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Alternative PressBattle For The Sun takes the best elements of thier sound and focuses it into a cohesive listening experience--there's no filler to be found. [Jul 2009, p.130]
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MojoThe result is Placebo's best album since 1998's magisterial "Without You I'm Nothing." [Jul 2009, p.97]
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[The album’s final track is] a satisfying conclusion to the band’s best album since 2000’s Black Market Music.
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Producer David Bottrill (King Crimson, Tool, Muse) gives Battle for the Sun a lean, sharp sound, stripping away a lot of the synthetic weight that bulked up the group's last few albums.
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The band has made records more appealingly outré than this one. Raise the freak flag higher, dudes!
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The threesome, along with Tool-producer Dave Bottrill, deliver a brightly focused, 13-track collection that hard-core fans will pan and newbies will adore.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 56 out of 66
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Mixed: 7 out of 66
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Negative: 3 out of 66
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Jan 21, 2022
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Apr 30, 2014
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Sep 13, 2013