Every Man For Himself
by Hoobastank
  • Record Label: Island
  • Release Date: May 16, 2006
User Score
7.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 24 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 24
  3. Negative: 4 out of 24

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  1. HoobaWhat?
    Jun 2, 2006
    3
    Reaper, you've got it all wrong - Hoobastank doesn't constitute a genre - they are just a major label mainstream 'alternative' band creating utterly average (or below average) music. How could anyone who owns a radio or listens to music "not know anything about it?" This isn't original music, don't you remember how Hoobastank hopped on the scene after Incubus Reaper, you've got it all wrong - Hoobastank doesn't constitute a genre - they are just a major label mainstream 'alternative' band creating utterly average (or below average) music. How could anyone who owns a radio or listens to music "not know anything about it?" This isn't original music, don't you remember how Hoobastank hopped on the scene after Incubus hit it big? This CD highlights what's wrong with mainstream radio-rock fare - the hooks wear thin after a couple listens, and it is painfully obvious how the songs are 'engineered' to gain repeated radio play. Anyone who finds this music catchy, daring or expressive needs to get out a little more and listen to a broader range than a few FM radio stations.… Expand
  2. AdamW
    Jul 29, 2006
    2
    Another generic cd from hoobastank. Their cd's keep getting softer and softer. Their faster tunes were the only thing that kept this crap bareable in the first place. Nothing creative nothing new. Just ..........
  3. alexf
    Jul 25, 2007
    1
    Very Very boring. Sounds like Nickleback.

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Metascore
53

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. AllMusic
    60
    But even if Every Man for Himself was constructed with the mainstream in mind, it likely won't win any new converts, since at their core Hoobastank remains unchanged: their songs aren't particularly dynamic or catchy, the band doggedly follows alt-rock conventions as if adherence to clichés gives the group legitimacy, and Robb's pedestrian voice alternately disappears into the mix or veers flat when he holds a note.
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  2. Billboard
    30
    Nearly every cut shoots for maximum radio mileage, and the album's lack of stimulation makes such pandering harder to overlook. [20 May 2006]
  3. Blender
    50
    There's something undeniably irritating but strangely satisfying about lyrics so baldly declarative, especially over riffs this explosive. [Jun 2006, p.144]
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