The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
| Alice in Chains
The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Alice in Chains, released on May 28, 2013 through Capitol Records (and the band's final album released by the label). It is the band's second reunion album. - Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here is more inventive than it needs to be, and less self-congratulatory than past efforts.
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Metal Injection
I wouldn't say there are any bad songs on this album, and each song has highlights of its own, but I feel the band has gotten a little too comfortable with its formula here.
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Consequence of Sound
After all these years, Alice is still a filthy girl. And we wouldn’t want her any other way.
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Loudwire
All in all, 'The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here' gives longtime Alice in Chains fans the harmonies, darkness and skilled instrumentation they've come to love on a disc that holds its own among the band's classic albums.
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AV Music
Despite these small quibbles, the album is solid; in fact, there’s something very reassuring that Alice In Chains’ second act is nearly as vital as its first.
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Rolling Stone
They may be terrible paleontologists, but on The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, Alice in Chains prove that grunge fossils can still churn out slithery menace.
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Metal Storm
Fans of the band will likely find this album worthwhile.
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No Ripcord
The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here is up there with the best Alice in Chains albums, with each track a conquest of structure and composition.
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PopMatters
The sludge factory is open again, and modern rock music is all the better for it.
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SputnikMusic
The new Alice in Chains effort bursts with enough vitality to make a lasting impression on the quartet's fans.
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NME
They may never recapture their ‘Dirt’-era majesty, but AiC’s second act is turning out very nicely indeed.
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Exclaim!
A brooding, groovy, muscular album, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here is a more mature and thoughtful application of Alice In Chains' undeniably powerful aesthetic.
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SPIN
Small potatoes yeah, for a meat-and-potatoes band.
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Record Collector
Perhaps The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here is what happens when grown men shed their teenage demons and embrace their more optimistic musical influences.
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Independent (UK)
The return of Jerry Cantrell's grunge bulldozers stresses the dogged consistency that sustained them after singer Layne Staley's death.
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AllMusic
Enter The Devil Put the Dinosaurs Here, a record that is pretty close to identical to Black Gives Way to Blue in its sound, attack, and feel.
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Encyclopedia Metallum
This is everything you could want from an Alice in Chains reunion and more. Find this album and buy it.
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The Washington Post
Its dozen tracks are classic Alice in Chains: heavy, plodding chord progressions layered on bluesy, bent notes sung with dreary conviction.
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Bloody Disgusting
Everything about this album shows that the four members feel entirely comfortable with one another, enough to take some risks that ultimately pay off.
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Premier Guitar
While it doesn't pack as many earworms as Black Gives Way to Blue, it's still a fantastic album with plenty of breathtaking moments.
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Metal Sucks
If you like Alice in Chains, I can’t really imagine you actively hating this record.
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Bearded Gentlemen Music
Again: does it deserve to at the top of the pile in 2013? Yes, yes it does.
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Rock 94.7
I will own this on CD and vinyl. It's seriously that good.
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New Zealand Herald
Grunge survivors head back to the future.
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The Star
The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here offers enough of the familiar and forward progress to succeed in spite of itself and some of the redundancy contained within its arrangements.
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Jon Spencer Reviews
Unfortunately, experimentation does not always end well as we find out here.
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Smells Like Infinite Sadness
The album plods like a Dinosaur when it could have used a touch of the Devil’s mischief.
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Bloody Good Horror
They may never be able to replicate their classic ‘90s sound, but “The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here” finds Alice in Chains ready for the next generation of listeners.
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Cryptic Rock
It’s not often in modern rock that a band can provide the atmosphere and intense thick sound Alice In Chains offers.
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Aesthetic Magazine Toronto
It’s the same old Alice in Chains we love to bang our head to, but it will live in the shadow of their 2009 triumph.
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Music Is My Oxygen
It's a solid, dynamic record that sends a clear message that this is a band that is far from over.
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Something Else!
I’m just not feeling a lot of energy or intensity from it, and without that dark intensity, it’s not what I want from Alice in Chains.
