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7.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings

  • Summary: The first release of new songs from the British post-punk band in 35 years was produced by Paul Epworth.
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S.O.P.H.I.A.
With supernatural timing You walked in through the door I'm so sorry but that's not what I came here for Assume nothing Deny everything Assume... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 18
  2. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. Feb 24, 2015
    83
    The band may castigate the apathy endemic to the masses, but it doesn’t wallow. It instead throbs, bristles, and ultimately galvanizes, vividly documenting what’s been lost in our comfortably numb political complacency while brazenly providing a template for what can be done to re-gain it.
  2. Classic Rock Magazine
    Feb 26, 2015
    80
    Marred only slightly by a couple of scrappy tunes, the album feels like a life-affirming reminder of anarchist Emma Goldman's celebrated maxim that the only worthwhile revolution is one you can dance to. [Apr 2015, p.96]
  3. 80
    They have always effortlessly switched registers, blurred genre boundaries and smattered their lyrics with eclectic cultural references. Citizen Zombie does all of these things, without loosing its political edge.
  4. The Wire
    Mar 4, 2015
    80
    Citizen Zombie is not a refusal. Rather, it's a fully plugged in reckoning with the eternal power of now. [Feb 2015, p.49]
  5. Feb 19, 2015
    70
    Citizen Zombie is a lot of fun, which is both a blessing and a curse.
  6. Feb 26, 2015
    70
    The Pop Group’s sound on Citizen Zombie is considerably bigger, but not necessarily tighter.
  7. Feb 26, 2015
    24
    The result of so much suspicion is an album that’s somehow both loud and timid--all clamor and no soul.

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