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Ooey Gooey Chewy Ka-blooey!

The Dirtbombs

Ooey Gooey Chewy Ka-blooey!

Long-promised bubblegum pop album from the Detroit garage rock five-piece

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
In The Red
UK Release date
16/09/2013
US Release date
17/09/2013
  1. 8.0 |   Spin

    This is not a covers record this time — just an amazing all-originals simulation
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  2. 8.0 |   All Music

    Works perfectly well both as a tribute to one of the most underrated musical styles ever, and as an album that's fun from beginning to end
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  3. 8.0 |   Uncut

    It's a wonderful pop album and there's a genuinely delightful innocence here. Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |   The Scotsman

    The Dirtbombs now pay tribute to the bubblegum pop of the late 1960s and early 1970s – think the sugary likes of The Archies – with ten originals
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  5. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Their third tribute set - this time to the golden era of bubblegum pop - is exactingly detail-correct. Print edition only

  6. 7.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    This record took two years to make, and it’s far more calculated than its premise insinuates
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  7. 6.0 |   Blurt

    But anybody who listens closely to Dirtbombs records knows there’s actual craft going on under the red levels, and on Ooey Gooey Chewy Ka-blooey Collins lets it show
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  8. 4.0 |   Paste Magazine

    It’s a disappointing outcome
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