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Gargoyle Image
Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 22 Critic Reviews What's this?

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7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings

  • Summary: The latest release for the alternative rock artist features guest appearances from Josh Homme, Greg Dulli and Duke Garwood.
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Nocturne
Red lights, X-ray vision A lonely drug is in my veins Blood stained indecision Holiness is burned away Midnight, midnight calling Color me... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 22
  2. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. 100
    A bravura statement from an artist still sounding fresh three decades into his career.
  2. Magnet
    May 18, 2017
    90
    A soundtrack that hits with the force of a well-timed punch and soothes like the ministrations of a doomed romantic poet. [No. 142, p.56]
  3. Q Magazine
    Apr 21, 2017
    80
    Gargoyle takes the electronic bedrock of its 2014 predecessor Phantom Radio and kicks it up a notch. [Jun 2017, p.109]
  4. 80
    A wealth of arresting images sprinkled throughout another excellent album.
  5. Apr 25, 2017
    80
    Gargoyle kicks massive ass; here are ten songs you won’t be able to hear enough. Just about essential.
  6. May 17, 2017
    80
    His irrepressible, grizzled vocal is the master key to the soul that is often kept hidden behind the pewter façade, and it’s the desire for more glimpses into it is what makes Gargoyle as affecting as it is.
  7. Apr 28, 2017
    50
    Gargoyle is missing the emotive, musical draw that makes Langegan the tear-jerking, blues-poet that he really is.

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