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90
Whilst perhaps unlikely to win over anyone sitting on the fence up until now this is not merely their most impressively realised effort in many a moon, but also one of the most rewarding listens of the year thus far.
80
Admittedly, it isn’t a particularly easy listen, but love isn’t always easy, even if it is always worthwhile.
80
Like Pavement’s whopping extended Wowee Zowee, it may be too much for your brain to absorb in a short period of time – but for all that, it’s a testament to the mighty Melvins that they continue to push the envelope into a car which they then drive at a hundred miles an hour over a cliff and into the far reaches of space.
78
Although this might be their most extreme and ambitious album of the past few years, it’s ultimately no more strange than so many of their records.
70
There's a very good Melvins album leading off A Walk with Love & Death, but the rest of it is only going to agree with a tiny numbers of fans, though it could make an effective musical backdrop for your next Halloween spook house.
60
It’s utterly uncompromising and very much for a select audience, but it is hard not to admire the band’s continued willingness to bash at the boundaries of extreme music.
50
Along with a handful of other Melvins albums, A Walk With Love & Death seems destined to be overshadowed by the band’s stronger output.
49
The Melvins are like the Beatles for me: I respect them greatly and fully understand how responsible they are for shaping a large cross-section of the music I hold dear, but I don’t find the need to celebrate their every last note. That being said, the Melvins’ new double record, A Walk With Love And Death, as a whole is really tough to deal with. Really tough.
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Track List
Death
| 1 | Black Health 6:41 | |
| 2 | Sober-Delic (Acid Only) 6:03 | |
| 3 | Euthanasia 4:36 | |
| 4 | What's Wrong With You? 2:36 | |
| 5 | Edgar the Elephant 3:36 | |
| 6 | Flaming Creature 4:22 | |
| 7 | Christ Hammer 3:51 | |
| 8 | Cactus Party 3:37 | |
| 9 | Cardboa Negro 2:56 |
Love
| 1 | Aim High 2:01 | |
| 2 | Queen Powder Party 2:14 | |
| 3 | Street Level St. Paul 2:18 | |
| 4 | The Hidden Joice 1:11 | |
| 5 | Give It to Me 2:49 | |
| 6 | Chicken Butt 1:49 | |
| 7 | Eat Yourself Out 5:03 | |
| 8 | Scooba 1:09 | |
| 9 | Halfway to the Bakersfield Mall 4:17 | |
| 10 | Paoima Normal 2:33 | |
| 11 | Park Head 3:39 | |
| 12 | T-Burg 4:10 | |
| 13 | Track Star 5:02 | |
| 14 | The Asshole Bastard 4:55 |
Total Length: 1 hour, 21 minutes
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| #11 | / | Diffuser |
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Added on: April 7, 2017