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Band
Pretty Maids
Title
Kingmaker
Type
LP/EP
Company
Frontiers
YOR
2016
Style
Hard Rock
Popular Reviews
1/21/2017 - Review by: Eric Compton
A barn-burner
Ken and Ronnie have kept Pretty Maids cleaning house for nearly 40 years! Record number 15 (I think) is a barn-burner. 'Kingmaker' does everything just right, as if we would expect anything differently from metal's most consistent band. Opener 'When God Took a Day Off' is a profound world-ending statement done with the familiar harmonies and keys. Like most PM fans we need the chains a breakin' and we get that with heavy hitters in 'Humanize Me', 'Bull's Eye' and 'Civilized Monsters'.
Recommended for fans of: Kissin' Dynamite, Hardcore Superstar, Crazy Lixx
PERSONAL BREAKDOWN:

ENJOYMENT
4
MUSIC
4
VOCALS
4
PRODUCTION
4.5
ARTWORK
3.5
LYRICS
4


  • 1 :REVIEW COUNT
    4 :AVE RATING

ALL REVIEWS FOR: PRETTY MAIDS
TITLE
DOR
COMPANY
 REVIEWER DATE MADE RATING
Kingmaker
2016
Frontiers
Eric Compton1/21/2017
4
Motherland
2013
Frontiers
Eric Compton1/7/2014
3.5
Pandemonium
2010
Frontiers
Chris Kincaid5/1/2010
3.5
Wake Up To The Real World
2006
Frontiers
Eric Compton12/8/2006
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