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Hell In A Handbasket

Meat Loaf

Hell In A Handbasket

MIchael Lee Aday, better known as Meat Loaf, releases his latest collection of hard rock, featuring a guest spot from Chuck D

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4.3

Label
Sony
UK Release date
27/02/2012
US Release date
13/03/2012
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  1. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    Lung-bursting rock music, laden with apocalyptic cliches, big instruments and backing singers who sound as if they have been goaded by cattle-prods
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  2. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    Everything's as big, ludicrous and bombastic as ever, but with a vulnerability that is strangely touching
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  3. 5.0 |   Uncut

    A genuinely grim proposition. Print edition only

  4. 4.2 |   A.V. Club

    Too much of Hell In A Handbasket is just generic songwriter-mill fodder, over-cranked and over-sung
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  5. 4.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    It seems like he, or his team, wanted to get something out quickly to try and capitalize on his Apprentice appearance, causing everything to feel forced.
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  6. 4.0 |   The Independent

    Vague expressions of angst, insecurity, disgust and rejection, pumped up to stadium size by his usual bombast
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  7. 4.0 |   BBC

    Unconvincing and overbearing, it's like being ambushed by the cast of a Broadway rock musical
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  8. 3.0 |   PopMatters

    Scuppered by too many leaden ballads and self-indulgent guest spots, this outing leaves the future looking very unclear once more for Meat Loaf
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  9. 2.0 |   Spin

    Meat Loaf offers a grotesque funhouse reflection of pop's most egregious tendencies that provides a cautionary example of how joyless striving does not lead to soulful inspiration
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