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Rascalize
by The Rascals
The debut album for the trio from England features Miles Kane, who worked with the Arctic Monkey's' Alex Turner to form The Last Shadow Puppets.
LABEL: |
Universal |
RELEASE DATE: |
23 June 2008 |
DISCS: |
1 disc |
GENRE(S): |
Rock, Indie |
NOTES: Currently available as an import only in the U.S.
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60
New Musical Express
Perhaps less time spent constructing solid, unremarkable riffs and more spent testing out the percussive qualities of chunks of dead rodent à la Scott might make this album actually exciting. As it is, it’s just adequate.
60
Q Magazine
Compared to the Puppets' ornate '60s pop, Rascalize is straight Arctic Monkeys indie-rock, with echoes of The Coral. [July 2008, p.108]
40
The Guardian
This collection is all too similarly paced, with the speedier Freakbeat Phantom mounting a lone crusade to appeal to fans of very early Inspiral Carpets.
40
Uncut
From there [after the title track and 'Out of Dreams'], though, the tunes disappear into a black hole of generic Liverpudlian guitar pop. [July 2008, p.100]
40
Mojo
Any number of Zutons and Corals have already trod this path, and to keep up Kane will have to try harder than insering words like "insane" and "psychotic" into music that sounds as if it was made by James Shelley's naive young cousins. [July 2008, p.101]
The average user rating for this album is 7.6 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes
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