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Today I'm will grace you guys with a full-length epic review of the slightly new Wolfmother album; Cosmic Egg. I got it for Christmas, it made me happy.
Anyway, let's start this muthafucka.

1. California Queen: Great way to start off an album, I love the guitar swells at the start, like it's saying, "Bitches, get on your spacesuits and 3D glasses, the new Wolfmother album is starting and it's awesome," the fans of Wolfmother who have always been die-hard fans will be pleased to hear that the new line-up of Wolfie didn't change a thing, they still play how they did on the first album. It sounds a little bit samey compared to some of their other songs, but it's still a great great song, and a great way to start off an album. Grade: A

2. New Moon Rising: I adore this one. This was, I think, the first single of the album? I'm refraining from using Wikipedia here so forgive me if I muddle up dates and facts and shit, anyway, I love the riff, catchy, I already had this song (cough, I totally legally downloaded it) a few months back, I probably listened to it over 40 times in the space of a week. Drums are cool sounding. Andrew Stockdale (the singer/guitarist) really gets to showcase his voice on this one. Awesome follow up to the first song. Grade: A+

3. White Feather: I like the way White Feather starts out, it's powerful. However, I'm a bit iffy on this song, the bridge just doesn't stick with me until the chorus the way the last two did. Plus the lyrics seem a bit silly to me, I mean, lolwhut? Dancing feet? It reminds me of that movie with the dancing and singing penguins or something. White Feather is altogether a fairly weak track. Grade: B-

4. Sundial: YEAH! Fantastic way to pick it up again. I love the wah-wah kind of intro with the riff. This song is one of the more heavy songs on the album, I love it. It's catchy, very Sabbathy, and I like the inclusion of the piano in the background, it adds another texture to the song, like rather than the song just being a heavy sort of boomy song, there's that other kind of layer to it. Andrew takes it down a notch or two for his singing, which works well with the song. I like the guitar solo a whole lot. Grade: A+

5. In The Morning: They slow it down on this track, and wow, Andrew hardly goes into his wailing semi falsetto kind of thing, I actually thought it was someone else singing it until I got to the second half of the song. Pretty song, lovely Zeppeliny lyrics, not astoundingly catchy, though. Grade: B+

6. 10,000 Feet: One of my favourites, probably. I adore this song. The guitar sounds so nasty. This is one of the most Black Sabbathy tracks on the album, I think. Stockdale even kinda reminds me of Ozzy (singing, obviously) on this track. I like how the lyrics are accented and kinda staccato-y and sorta with the guitar-riff (that's why it sounds Ozzyish). Anyway, this is, in my opinion, probably the best song on the album. Grade: A++ (I had to add another plus there)

7. Cosmic Egg: Ah, the title track. And mighty good it is! I sounded like Mick Wall there for a moment. Anyway, this is one of the catchiest title tracks I've heard in new music recently. The standout in this song for me is definitely the guitar, sounds great, especially the kind of swelling arpeggio thing in the chorus, at least I think it's the chorus. The harmonization are pretty cool, too. I also adore the lyrics. Grade: A+

8. Far Away: One of the slower songs. Very pretty and sad sounding, actually. Another one of Andrew's lowerish register songs, he sounds a bit like George Harrison when he sings lower. I like the organy thing at the start (and through most of the song). I don't have much else to say here. Grade: A

9. Cosmonaut: Good, solid song, but it sounds just a tiny bit like filler that leads up to the next song. It sounds just a little too much like some of the other songs. Not crazy about the chorus. Grade: C+

10. Pilgrim: Again with the swelly guitar at the start, this is really starting to turn into a habit, not that it bothers me. Pilgrim's a great track, nice and upbeat. The bridge/chorus guitar riff sounds EXACTLY like some Sabbath or Zeppelin song, but I can't put my finger on which one it is, and it's driving me crazy trying to figure out what it is. Anyone, I like this one quite a bit. Grade: A

11. Eyes Open: Ehh, I'm fairly lukewarm on this one. A lot of slow Wolfmother songs are iffy, they're either great or kinda dull. The drums sound like some poppy kind of song. I just don't really like this one until- OH HOLY MOTHERFUCKER THIS IS GREAT, this nasty, durgy wurgy (lol what a great adjective) guitar kicks in and it sounds great... and then it slows down again, oh what's this? The drugy wurgy is back, and so is Andrews sort of hypnotic singing. Hot and cold on this one. Grade: A-

12. Back Round: I like how they made everything sound like it's stuck in a tin can at the start and then BOOM FIZZ OR SOMETHING, everything pops out. Bridge/chorus is insanely catchy, toe-tapper this one is. Powerful, I like this one a whole lot, it changes a lot. Grade: A

13. In The Castle: This one takes a while to get into, probably because the start is fairly slow and not very interesting, pretty guitar, but not overly grabbing, but you have to be patient and give this song a chance until it starts going, and when it does, it's great. Heavyyyy, man. I've played this on drums, it's a fun tune, man. Grade: A

14. Caroline: I remember first hearing this and I was like, "Hey, there's a song with four and a half minutes of nothing on it." Yes, another slow one, it's okay, I guess, but you know, it's slow, and a lot of slow Wolfmother songs are either great or they don't really stick with you for long. Grade: C+

15. Pheonix: Love this one, reminds me of Steppenwolf for whatever reason, probably the organ and the guitar. Fit's the title, it sounds firey. However, it's on the borderline of sounding like filler. Grade: A-

16. Violence Of The Sun: Very different from the rest of the song. It sounds almost Musey. Not sure how I feel about this one at first. The boomy durgy guitar that just suddenly appears in the middle whilst the organ and calm bass feel of the song is still going sounds a little weird and out of place, but I guess it gives the song a different feel. Then suddenly the song just slows down and goes all screamy time organ thing, which is interesting. This is not only the last song on the album, it is also the longest and most bipolar ish, with all it's changes. To me, it's too long, and the ending goes on forever, but I suppose they could of chosen a worse song to use as an ending. Grade: B+

In conclusion, Cosmic Egg is a great album and well worth a listen even if you aren't a fan of Wolfie, it's got some fantastic tracks, and a few iffy ones, but all in all it's an awesome album.
Final Grade: A-

Also my mom is watching Batman, lol.

Song of the day is Doctor Doctor by UFO, have a listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRRc4MMAQ3c
Also the Iron Maiden cover of it is pretty sweet too, *COUGH COUGH EVEN THOUGH BLAZE BAYLEY SINGS IT*

Up the Irons! Get the Led out! Buy some Hickory Sticks and have yourself a good time.