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74

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6.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

  • Summary: The third full-length release for the Chicago band was inspired by the rock albums released in 1968.
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Wanted You
Holding my own hand, walking all alone down a road Holding my own hand, feeling the tips of my ears getting cold A bell rings as a ghost walks up... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Positive: 17 out of 24
  2. Negative: 1 out of 24
  1. 85
    With their third album, Twin Peaks have become not just one of the most exciting young bands in the Chicago music scene, but in the entire rock landscape.
  2. May 11, 2016
    80
    Established fans will be glad to know that Down in Heaven still carries the torch of garage rock, and anyone who misses the free-spirited, clattering style of those influences has a generous 13 new tracks to enjoy.
  3. May 24, 2016
    80
    An energetic and indebted collection of highbrow garage rock suitable for mass consumption.
  4. May 3, 2016
    78
    Third album Down in Heaven moves through Monkees-level cheese with the walking bassline and soaring "ba-ba-bahs" of "My Boys," while "Holding Roses" swings Rolling Stones, guitarist Clay Frankel mastering both Mick Jagger's vocal swag and Keith Richards' guitar privateering.
  5. May 13, 2016
    72
    The result is a casual, charmingly low-key set of kitchen-table blues, slow-dance serenades, and unplugged power pop.
  6. Q Magazine
    Jun 6, 2016
    60
    A catalogue of enjoyable sun-drenched rock'n'roll, if you don't listen too closely to the words. [#361, p.116]
  7. May 9, 2016
    35
    This just comes off as clumsy and premature. [May - Jun 2016, p.95]

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