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8.0
68192
8.0 |
The Music
Embrace the change and celebrate a redesigned American classic
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8.0
68193
8.0 |
Evening Standard
You can also hear the bark and bluster of early Manic Street Preachers on Helter Skeleton, and most impressively a restrained gracefulness that matches the stately indie rock of The National on Underneath the Ground
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8.0
68256
8.0 |
All Music
Rating only. No review
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7.0
68189
7.0 |
Clash
Some rock ‘n’ roll of the purest kind
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7.0
68412
7.0 |
NME
For all Fallon’s talk of a massive switch-up, his band’s fifth album doesn’t shift too much from their usual lovelorn, jagged melodies
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7.0
68416
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
This band fully unleashes its inner Who on its fifth studio album
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7.0
68471
7.0 |
Paste Magazine
An inconsistent collection of songs that lacks direction
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6.7
68264
6.7 |
A.V. Club
The Gaslight Anthem deserve credit for stretching so far on Get Hurt; it’s just too bad the band spreads out in so many directions without committing to any of them
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6.6
68191
6.6 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
A difficult Gaslight record is still a really good album, and it's commendable to experiment, evolve, or otherwise try something new
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6.0
68250
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
It’s not the most coherent thing the band have ever released, but it’s certainly one of the most honest
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6.0
68300
6.0 |
Exclaim
The band has framed Get Hurt as a shift in its Springsteen-meets-Replacements sound, but they're overselling things a tad
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6.0
68510
6.0 |
State
It’s hard not to think that The Gaslight Anthem have really missed a trick with this one
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6.0
68401
6.0 |
Beardfood
It’s honest, the soft tones even enticing, but the greater part comes out flat, shallow and cock-rocky
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6.0
68556
6.0 |
Earbuddy
While The Gaslight Anthem might have lost more rounds in this fight than they won, they, at least, are willing to fight on
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6.0
68224
6.0 |
Uncut
Excessive emoting is typical of the record’s exhausting inclination towards overwrought histrionics. Print edition only
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6.0
68240
6.0 |
PopMatters
If you loved Gaslight Anthem’s previous albums, chances are you’ll like Get Hurt. It’s a good record, just one unlikely to ignite the true love its predecessors did
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6.0
68222
6.0 |
Mojo
New Jersey quartet’s fifth primes their earnest, punk-edged rock for crossover. Print edition only
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5.0
68247
5.0 |
The Digital Fix
Overall this is a fairly conservative effort when all the pre-album talk was about "nothing being off limits"
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5.0
68286
5.0 |
Drowned In Sound
To possess some vision and unapologetic creativity in an oft-diluted mainstream rock scene merits a degree of respect, even if that means few repeated listens
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5.0
68511
5.0 |
Under The Radar
Ultimately the result is varying from a group known for its tightness and intricacy
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4.2
68398
4.2 |
Consequence Of Sound
The genre experiments don’t work, and the overblown production presents these efforts poorly, never adapting to whatever stylistic side road the band is going down
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4.0
68231
4.0 |
The Observer
The rockers are all blustering huff and puff with little in the way of inspiration, but they sound positively inspired when compared with the ballads
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4.0
68223
4.0 |
Q
Get Hurt is neither weird nor, unfortunately, all that wonderful. Print edition only
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4.0
68195
4.0 |
The Guardian
Nothing but the same old overblown rock sound with every dial turned up several digits past 11
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4.0
68196
4.0 |
The FT
Uninspired MOR rock
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3.0
68190
3.0 |
Slant Magazine
A shockingly misguided assemblage of over-processed hair-metal guitars, '80s adult-contemporary keyboard swill, and hilariously overblown skullduggery
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3.0
68288
3.0 |
Pitchfork
The only thing they truly nailed on Get Hurt was the album cover: an inverted heart that just ends up looking like a cartoon ass
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