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Scene Point Blank
I suggest that fans of the band give this album a listen--you may find it to your liking. As for me, I'm just going to stick with Dirt.
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103 GBF
This is what makes the band unique and interesting, but it may not be for everybody.
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antiquiet
Where its predecessor took some worthwhile risks, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here goes the other way and focuses on Alice In Chains’ well-known, solidified formula.
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Glide Magazine
The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here is the sound of Alice in Chains meeting their commercial expectations while making them entirely their own.
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Mostly Retro
The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here is a very good album full of great songs, it’s jut a shame that there’s no good way to hear them.
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Talkhouse
There are some standout tracks but every single song is good in its own way and the album flows like an album.
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The Skinny
If 2009’s Black Gives Way to Blue was about legitimizing the resurgence of Alice in Chains whilst eulogising the irreplaceable Layne Staley, this fifth album from the Seattle survivors arrives with the hard-fought conviction of a band still capable of greatness.
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Loud
The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here is yet another excellent release from the Seattle quartet and in line to be album of the year.
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Alternative Nation
Overall, this is my least favorite Alice In Chains album, it’s also my least favorite Jerry Cantrell release.
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Reverb
-overall The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here is a resounding success with all the unique hallmarks of an Alice In Chains album.
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Metal Underground
It's hard to follow up a masterpiece, but Alice In Chains mostly gets it right on this one.
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Louder Sound
Rock’s most unlikely comeback continues in impressive style with Sabbath-inspired album.
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The Lantern
While nothing can truly reach the prime of Alice in Chains in its heyday, this semi-newly reformed group with DuVall in for Staley is a pretty close second best.
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audiocracy
This record is a resounding success.
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Spectrum Pulse
The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here is a perfectly serviceable and pretty damn solid Alice In Chains album, and if you're a fan, you'll definitely like it.
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mikeladano
The most important thing about The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here is that it sounds like Alice in Chains. There is nobody else out there that sounds like this.
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Renegade Cinema
This is an album that rewards its fan base with more of the same, but when you make music this good, that isn’t a bad thing.
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Montreal Gazette
Thing is, with all those caveats, Devil Put Dinosaurs is pretty epic.
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Full Throttle Rock
Whether you’re a long time Alice In Chains fan or a brand new listener, there is something on this album for everyone to enjoy.
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Earl Yorke
The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here is a masterpiece of modern rock.
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The Arts Desk
British audiences may find one song a little quaint. The title track finds the band baiting evangelical Christians and their theological position on creation.
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GeekShizzle
I have to admit the album needs to be on replay for a day or two to completely capture your interest. Alice did however deliver a rock solid record.
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New England Music News
The lack of the one tight, explosive number fails to give the album the edge in dynamic range.
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The Hindu
Unfortunately, unless you’re a diehard grunge or Alice in Chains fan, this album is unlikely to keep you hooked all the way.
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Rocksucker
All in all, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here is just about worthy of investigation, but you might find it a bit of a ‘wheat and chaff’ affair.
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MetalIreland
The first spin of what should have been an incredible follow up for a band reborn was one tough experience.
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JukeBoxMetal
It may have taken a little while, but AIC have bettered their initial comeback, and look like they're going to tour it more substantially this time as well.
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Metal Reviews
This album speaks to the dedication of this band that has endured so much over the past two decades, and I look forward to listening to it for years to come.
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The Front Row Report
This one is right up there with the best Alice in Chains albums of all time.
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Johnny Markham
retains the old formula of hard and heavy rockers with soft and gentle acoustic arrangements to deliver a familiar sounding, if no less entertaining album.
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The Communicator
Don’t dismiss “The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here”; you may miss out on one of the most engaging collection of rock anthems of the 2010s.
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Music and Festival Reviews
I’m not sure if there are any true and life long AIC fans out there who will agree on this, but I believe that with this line up, AIC are better than ever. And with their new album they have a contender for the Album Of The Year title
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