| R.I.P. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 2003 | |||
| Recorded | October 31, 2001 | |||
| Venue | The Showbox | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Label | Sub Pop | |||
| Murder City Devils chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Pitchfork Media | 3.0/10 [2] |
| Punknews.org | [3] |
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Trouser Press called the album "as fierce as ever, a drunken sloppy mess of the sort to remind jaded fuckers of the awesome power of rock and roll." [7] Exclaim! deemed it "an emotionally charged 62 minutes of music." [8]
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