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100
Celebration Rock finds that some of the best moments in life can come from uncertainty.
11y
90
Celebration Rock is a tipsy toast to the very best moments in life.
90
Where Post-Nothing melts into a hazy dream, Celebration Rock does exactly what it claims to do—it burns on and on like the best sort of party.
11y
90
"Continuous Thunder" is a sensitive parting shot, and cements Celebration Rock's emotional depth.
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6mo
88
The first thing you take from Celebration Rock is just how much they've improved in terms of capturing pure sound, everything hitting louder and clearer than before.
11y
87
Celebration Rock is in perpetual motion, driven by a visceral sense of urgency that most modern guitar music is so sorely lacking.
11y
85
It works, but it doesn't make sense, and can't be explained. It can only be heard.
11y
80
Celebration Rock is near-perfect in what it sets out to do: making people happy, bringing them together.
80
Celebration Rock is raw frenzy, tender love, and foolish cacophony.
80
Japandroids sing about lost youth and sex and drinking atop hammer-of-the-geeks distortion swirls and holler-along refrains a gorilla could pump some paw to.
80
Bookended by snippets of crackling fireworks, the aptly-titled 'Celebration Rock' is big on anthems, euphoria and fistpumping rock'n'roll thrills.
80
With Celebration Rock, King and Prowse have constructed an album that's near impossible to dislike.
11y
80
Celebration Rock isn’t a final stand, it’s a push forward.
11y
80
Celebration Rock is instead a triumph, showing that those with least to lose often have most to gain.
11y
80
The sheer energy pouring from this record is breathtaking: not until the very final song (‘Continuous Thunder’) does Celebration Rock’s sense of acceleration cease.
11y
70
At times all this vim can slip into noise.
70
Celebration Rock’s high-tempo riff rock concerns itself with energy and embraces our serendipitous run-ins with those good times worth remembering.
11y
70
Celebration Rock could arguably lack the powerful impact of the first record. Still, it's a hell of lot of fun.
11y
60
Aptly, the title is about as subtle and nuanced as the record itself: a short, samey burst of enjoyable, yet disposable, garage rock.
11y
60
Each song spills over with a breathless, unhinged vigour that impresses ... But taken all together, the band's refusal ever to let up on volume, bombast, group-shouted vocals, fast-strummed chords or smashing drums makes Celebration Rock an exhausting sonic assault in need of variety.
60
The second album from noise-punk duo Japandroids works every straining sinew to convince you what enormous fun you must be having in its company, but still winds up striking a curiously sour note.
11y
60
Celebration Rock delivers more of the same good-time guitar-pop anthems about girls and night on the tiles, delivered at breakneck velocity and near-deafening volume.
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1y
50
On the band's sophomore LP, Japandroids do a great job of eliciting very righteous, life-defining emotions, but don't really surround them with anything that's terribly engaging, musically.
One of the most fun and anthemic rock records of 2012. I was pleasantly surprised that they were able put out another album that matched the quality of their debut.
Japandroids most iconic album, gives some catchy, well played garage fused indie rock for an easy listen record which may not be topping or reaching new heights within the genre but offers a fun listen which in of itself makes it a great record, with never a dull moment, the record never feeling over stretched, and the instrumentals and vocals all catchy, upbeat and engaging, Celeb Ration Rock is a great 2010's indie rock adventure.
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The Nights of Wine and Roses 8.5/10.
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It really makes it spectacular with so much euphoria on display, it gives you that same vision that they have of everything.
The House That Heaven Built is legitimately within my top 100 favorite songs of all time.
I'm not even lying, either.
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Track List
| 1 | The Nights of Wine and Roses 4:02 | 89 |
| 2 | Fire's Highway 4:43 | 90 |
| 3 | Evil's Sway 4:26 | 94 |
| 4 | For the Love of Ivy 4:13 | 82 |
| 5 | Adrenaline Nightshift 4:26 | 88 |
| 6 | Younger Us 3:32 | 91 |
| 7 | The House That Heaven Built 4:49 | 94 |
| 8 | Continuous Thunder 4:59 | 84 |
Total Length: 35 minutes
Year End Lists
| #2 | / | A.V. Club |
| #2 | / | PopMatters |
| #3 | / | Alternative Press |
| #3 | / | Entertainment Weekly |
| #3 | / | SPIN |
| #3 | / | Spinner |
| #4 | / | DIY |
| #4 | / | Pazz & Jop |
| #5 | / | Pretty Much Amazing |
| #6 | / | MAGNET |
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Added on: March 26, 2012