Album of The Year
Mastodon - The Hunter

Mastodon

The Hunter

81
Based on 11 reviews
2011 Ranking: #51 / 498

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90
DROWNED IN SOUND

The Hunter is a pitch for the mainstream - but it doesn’t compromise on Mastodon’s core ambition.

90
NO RIPCORD

The Hunter is a collection of songs that inadvertently expands their repertoire and capabilities while they turn off their heads and let their fingers tell the story.

88
PASTE

They’ve never made the same album twice, and luckily, that streak continues with The Hunter.

80
CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND

Freed from the confines of elements and concept albums, Mastodon sounds fresher than ever.

80
MUSICOMH

Where The Hunter lacks conceptual cohesion, it's varied and accessible enough to catapult Mastodon right to the front of the modern heavy metal pack.

75
PITCHFORK

The record works best as a catchy guilty-pleasure party album.


#50
Sandro Perri
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#52
Marissa Nadler
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DETAILS

Released: September 27, 2011
Format: LP
Label: Reprise
Genre: Progressive Metal

RATINGS

90Drowned in Sound [srcarrow]
90No Ripcord [srcarrow]
90Tiny Mix Tapes [srcarrow]
88Paste [srcarrow]
83A.V. Club [srcarrow]
80AllMusic [srcarrow]
80Consequence of Sound [srcarrow]
80musicOMH [srcarrow]
75Pitchfork [srcarrow]
70NME [srcarrow]
60PopMatters [srcarrow]

END OF YEAR LISTS
# 40 - Drowned in Sound
# 47 - Pazz and Jop
# 61 - PopMatters
# 47 - Q
# 38 - Rolling Stone
# 18 - The Quietus

TRACK LIST
  1. Black Tongue 
  2. Curl Of The Burl 
  3. Blasteroid 
  4. Stargasm 
  5. Octopus Has No Friends 
  6. All The Heavy Lifting 
  7. The Hunter 
  8. Dry Bone Valley 
  9. Thickening 
  10. Creature Lives 
  11. Spectrelight 
  12. Bedazzled Fingernails 
  13. The Sparrow

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Added on: July 26, 2011