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- Summary: The alt-metal band returns with a follow-up to their 2001 megahit, 'Break The Cycle.'
- Record Label: Elektra/Asylum
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative, Metal
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so far away | |
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This is my life It's not what it was before All these feelings I've shared And these are my dreams That I'd never lived before Somebody shake me... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 1 out of 10
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Mixed: 6 out of 10
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Negative: 3 out of 10
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Like a crisp Xerox of the band's multiplatinum Break the Cycle, with everything sounding bigger, brighter and tighter.
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Blender14 Shades is nominally heavier than the group's two previous albums, though the band tempers its harsher instincts to let Lewis ruminate unmolested. [Aug 2003, p.132]
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Those who connect with Staind will likely find this more consistently satisfying than Break the Cycle.
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Part of the problem is the thoroughly unimaginative production, a procession of soft-loud modern-rock cliches that breaks up the ho-hum guitar bashing with acoustic interludes and strings.
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Not memorable enough to be bad, not heavy enough to pack visceral power, most of these songseven radio-friendly ringers like "So Far Away"are indistinguishable from the work of a hundred other bands with misspelled names, hotshot producers, plentiful tattoos, and optional silly facial hair.
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Q MagazineAnother dollop of rock sludge with a remarkably honest title. [Aug 2003, p.115]
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Alternative PressSince when is pairing Jewel's poetry outtakes with modern-rock riffs groundbreaking? [Aug 2003, p.102]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 21 out of 29
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Mixed: 2 out of 29
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Negative: 6 out of 29
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StaindRulesNov 7, 2004
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SalmanHApr 26, 2005Its underrated
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DustinKJun 25, 2006
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KaluNAug 4, 2003This CD apes my tang to pieces. its awesome and i cant stop playing "Price to Play" or "Zoe Jane"
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NGJun 25, 2003If you liked their last cd, you will surely like this one, cause it's better.
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JamesOSep 25, 2006
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joey5beatJan 19, 2004
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