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Q MagazineFeb 14, 2014Their [stardom] has been a slow rise. The ascent continues apace. [Mar 2014, p.108]
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UncutFeb 3, 2014While the familiar swagger is present and correct both in the Bowie-influenced "Spiderhead" and the crackling "It's Just Forever," these moments are leavened by quieter, more reflective tracks such as "Hypocrite." [Mar 2014, p.72]
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Oct 17, 2013Melophobia is a thoroughly modern rock record, where all the past is alive in the present, so if you've ever had affection for any alt-rock sound from the '80s through the 2000s, it's hard not to find something to enjoy here.
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Oct 8, 2013Propulsive choruses, a musical cacophony that whirls and a melodic sense that secedes nothing to the rhythms, the scrappy quintet’s third album is a focused, frenzied affair.
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Oct 8, 2013While that development may take some by surprise, Melophobia finally sees Cage The Elephant realise their full potential.
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Oct 8, 2013On Melophobia they're in a class of their own among big, unit-shifting rock bands who can play with the scrap and imagination of van-tour vermin.
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Feb 6, 2014The result is a compelling exercise in growth.
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Oct 10, 2013Cage the Elephant sound bigger and more polished here, but it’s Shultz’s lyrics that have grown up the most.
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Oct 8, 2013There's a freaky encounter with a spaceman ("Telescope") and a dance-party rager about a wicked girl ("Black Widow"), but the whole thing vibrates with hopped-up discovery.
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Oct 8, 2013The resulting album is, at its best, ambitious and teeming with ideas and, at worst, one heck of a mish-mash of sounds.
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Under The RadarDec 4, 2013It can be a little sombre, a little raucous, and sometimes rough around the edges, but is consistent throughout. [Nov-Dec 2013, p.94]
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Nov 15, 2013Cage the Elephant is definitely onto something with its sound, but other bands, such as the aforementioned ones, are doing much more with it.
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Oct 22, 2013It’s a confused effort, with the songwriting faults, misguided lyrics, and the foolish sidelining of Cage the Elephant's greatest weapon (Schultz’s voice) torpedoing the vast majority of tracks.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 105 out of 113
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Mixed: 3 out of 113
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Negative: 5 out of 113
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Feb 13, 2014
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May 17, 2014
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Feb 13, 2014