Let The Bad Times Roll

The Offspring - Let The Bad Times Roll
Critic Score
Based on 11 reviews
2021 Ratings: #742 / 753
User Score
Based on 336 ratings
2021 Rank: #1036
Liked by 9 people
April 16, 2021 / Release Date
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CRITIC REVIEWS

70
The Young Folks

Let The Bad Times Roll is not the new flashy restaurant in town. It is the joy of realizing your favorite pizza shop is still open despite thinking they had closed their doors years ago.

67
Consequence of Sound
If The Offspring want to stay in their comfort zone, there are plenty of fans who wonโ€™t object, but it wonโ€™t keep them relevant.
60
AllMusic
It's a record by and for disgruntled old guys who are too sharp to indulge in nostalgia yet still don't want to let the past go.
60
Kerrang!

For the majority of its runtime, Let The Bad Times Roll represents a welcome return from a band who undoubtedly make the world all the brighter with their presence.

60
Spill Magazine

Had this album been half the length, Let The Bad Times Roll could have been a stellar EP; rather it feels tired, forced, and devoid of a level of fun associated with the band.

60
Classic Rock
A fun romp with a serious undercurrent, then, and a reminder that there's just one man on the Warped Tour who can save us all when the next pandemic hits.
40
Sputnikmusic

With a good production, some of these tracks could have been saved, but by all accounts, Let the Bad Times Roll is the worst album The Offspring have ever made.

40
Clash
A record that struggles to find an identity, both the length and the truculence of its gestation are evident in every note.
30
DIY
They were perhaps wiser to remain outside of the limelight, as their attempt to tap into the manic paranoia and fracturing of society misses the mark by some magnitude.
Chode
10

Cock Music #2

Father of Few

Let The Bad Times Roll- One of the absolute most limp-dick, pitiful “pop-punk/rock” albums I’ve heard in recent memory. You would be forgiven if you couldn’t discern who The Offspring was before this review, though to say they haven’t had any prominence within the pop-punk/rock sphere would be a falsehood. While The Offspring was never necessarily among genre titans Green Day and blink-182 in terms of relevance and stature, two of ... read more

PipePanic
19

OK, but what the fuck where you people expecting?

Did you people think that this would be good? "Oh yeah, a pop-punk band that found their fame in the 2000s coming through with an album nearly a decade after their last record? Sure!", you might have said before pressing play on an album that has a track called 'We Never Have Sex Anymore' or 'The Opioid Diaries'. "Maybe, just MAYBE, with a cover like that and an album cover like that, maybe this record will be positively ... read more

CLJesse
10

I guess Dexter wasn't so fly (for a white guy) after all....not a fan of false advertising.....

Leprechaunlake
15

torture

JPMiller23
20

Worse than Biden’s handling on the economy

PotatoPeeler68
37

Do I hate this album? No. Do I think this album is good? Heck no. For positives though, the production is often quite good, which when combined with good lyrics on Behind Your Walls (only), make for a bomb song that I can get behind. Hassan Chop also feels like an actual punk song with something to say about global affairs, and I think that is a highlight as well.

Alright, bad stuff.

This is Not Utopia: Man, these lyrics and sentiment are GARBAGE. It seems like every legacy band has some ... read more

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Added on: February 23, 2021