Yeah. Rolling Stone's review was fairly tepid too. The recurring theme I read in the more critical reviews seems to center on Josh Homme being somehow so musically inferior to JPJ and Grohl that he drags the album down. I don't buy that at all. Homme is a phenomenally talented musician, songwriter, and singer, and has been in the business for quite a long time.BuckeyeTillIDie;1598630; said:
It's also not true, as the Pitchfork review implies, that Homme would or should just concede all the musical direction to the other two.
None of these three guys, I don't think, could individually have written either Reptiles or Warsaw. Those two have become my favorite tracks. They're undeniably Zeppelin-esque, especially Reptiles which wouldn't have been out of place at all on In Through The Out Door or Presence, but I also don't think JPJ would pen a verse/chorus that alternates from monotone to falsetto like Warsaw, and as great a drummer as Grohl is, he's never touched Bonham as closely as he does here.
This disc cements Grohl as one of the greatest drummers around. The album is just absolutely, jaw-droppingly brilliant, IMHO.
Slash was right. It's fucking genius. Apparently, Duff also agrees. I'm still waiting on Izzy's and Axl's reviews. :tongue2:
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