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8.0
125401
8.0 |
DIY
In fully embracing theatrics, their new wave leanings, and the unquestionable punk legacy, the band have landed on a sound both contemporary and unmistakably theirs
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8.0
125402
8.0 |
All Music
Bodies is one of the stronger offerings from AFI's late era, stirring both the physical and emotional with urgency and heart
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8.0
126363
8.0 |
Upset
‘Bodies’ is a record that needs to both stay true to who AFI are
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6.0
125403
6.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Bodies is a well put together album that will appease hungry fans, but it's not the injection of life that AFI so desperately needs at this stage of its career
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6.0
125404
6.0 |
Kerrang!
Let’s be honest: AFI don’t make bad albums, and Bodies certainly hasn’t changed that. It’s just that many of the good things about it are the elements that also end up leading its authors astray
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5.0
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5.0 |
Punk News
Ultimately, it feels like too much is crammed in and AFI can't tell if they want to go pop, goth, retro or symphonic. And with something that schizophrenic, it undercuts a lot of what could have been diamonds in the rough
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4.5
125408
4.5 |
Spectrum Culture
There’s almost nothing on Bodies that isn’t duplicating an idea that another band did better a few decades ago
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3.0
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3.0 |
Exclaim
The band sounds about 30 years less experienced than they are. In the corny Duran Duran worship of "Looking Tragic," Havok sings this line repeatedly: "What a total mess." Let's leave it at that
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