Pressure Machine
by The Killers
  • Record Label: Island
  • Release Date: Aug 13, 2021
Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
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  1. The Independent (UK)
    Aug 13, 2021
    60
    A little more campfire crackle to his delivery would have helped lift these good short stories from the prettily glowing embers of forgettable and occasionally recycled melodies.
  2. Classic Rock Magazine
    Sep 15, 2021
    50
    Quiet Town and Runaway Horses exhibit tender lyrical themes, and there's brief respite in the dreamy haze of Sleepwalker and Pressure Machine. However, nostalgia and the shattering of childhood idylls reoccur through In the Car Outside and In Another Life. [Oct 2021, p.78]
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#33 Most Discussed Album of 2021

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User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 110 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 102 out of 110
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 110
  3. Negative: 6 out of 110
  1. jonkulator
    Aug 13, 2021
    10
    Just a fantastic albun been a long time killers fan .Love that they are stadium rockers but this album feels like the realization of theJust a fantastic albun been a long time killers fan .Love that they are stadium rockers but this album feels like the realization of the potential they always had to be a great American band and even have a shot at the best band in the world right now .
    Cant wait to hear the next chapter in the Killerverse    … Full Review »
  2. LangdonE
    Aug 13, 2021
    10
    The storytelling on this album is fantastic. Lots of new sounds and it does a great job expanding the band's range. The spoken parts on theThe storytelling on this album is fantastic. Lots of new sounds and it does a great job expanding the band's range. The spoken parts on the unabridged version help make this the most cohesive album from the Killers.… Full Review »
  3. Skydog
    Aug 13, 2021
    0
    Awful. Boring, slow, lyrically unimpressive (might as well go to a church with a hint of tacky-ass Beatles metaphors thrown in) andAwful. Boring, slow, lyrically unimpressive (might as well go to a church with a hint of tacky-ass Beatles metaphors thrown in) and instrumentally lackluster. Cannot believe this passed through a recording studio and got told "THIS IS GREAT!"

    "Some people will call it boring and don't know the true meaning.."
    um he's writing about something that's been done thousands of times. I get the meaning.. it's just bland and generic. Writing about drug overdosing and your hometown is so cliche.    … Full Review »
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