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Meat + Bone

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{{Infobox album

| name = Meat + Bones

| type = studio

| artist = The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

| cover = BluesExplosion-Meat+Bone.jpg

| alt =

| released = 2012

| recorded = September 17, 2012

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Punk blues, alternative rock

| length =

| label = Bronze Rat Records

| producer =

| prev_title = Damage

| prev_year = 2004

| next_title = Freedom Tower

| next_year = 2015

}}

Meat + Bone is the ninth studio album by American punk blues band Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, released in 2012. Their previous album Damage came out in 2004.

Reception

{{Music ratings

| MC = 75/100

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Jurek |first=Tom |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/meat-bone-mw0002409538 |title=Meat + Bone |publisher=Allmusic. Rovi Corporation |accessdate=January 21, 2013}}

| rev2 = BBC

| rev2Score = positive{{cite web |last=Chick |first=Stevie |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/gpwx |title=Meat + Bone |publisher=BBC |accessdate=January 21, 2013}}

| rev3 = Blurt (magazine)

| rev3Score = 9/10{{cite web |url=http://blurt-online.com/reviews/view/4105/ |title=Meat + Bone |work=Blurt |date=September 21, 2012 |accessdate=January 21, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002074640/http://blurt-online.com/reviews/view/4105/ |archivedate=October 2, 2012 }}

| rev4 = Drowned in Sound

| rev4Score = 6/10{{cite web |last=Atherton |first=James |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17235/reviews/4145486 |title=Meat + Bone |work=Drowned in Sound |date=September 13, 2012 |accessdate=January 21, 2013 |archive-date=January 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130024300/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/17235/reviews/4145486 |url-status=dead }}

| rev5 = NME

| rev5Score = 8/10{{cite web |last=Cooper |first=Leanie|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/jon-spencer-blues-explosion/13675 |title=The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - 'Meat and Bone' |work=NME |publisher=IPC Media |date=September 14, 2012 |accessdate=January 21, 2013}}

| rev6 = Pitchfork Media

| rev6Score = 7.3/10{{cite web |last=Berman |first=Stuart |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17056-meat-and-bone/ |title=The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Meat and Bone |publisher=Pitchfork Media |date=September 20, 2012 |accessdate=January 21, 2013}}

| rev7 = Sputnikmusic

| rev7Score = 4/5{{cite web|last=Viney|first=Joseph|title=Album Review - Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Meat + Bone|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/52392/Jon-Spencer-Blues-Explosion-Meat-%2B-Bone/|publisher=Sputnikmusic|accessdate=22 January 2013|date=Oct 6, 2012}}

}}

Meat + Bone received generally positive reviews from critics.{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/meat-+-bone/the-jon-spencer-blues-explosion/critic-reviews|title=Meat + Bone|publisher=Metacritic. CBS Interactive|accessdate=January 21, 2012}} At Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75 based on 22 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".

Track listing

  1. Black Mold
  2. Bag of Bones
  3. Boot Cut
  4. Get Your Pants Off
  5. Ice Cream Killer
  6. Strange Baby
  7. Bottle Baby
  8. Danger
  9. Black Thoughts
  10. Unclear
  11. Bear Trap
  12. Zimgar

References

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{{The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion}}

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Category:2012 albums

Category:Jon Spencer Blues Explosion albums