Dead Man Shake
by Grandpaboy
Metascore
67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 16
  3. Negative: 1 out of 16
  1. Rolling Stone
    60
    The songs aren't as urgent or as memorable as the cracked gems he used to write, but his voice is wonderfully ragged. [13 Nov 2003, p.99]
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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    58
    Westerberg plays blues dress-up with bar-band enthusiasm but not much depth. [24 Oct 2003, p.106]
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  3. Magnet
    50
    The tunes wear thin before the bluesman gimmick does. [#61, p.110]
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  5. Blender
    50
    It's great fun, but Come Feel Me Tremble has more ballast. [Nov 2003, p.123]
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  6. Alternative Press
    40
    Even Westerberg knows that he can do better. [Jan 2004, p.108]
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User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. scottb
    Nov 21, 2003
    9
    i got this album as a pre sell from fat possum, not really knowing paul westerberg, just knowing of him. right off the bat it hooked me. i got this album as a pre sell from fat possum, not really knowing paul westerberg, just knowing of him. right off the bat it hooked me. originals were fantastic but his slow burn on im so lonesome i could cry sounds like it is sung by a man on tripping his brains out and having to stay calm while a cop searches his car. uncomfortable in his speech and about to freak out . lastly, i think at times he sounds like the closest thing to mike bloomfield i have heard in forever… Full Review »
  2. BrianM
    Oct 30, 2003
    6
    Dead Man Shake is not as fulfilling as Grandpaboy's last album, Mono. Paul Westerberg has wrote better material recently and this album Dead Man Shake is not as fulfilling as Grandpaboy's last album, Mono. Paul Westerberg has wrote better material recently and this album seems a little disappointing because he has wrote some fine Rock and Roll. Yet the album does have it's moments from time to time and the good outweighs the bad.… Full Review »
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