The Wire (p.65) - "DEAD DRUNK is a clear triumph, a dense work destined to grow thicker with each listen."54.08567
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Rolling Stone (p.70) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "The second album from these gold-selling Boston guys is as arena-ready as any record you'll hear all year....[With] sugar-shot melodies."Entertainment Weekly (p.65) - "Three years after their hit debut, they're a little older but just as emphatic....The world is these guys' post-prom party." -- Grade: BAlternative Press (p.116) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Boys Like Girls are capable of creating sugary pop adrenaline."Billboard (p.28) - "Boys Like Girls bolsters LOVE DRUNK with new sounds and style shifts....The heart-on-its-sleeve 'Two Is Better Than ONe' is a sure-fire hit."Kerrang (Magazine) (p.53) - "[P]erfect pop-rock, with choruses that are as infectious as the common cold....Every melody is a sugary rush of breezy sweetness..."53.89738
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Alternative Press (p.152) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "[W]ith a premium put on inspired songwriting and expert arrangement....There's plaintive pop, full-bodied folk rock, fragile balladry and perfect choruses."26.78468
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Entertainment Weekly (5/29/98, p.74) - "...As with GRACE, SKETCHES is a testament to Buckley's role as lifelong student of rock history....[it's full of] the adventurousness and life-affirming qualities of Buckley's music, which is as much a part of his legacy as this incomplete, yet affecting, farewell." - Rating: A-19.13192
$16.96
Entertainment Weekly (5/29/98, p.74) - "...As with GRACE, SKETCHES is a testament to Buckley's role as lifelong student of rock history....[it's full of] the adventurousness and life-affirming qualities of Buckley's music, which is as much a part of his legacy as this incomplete, yet affecting, farewell." - Rating: A-19.13192
$13.76
Alternative Press (p.116) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "'Drunk In Amsterdam' is a nice blend of the band's new and old sounds."0.8885448
$12.53
Uncut (magazine) (p.92) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[P]ick of the bunch is Beaton's bluesy 'You Make Me Feel Drunk'."0.8596902
$14.62
Uncut (magazine) (p.92) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[P]ick of the bunch is Beaton's bluesy 'You Make Me Feel Drunk'."0.7154176
$17.76
Option (Sept.-Oct./92, p.118) - "..For a man over 60, his fingers are still nimble, varying from the stomping shuffle of `Wiggle Tail' and inebriated joy of `Sloppy Drunk' to the cathartic moan of `In The Evening.' His harmonica emits quite a moan, too.."0.7096903
$16.35
Living Blues (pp.53-54) - "The band locks into some deep, wall-to-wall grooves on tracks like 'Bottle Of Whiskey', 'Ain't Nothing But The Truth' and the comic 'Get Drunk' and 'Pop The Trunk'..."0.6808358
$17.65
CMJ (p.45) - "[A] set of timeless, occasionally fiery pop-rock stylings."Mojo (Publisher) (p.104) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[An] album rivaling their late-'70s heyday ranging from the pop-punk opener 'Drunk In Babylon'...to the melancholy ballad 'Other Side Of The World'..."0.6202632
$6.89
Entertainment Weekly (11/12/93, p.59) - "...You have to love any seasonal album with a song called 'Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk For Christmas)'..." - Rating: B+0.5056884
$5.59
Living Blues (p.60) - "[Her voice] fares best on such melodic midtempo fare as 'Sugar Daddy', 'Love Shop Mechanic' and 'Get Drunk Party', which owes something of a debt to Sam Cooke's 'Having A Party'..."0.4540575
$13.50
Rolling Stone (p.127) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "He does melancholy well....The highlight is 'Let's Get Drunk and Fight.'"Entertainment Weekly (p.66) - "[The] soulful ballads like 'My Whiskey Years'...best showcase his rich baritone..." -- Grade: A-0.425203
$7.96
4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]heir interplay still hums with the genial wit of a happy drunk."Total Film0.4130466
$28.17
Uncut (p.129) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[The album], with its densely textured musical tapestry, roams from spooky goth to love-drunk..."0.4130466
$14.84
JazzTimes (8/03, p.140) - "...Both Messbauer's writing and his arrangements are jovial, inventive, attractive and punch-drunk..."0.4130466
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