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8.0
71834
8.0 |
DIY
It’s an accomplished rock record that’s a very welcome addition to the band’s enduring history
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8.0
71851
8.0 |
Evening Standard
Perhaps his new collaborator, Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee, has toughened him — but the Pumpkins’ 10th album finds the dome-headed savant on his best form for an aeon
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8.0
71902
8.0 |
All Music
For an artist who has fervently believed more is indeed more, this restraint is thoroughly appealing and helps showcase his craft in surprising - and, yes, sometimes dazzling - ways
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8.0
71913
8.0 |
FasterLouder
A lack of excess and musical procrastination are it’s selling points, coupled with effortless song craft and a spirit akin to a reawakening and realisation of where his artistic strengths lie
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8.0
71920
8.0 |
Uncut
Back to psychedelic hard-rock form, with Tommy Lee on drums. Print edition only
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7.9
71986
7.9 |
Paste Magazine
For as much as Oceania felt like a heavy return to form, Monuments is familiar in the sense that Corgan’s taking a thoughtful swing in a new direction
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7.0
71978
7.0 |
The Quietus
Everything is here to serve the songs, and those songs are not bad at all
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7.0
72066
7.0 |
Beardfood
It's a welcome return rather than a grab for past glory
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7.0
71891
7.0 |
NME
Essentially a Corgan solo record which shows flashes of his old power, while also straying into some seriously dodgy attempts to update the Pumpkins sound for 2014
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6.7
71888
6.7 |
A.V. Club
While Monuments To An Elegy is certainly a solid release, in the end, it’s most enjoyable when approached with managed expectations
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6.7
71835
6.7 |
Consequence Of Sound
While not as sweeping as its predecessor, the album is just as emphatic and far more emotional
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6.5
71956
6.5 |
Under The Radar
For The Smashing Pumpkins' third act, Corgan has finally unveiled the album he should have made 15 years ago
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6.0
71882
6.0 |
Drowned In Sound
The Smashing Pumpkins is a cool, modest indie-rock project from Nineties musician Billy Corgan and actually – and in spite of what’s been lost – that’s kind of nice
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6.0
71934
6.0 |
Spin
Mostly, Monuments is '90s-indebted for its surprisingly humble notion that a collection of new wave-influenced, relatively unambitious alt-rock songs can be a commercially viable thing for a name-brand rock group
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6.0
71840
6.0 |
Q
Rock's ultimate malcontent finally seems satisfied with his place in the world. Print edition only
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6.0
71841
6.0 |
Mojo
Finds Corgan retreating to the safety of the classic Pumpkins sound. Print edition only
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6.0
71846
6.0 |
The Guardian
Lashings of alt-rock guitars and subtle classic rock references abound, although there are lovely tinkly keyboards on Tiberius and Being Beige chugs along on a drum machine
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6.0
71869
6.0 |
The Observer
This 10th studio effort is easily Corgan’s greatest hit for some time
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6.0
71873
6.0 |
Pitchfork
Ultimately nowhere near as rewarding as his best work because it took no risks
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6.0
72012
6.0 |
Rolling Stone
Corgan's characteristically acidic vocals make sure that songs like the New Wave-y "Dorian," the Killers-ish "Run2Me" and the cloying "Anti-Hero" are as much Pumpkins as they are pop
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6.0
72016
6.0 |
God Is In The TV
A missed opportunity and an unspectacular placeholder at best.
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5.0
71881
5.0 |
The Music
Even if Monument... is part of the ongoing piece of music that is his best material in over a decade, it doesn’t save it from being ultimately meandering, generic and a shadow of former wonder
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5.0
71953
5.0 |
Clash
It’s the ninth studio album to bear the Pumpkins brand, and probably the seventh that wouldn’t find a single track making most fans’ side-of-a-C90 best-of
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