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All Music Guide - Stephen Thomas Erlewine It's hard not to think that the timing of Sixx: A.M.'s third album indicates something about leader Nikki Sixx's state of mind. Released in the thick of Mtley Cre's much ballyhooed farewell tour, Modern Vintage looks toward the past but, unlike Sixx's main group, it chooses not to live there. The "Modern" in the title means something: there are slight electronic flourishes, apparent both in the rhythms and the accents, there's an acknowledgment that disco-rock is now part of the hard rock fabric ("Miracle" is danceable in a way the Cre or any other Sixx project never was), there's a slight postmodern flair in how the group mashes up all the classic rock ... See more details below Eligible for .