Heart On
by Eagles of Death Metal
  • Record Label: Downtown
  • Release Date: Oct 28, 2008
Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. The A.V. Club
    100
    EODM thrives on confidence, not exploration, and Heart On finds the pair plenty cocksure.
  2. Rolling Stone
    80
    On their third album, the duo are as danceable as ever, but they've tiptoed away from straight musical pastiche, crudding up their blues boogie with low-fi fuzziness and oddball percussion.
  3. Spin
    80
    QOTSA may be rock at the edge of the abyss, but Heart On vaults right over, taking flight on an updraft of woozy audacity and shuddering riffs.
  5. AllMusic
    80
    Fans of the goofy rock send-ups Hughes and Homme did on "Peace Love Death Metal" and "Death by Sexy" might think the pair are taking themselves too seriously here, but they add just enough maturity to the mix to make Heart On a consistently great album.
  6. Urb
    80
    The tracks on Heart On don't veer from EoDM's favored subjects of Los Angeles fakery, sex, girls, sexy girls, and how they're gonna get sexy girls. But shit, that doesn't matter because they're sure as hell sticking to what they do best (with their trusty cow-bell, no less): they make you want to rock out and get your sleazy dance-on at some greasy bar with a PBR.
  7. Uncut
    80
    All round, a party atmosphere prevails--and undoubtedly a good time is had by all.
  8. The Guardian
    80
    This album knows how to party; it rocks like a beast.
  9. Pitchfork
    74
    Heart On does reveal a slightly maturing sense of pop songcraft from Hughes and Homme.
  10. Blender
    70
    With his buddy Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age, Hughes gets the details right all over Heart On.
  11. Boston Globe
    70
    The songs themselves live in the present--and live all over the place.
  12. New Musical Express (NME)
    70
    Ocasionally, the shtick does wear a little thin and they lope off towards water-treading mid-pace. The line between parody and genius is always going to be fine.
  13. Dot Music
    70
    Eagles Of Death Metal have crafted a soundtrack to hedonism, a series of paeans to earthly and earthy pleasures and deliciously illicit behaviour. It's enormous fun all right but it's a long way from being a joke.

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User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 27 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 27
  3. Negative: 2 out of 27
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    Jul 31, 2014
    0
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  2. Vampire25
    Jul 11, 2012
    7
    Eagles Of Death Metal still manage to make some great hip-shakin' tunes, but on Heart On the song-writing is a lot better and the way theEagles Of Death Metal still manage to make some great hip-shakin' tunes, but on Heart On the song-writing is a lot better and the way the songs are arranged aren't as sloppy as they were in Death By Sexy. Eagles are slowly becoming a better band and I can't wait for what they do next.… Full Review »
  3. SteveM
    Feb 4, 2009
    6
    Ok album by a great band,but lacks the unique edge and wit of the first 2 albums. Too many slightly lame Stones pastiches and a muddier Ok album by a great band,but lacks the unique edge and wit of the first 2 albums. Too many slightly lame Stones pastiches and a muddier production, but worth getting for 'Solo Flights', an amazing ode to masturbation.… Full Review »
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