14 Shades Of Grey
by Staind
User Score
6.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 49 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 49
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 49
  3. Negative: 12 out of 49

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  1. maxpower
    Aug 2, 2005
    0
    The fact that people would consider this pleasing music is just sad. Lame lyrics and generic instrumentation make this just another piece of crap floating in the toliet of modern mainstream acts, if you want music with emotion i suggest you try some bands that don't suck. I also get a kick out of the people that yell "f*ck the haters" this cd is bad, deal with it
  2. joey5beat
    Jan 19, 2004
    0
    is this a joke? do these other people really think this is good music? maybe cliches are much better the 15th time around for some. but for me, utter poop + 1. once again my formula: corn ball, trite lyrics + unimaginative instumentation (soft verses "loud", lame choruses are not the only way to make pop music) + bad musicians + completely uninteresting = shi-ite.
  3. PatrickD
    Jan 9, 2006
    2
    Wow. So you shouldn't give something bad reviews because you don't like it? You should just let it go away? What if I said, "Hey, because you don't like it, you shouldn't be telling us that, you should be listening to it." This is a REVIEW. People hate your band. Musically, this album is pathetic. I've seen better offerings from the emo garage band next door, and Wow. So you shouldn't give something bad reviews because you don't like it? You should just let it go away? What if I said, "Hey, because you don't like it, you shouldn't be telling us that, you should be listening to it." This is a REVIEW. People hate your band. Musically, this album is pathetic. I've seen better offerings from the emo garage band next door, and I'm being completely and totally serious. Boring. Nu-Metal is dead, try listening to real metal: Lamb of God, Opeth, Dream Theater. That should be enough for anyone.… Expand
  4. Mr.Hater
    Dec 13, 2005
    1
    Guess I'm just another hater. Thank god no one's making me listen to it. There is no saving those who do not want to be saved. Great music to those with musical expierience or great music to a critic breaks from whatever the current formula. Critics and music lovers are looking for musical evolution. Those who are still musical virgins will obviously rate this album highly Guess I'm just another hater. Thank god no one's making me listen to it. There is no saving those who do not want to be saved. Great music to those with musical expierience or great music to a critic breaks from whatever the current formula. Critics and music lovers are looking for musical evolution. Those who are still musical virgins will obviously rate this album highly because they have not been over-saturated with the verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus way of doing things. Someday, like their X-Box games, they will find this type of production boring and move on to something more challenging. Or else they will be stuck as a construction-laborer for the next 30 years.… Expand
  5. JayUT
    Feb 11, 2005
    2
    It just leaves me somewhat upset when I read these posts. Not only do people actually relate to this and allow it to help them, they qualify this music and the overlaboured lyrics that comes with it as "incredible". Amazing. Or maybe not... Staind get their money from untried individuals who have little sense of musical background, human culture in the whole, and whose concepts of It just leaves me somewhat upset when I read these posts. Not only do people actually relate to this and allow it to help them, they qualify this music and the overlaboured lyrics that comes with it as "incredible". Amazing. Or maybe not... Staind get their money from untried individuals who have little sense of musical background, human culture in the whole, and whose concepts of sensitivity and release correspond to a different tone of voice under a blunt distortion. It should be much too little. This, mind you, is not a good rock album. What is this in front of source tags & codes? I won't bother listing others. Critics are not geeky figures behind desktops playing eclectic, and if they were it wouldn't undermine their opinion. My only hope in this matter (if I have one) is that one day some of you actually realise the smallness of this piece of sound in what has been done in our time. In the meantime, you'll be staring at the blankest and dulles of walls (and maybe paying for it)… Expand
  6. billb
    Sep 17, 2005
    0
    this guy was signed by fred durst. case closed.

Awards & Rankings

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#55 Most Discussed Album of 2003
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#84 Most Shared Album of 2003

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
41

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 10
  3. Negative: 3 out of 10
  1. Dot Music
    20
    '14 Shades of Grey' features no standout moments or highlights, just a formulaic, plodding, sixty plus moribund minutes that make this album about an hour too long. Avoid at all costs, even if you're a member of Staind's family.
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  2. AllMusic
    60
    Those who connect with Staind will likely find this more consistently satisfying than Break the Cycle.
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  3. Uncut
    40
    At times this album seems interminable. [Aug 2003, p.116]
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