Critical Acclaim

About Critical Acclaim

"Critical Acclaim" is the first single from Avenged Sevenfold's self-titled album. A 2-minute teaser was posted on the band's MySpace to tide fans over until the iTunes release date, but on August 20, 2007, Avenged Sevenfold uploaded the full version on their MySpace. The full song was released on iTunes August 28, 2007. Introduced by a twenty-two second long organ melody followed by a majestic, slow guitar solo, "Critical Acclaim" is based around two aggressive guitar riffs - One which is repeated during the verses .

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About this song

Credited to

Avenged Sevenfold

Album

Avenged Sevenfold · Track 1 of 12 · Opens the album

Released

October 26, 2007

Duration

5:15

Ranking

#7 most played Avenged Sevenfold track on Foxsoundi

Top countries on Foxsoundi

United States (100 %)

On Last.fm

499,109 listeners on Last.fm

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From the album: Avenged Sevenfold