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Sol Invictus

Faith No More

Sol Invictus

Album number seven and first since 1997 from the San Francisco experimental rock band is produced by bassist Billy Gould

ADM rating[?]

7.2

Label
Reclamation / Ipecac
UK Release date
18/05/2015
US Release date
19/05/2015
  1. 10.0 |   The Skinny

    Passionate, hungry and still hearteningly uncompromising; this is the real thing
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  2. 8.3 |   A.V. Club

    It’s the rare, rare reunion album that’s shoulder to shoulder with what came before it, standing on the band’s solid catalog instead of trying and failing to start the climb anew
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  3. 8.3 |   Paste Magazine

    It’s a cavalcade of art-metal yin and yang that’s as impressively irreverent as anything they put out 20 years ago
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  4. 8.0 |   NME

    The absence of original guitarist Jim Martin is soon overshadowed by just how focused the record is
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  5. 8.0 |   God Is In The TV

    Faith No More are still creating their own roads after all these years. Just go buy this album; it’s everything you could want from music
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  6. 8.0 |   State

    Sneering, sardonic, loud, hyperactive, unable to stick in any one musical rut
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  7. 8.0 |   All Music

    Their best and most compelling work since Angel Dust, and the rare reunion album that truly adds to the strength of the group's legacy rather than diluting it
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  8. 8.0 |   The Music

    Ironically, FNM may be more relevant today than ever
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  9. 8.0 |   Exclaim

    Sol Invictus isn't perfect, and it's not their best work, but Faith No More creaking with a little rust and blinking cobwebs is still a glorious thing
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  10. 8.0 |   Mojo

    They will not be second guessed or pigeon holed. Print edition only

  11. 8.0 |   Q

    This isn’t just a new Faith No More record, it’s one of their very best. Print edition only

  12. 8.0 |   Uncut

    A dynamically compelling set. Print edition only

  13. 8.0 |   FasterLouder

    An album that in its finest moments matches the best of their golden years. Rock isn’t dead, it sometimes just needs time to regroup and rejuvenate
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  14. 7.5 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Faith No More had nothing to lose by staying on history’s sidelines, for once, but Sol Invictus proves that they belong back in the gam
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  15. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Despite the length of their hiatus, they still have great chemistry and the quality of this return effort is remarkably high
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  16. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    A marker has been laid down, and they’re more than capable of topping this. Hopefully we won’t be waiting another 20 years to find out if they do
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  17. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    A solid comeback album that succeeds on its own terms
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  18. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    It's as much a triumphant victory lap as it's a comeback record
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  19. 6.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    It isn't the masterpiece so many dreamed it would be but, then again, it does what Bill Gould promised it would - it "kicks things up a notch"
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  20. 6.5 |   Crack

    Sol Invictus is a solid Faith No More album. The only real mystery is quite why it took them 18 years to make it
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  21. 6.5 |   Spectrum Culture

    There are some decent, listenable tracks but nothing that comes close to meeting the excitement and enthusiasm for the band that nailed a generation’s angst with “Midlife Crisis”
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  22. 6.0 |   Earbuddy

    Sol Invictus is the least enticing of the band’s releases; it carries all of the weaknesses of their last record, Album of the Year, without any of the strong singles
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  23. 6.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    It doesn’t offer any major stylistic advance over Album of the Year, admittedly, but its 10 songs are constructed with an incomparable craft and creativity that few bands in rock and metal can reproduce
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  24. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    A welcome return from the band that refuse to be bland
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  25. 6.0 |   Pitchfork

    It's hard not to expect more, to wish that they might in some way top themselves, or at least change direction
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  26. 5.0 |   Slant Magazine

    Even the album's best moments conspicuously lack the bold je ne sais quoi of a band that sounds like nobody else, and knows it
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  27. 4.0 |   Spin

    Faith No More’s first album in 18 years doesn’t especially provoke, offend, entrance, seduce, annoy
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