Reception
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| Allmusic | |
Even though Mommy's Little Monster was not a commercial success, the album has been met with positive reviews and ratings. Paul Tinelli of Allmusic awards Mommy's Little Monster four out of five stars and calls it "the epitome of early-'80s suburban California punk and provided inspiration for many future Californians, including the Offspring and Rancid" and claims that it "finds the band supplying plenty of attitude and aggression as they rip through nine tracks worth of hard, fast, power chord-filled tracks loaded with snarling anti-establishment lyrics and themes." Tinelli also claims that "The Creeps" and "Telling Them" "show a young punk group that is very angry, and they were going to let society know it whether they wanted to hear it or not", and adds that the title track "Mommy's Little Monster" "gives you a good idea of the characters Social Distortion was surrounded by in the scene of the day."
Mommy's Little Monster received another positive review from Tim Yohannan of Maximumrocknroll, who said "You've got to know by now what Social Distortion sound like--those distinctive vocals, the harmonies, the rockin' guitars, and melodic hooks galore. Their album is filled with more of the same. Nothing here is too frantic except "The Creeps," which really blazes forth. There's precious little exciting punky-pop around these days, but this is one of the rare examples of it."
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