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Melophobia

Cage The Elephant

Melophobia

Third album of blues punk / alt.rock from American band, recorded in Nashville

ADM rating[?]

6.3

Label
Virgin EMI
UK Release date
07/10/2013
US Release date
08/10/2013
  1. 8.0 |   Paste Magazine

    Yet for all its kaleidoscopic glory, Melophobia is united in both the urgency of the performances and the seemingly toxic love affairs that populate these songs
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  2. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    Melophobia finally sees Cage The Elephant realise their full potential
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  3. 8.0 |   Q

    Theirs has been a slow rise. The ascent continues apace. Print edition only

  4. 7.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Melophobia adopts a decidedly darker tone than anything Cage the Elephant has done
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  5. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Warp Sixties garage rock, Seventies punk and Eighties alt-rock into excellently weird new shapes
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  6. 6.0 |   Under The Radar

    It can be a little sombre, a little raucous, and sometimes rough around the edges, but is consistent throughout and, despite the philosophical title, not in the least bit scary
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  7. 5.0 |   PopMatters

    Few of these tracks here have any lasting appeal, and even those are just barely making the cut
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  8. 3.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    It’s a confused effort, with the songwriting faults, misguided lyrics, and the foolish sidelining of Cage the Elephant's greatest weapon (Schultz’s voice) torpedoing the vast majority of tracks
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