Jake Bugg

Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg
Critic Score
Based on 12 reviews
2012 Ratings: #124 / 1118
User Score
Based on 262 ratings
2012 Rank: #261
Liked by 16 people
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Houdanny
51

At the turn of the decade, Jake Bugg ruled the British mainstream with his brand of catchy and commercial folk rock. And even now I gotta admit that a few of these tracks hold up nicely! But at the end of the day, it’s pretty bog standard in the genre, and hasn’t really had much in the way of longevity.

Standout: Lightning Bolt
Favs: Broken, Ballad of Mr Jones, Trouble Town
Least fav: Fire

LukasLima
79

Um amigo me pediu para ouvir esse disco, e o que mais me chamou atenção foi o timbre dele bem diferenciado, na primeira impressão eu estranhei bastante, mas ao decorrer do disco fui me acostumando.
A produção é simples e agradável, ela é bem caseira e acústica, dá um certo charme para o disco, a parte instrumental é muito boa, o álbum é bom.
Destaque para "Two Fingers", "Broken", ... read more

RakkSmells
65

Thanks Mum

94

Feels like some classic folky, country rock & roll pop album thing. I feel like Jake Bugg doesn’t get enough credit for how unique he was when he came onto the scene. If I told you this album came out in 2012, would you believe me? I always heard Lightning Bolt out of nowhere when I was going out my life growing up, and I never realised who it was by.

This album has so many bangers. Lightning Bolt like I said, Two Fingers is so song to sing, Taste It, Seen It All, Simple As This, ... read more

imabluefish
99

one of my favs. zero skips.

vnkv7
83

honey and gold, that's how this amazing debut album feels 🥺 since the first listen in 2017, still today, and will never leave my heart 👹

fav songs:
🌻 two fingers
🌻 seen it all
🌻 broken

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Track List

1Lightning Bolt
2:24
90
2Two Fingers
3:15
95
3Taste It
2:24
84
4Seen It All
2:51
93
5Simple as This
3:19
86
6Country Song
1:49
81
7Broken
4:07
97
8Trouble Town
2:50
86
9Ballad of Mr. Jones
2:39
77
10Slide
3:08
82
11Someone Told Me
2:36
85
12Note To Self
2:40
81
13Someplace
3:32
77
14Fire
1:45
80
Total Length: 39 minutes

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Added on: November 11, 2012