Wolfmother
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90
Even if they were never to make another album again, Wolfmother will be remembered as one of the greatest bands to pierce Australian airwaves.
6y
90
Now this is music perfectly suited to the critical chestnut “heavy as fuck.”
11y
75
Their sound is a throwback to 1970s hard rock-- miles of galloping riffs, noodling organ, and guitar fuzz-- but what makes their self-titled debut rise above mere pastiche is how capably they strike a balance between meaty vintage metal and crisp, stoner-rock melodies.
13y
70
Wolfmother aren’t fresh, forward thinking or revolutionary, but if you’re in the right frame of mind, they’ll be very hard to beat.
12y
70
They’re songs infused with bite and bile, quite ridiculous, very bombastic – and let’s make this point one more time – utterly, utterly thrilling.
13y
60
An intriguing garage-rock thread runs through Wolfmother's songs, broadening their sound.
11y
Before we had anything within the realm of a Gretta Van Fleet, who many criticize for ripping off the sound of a group like Led Zeppelin, we had a group like Wolfmother who utilized 70s hard rock as a stomping ground of their own. This isn’t to say that Wolfmother are like Gretta Van Fleet, far from it; the juxtaposition between them is that one group utilized their musical space to recreate, and the other used that space as a place to re-imagine. Rather than commit to tired tropes and ... read more
Joker and the Thief Was a song that stuck out well for me as a kid, however as time progressed my infatuation with their heavy blended arena rock sound faded away as I found it non other than bland and annoying. No further description. Another issue arised when I very much got in Led Zeppelin's material and I was then exposed to this album. It sounds like Greta Van Vleet before Greta Van Vleet, this band like Greta Van Vleet is just a Led Zeppelin clone that pisses me off
Most of the songs on this album are bangers, a few fall a little flat, but overall a great album that harkens back to the 70's.
Definitely pretty underrated album, and actually a consistent one as well. The guitar riffs are awesome and even though the influences of this band are clear, they also sound like their own thing and that’s great
Holy crap this album actually rocks. I love the blend of 70s sounding instruments. This group definitely gives off Led Zeppelin and Queens of the Stone Age vibes and I respect Wolfmother for that. Colossal is a masterpiece
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Track List
| 1 | Colossal 5:02 | 86 |
| 2 | Woman 2:55 | 86 |
| 3 | White Unicorn 5:01 | 82 |
| 4 | Pyramid 4:28 | 80 |
| 5 | Mind's Eye 4:53 | 85 |
| 6 | Joker and the Thief 4:39 | 93 |
| 7 | Dimension 4:25 | 84 |
| 8 | Where Eagles Have Been 5:33 | 85 |
| 9 | Apple Tree 3:28 | 81 |
| 10 | Tales From the Forest of Gnomes 3:36 | 80 |
| 11 | Witchcraft 3:25 | 81 |
| 12 | Vagabond 3:54 | 82 |
Total Length: 51 minutes
