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Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 51 Ratings

  • Summary: Jerry Finn (blink-182) produced this follow-up to 'Good Mourning.'

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Mercy Me
It's been a long day living with this It's been a long time since I felt so sick I took a long walk straight back home I could've walked back to San... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. AllMusic
    90
    As great as Alkaline Trio are at relating their booze and blood-spattered lives to listeners, it does get a little tedious. But Skiba and Andriano's interlocking harmonies never flag, and the band's rhythms are just too catchy throughout.
  2. Spin
    83
    Crimson... still has its share of macabre wordplay... but the real attraction here is the music, which sounds just as dramatic as the imagery. [Jun 2005, p.105]
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  3. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    Crimson's minor-key arrangements... make more room for spooky keyboard ooze and swinging rhythms than those on [their] four previous full-lengths. [27 May 2005, p.136]
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  4. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    It's a delight to hear. [18 Jun 2005, p.64]
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  5. PopMatters
    80
    If anything, Crimson is the album that will push Alkaline Trio from the edges of the spotlight directly into its midst.
  6. Rolling Stone
    70
    On Crimson, Alkaline Trio again manage to make bloodletting sound like hot fun on a Saturday night.
  7. Blender
    60
    Crimson features enough syrupy string swells, maudlin piano filigrees and layers of production sparkle... to choke an army of purists. But these credibility-destroying effects only enhance the pure pop kick. [Jul 2005, p.114]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 38
  3. Negative: 4 out of 38
  1. AndrewD
    Jun 14, 2005
    10
    The best Alkaline Trio's album for sure and one of the best pop-punk records within last 10 years.
  2. Skev
    Jul 24, 2005
    10
    an absalute musical masterpeice, i have had it since the relese date and i am still listening 2 it once or more a day, i cant get enough cant an absalute musical masterpeice, i have had it since the relese date and i am still listening 2 it once or more a day, i cant get enough cant w8 to see them on the 21st of novemer, ALKALINE TRO RULE!!!… Expand
  4. JamesG
    Oct 10, 2005
    10
    Sheer brialliance. Their most complete album.
  5. honzau
    Jun 25, 2005
    9
    Alkaline Trio are getting better and better. It takes a loger lime to like this album, but your love to this album is deeper and stronger then.
  6. ZelaneG
    Jul 31, 2005
    8
    Musically it is brilliant, very catchy too, the introduction of new harmonics and melodic piano pieces give great depth to the music. The Musically it is brilliant, very catchy too, the introduction of new harmonics and melodic piano pieces give great depth to the music. The lyrics are naturally the best part however, dan and matt are lyrical geniuses who songs would make A grade poetry "below a sky that knows no stars, you'll never shine again". Deffinatly an asset to my alk collection, however like many true alk fans I realy would like the next album to have a track back to the goddamit days, i do so miss the done in a garage just to piss people off sound. Dissapointing album title and cover also. AND HAHAHAHAHAHA I'M SEEING THEM LIVE AT A 500 PEOPLE VENUE IN 2 WEEK : D… Collapse
  7. traysin
    May 30, 2005
    7
    After the first three tracks, this album is incredibly dull. Maybe i had high expectations from being a huge alkaline trio fan, but most of After the first three tracks, this album is incredibly dull. Maybe i had high expectations from being a huge alkaline trio fan, but most of this album seems over-produced and unfelt. Maybe because the band didn't experience any of those real-life romantic catastrophes up to this album, maybe that helped?… Expand
  8. ReganS.
    Jun 29, 2005
    1
    This album is absolutely horrible. Since "Good Mourning" AK3 has been musically destroying themselves. This isn't "grown up". It's This album is absolutely horrible. Since "Good Mourning" AK3 has been musically destroying themselves. This isn't "grown up". It's disgusting. It's sickening to see an amazing band like AK3 making such a terrible album.… Expand

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