Devil's Music

Critic Score
Based on 7 reviews
2010 Ratings: #899 / 948
User Score
Based on 6 ratings
March 24, 2010 / Release Date
LP / Format
Sony / Label
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Critic Reviews

70
Tiny Mix Tapes
It isn't life music, unless you live in a camp permutation of Gold's Gym. The Air-like, Gary Numan-lite instrumentals popping up between the songs with hit potential are way lighter than air. I don't mind 'em, but also don't love 'em.
60
AllMusic

Very much like its predecessor, Devil's Music derives most of its noteworthiness and novelty (and arguably, for better or worse, much of its musical interest) from an impressive, sometimes head-scratching roster of guest vocalists drawn from pop, rock, rap, and reggae.

60
SPIN
The few moments where star power wanes, Teddybears suggest they don't have much to offer on their own.
58
A.V. Club

Devil's Music lives and dies on the strength of the collaborators (lightweights like Laza Morgan lack the personality to elevate the material), as all the instrumental tracks just sound like long intros to better songs.

55
Prefix
As with any Teddy Bears release, this is all meant to be a sort of pastiche; lots of genre jumping, lots of smooth transitions, lots of hooky goodness mixed with a plethora of guest stars and vocalists.
50
Rolling Stone
Teddybears' second U.S. release seems designed to be a coming-out party, but it's just slick hodgepodge.
20
NOW Magazine
You'd figure we'd at least get a one-off novelty track, but the flat, repetitive melodies and gimmicky rhymes even fail to do that.
Constidence
57

Eh. Really, just, eh. Teddybears has a lot more albums than this website says this does, and this is a pretty eh album. Honestly, Teddybears is a pretty "eh" band. I hear they started as a metal act, and if they did, i have no fucking idea how they got into electronic music.

Well, it's eh, that's all I'll say. I will say though, "Get Fresh" is a damn good song, and it was one I actually grew up with, so I respect it for that.

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