polite
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4.0
13948
4.0 |
BBC
The results are initially quite perky, as the band crash and charge through songs, but after a couple of plays everything becomes rather dull
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