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Jan 9, 2012Terrific songwriting and clean, polished production.
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Nov 30, 2011Regrettably, Break The Spell never fulfills its mission of delivering an unabashed rock effort and genuine nuggets of musical magic are few and far between.
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Nov 23, 2011Often, Break the Spell harks back to the glory days of the late '80s, when rockers played golden gods all for the sake of video cameras, secure in the knowledge that heavy rotation on MTV and AOR radio would shift millions of CDs.
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Nov 22, 2011Unlike Nickelback, Daughtry offers recognizable human emotions, even if they are rendered clumsily.
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Nov 21, 2011This is by-the-numbers arena rock, played with muscular competence by a relatively young band showing off its chops by executing successful formulas.
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Nov 21, 2011That lack of a distinctive style or voice also means that Daughtry isn't pulling focus from the simple and effective construction of their songs, which is pretty much the only thing they do well.
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Nov 17, 2011It all sounds sturdy and fits comfortably down the middle, more dependable than daring.
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Nov 17, 2011There's a serious hard-rock record lurking deep in Chris Daughtry's clean-shaven skull.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 48
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Mixed: 4 out of 48
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Negative: 25 out of 48
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