Reception
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| Rolling Stone | |
Reviews for White Light, White Heat, White Trash have generally been favorable. AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine awards the album two-and-a-half stars out of five and claims that "Social Distortion made a conscious attempt to cash in on the alternative 'revolution" of the early '90s.'" For the musical direction, Erlewine states, "Underneath the layers of glossy hard rock production, the band still hold fast to some of their punk roots, but too often they sound like a heavy hard rock band. Of course, that commercial sheen is intentional -- it's the only way they could appeal to the legions of post-grunge alternative fans who appeared since Social Distortion released Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell in 1992."
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