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Reprise / WEA
AllMusic Rating: 4.5 stars
With returning producer Nick Raskulinecz, the alt-metal vets craft a flawless stunner of a tenth album.
Columbia / RCA
AllMusic Rating: 4.5 stars
A heartfelt tour de force, the band's fourth album taps into rock & roll's undying power to reflect inner truths and bring fantasies to life.
Merge
AllMusic Rating: 4.0 stars
After 35-plus years, the band have lost none of the fire that powers their hooky, punk-in-the-truest-sense brand of indie rock.
Mac's Record Label
AllMusic Rating: 3.5 stars
After several years of miscellaneous output, the indie artist returns to traditional songwriting with an album of slow-moving tunes intoned with wintery reflections.
Concord
AllMusic Rating: 3.5 stars
The CCR leader records new versions of his old classics, which are great, but not as great as the originals.
Def Jam
AllMusic Rating: 3.5 stars
Narrated by an all-star cast, the singer's first album in five years is a powerful statement of emotional and sexual liberation.
Winspear
AllMusic Rating: 4.5 stars
Top-notch shoegaze spiked with dream pop as expected, but this time amped up, dialed down, and better all-around.
Matador
AllMusic Rating: 4.0 stars
The volatile art-punks follow their breakthrough album with dense experiments full of haunting melancholy, sci-fi optimism, and potent wit.
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