- Record Label: Sony
- Release Date: Sep 20, 2005
User Score
Universal acclaim- based on 114 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 98 out of 114
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Mixed: 2 out of 114
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Negative: 14 out of 114
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AndrewDOct 4, 2005One of the most exciting albums from one of our generation's most exciting bands.
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ryanbOct 24, 2005Amazing, inventive and cutting edge record from a band who never pulls its punches
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KyleBOct 17, 2005Awesome.
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JaxMOct 20, 2005Brilliance, just insanely good.
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jameswOct 26, 2005This is the best band I have ever had the pleasure to listen to! OMG
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JoeBDec 7, 2005Words couldn't describe the music on this cd
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kriskOct 3, 2005this is my favorite album of 2005 so far, with death cab for cutie's Plans a close second. buy it now and prepare to be confused and enthralled all at once.
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KennyMOct 4, 2005
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CorySJan 17, 2006Great album. Must have.
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KristoferMAug 13, 2006I first got this CD during Christmas of '05. 8 months later and I'm still going back and listening to it for days on end. The songs are catchier than any pop song you'll ever hear. Combined with Claudio Sanchez's excellent guitar riffs and Geddy Lee-type vocals, and this is a CD that you'll listen to for ages.
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TaylorMJan 9, 2007Outstanding, original, and addictive - the greatest reason to keep listening to music.
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ZaxianMar 5, 2008An album with epic scope - prog rock at it's very best.
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sierramMar 18, 2009First thing is first. coheed and cambria has all my respect. they are def my favorite band and i get so sick of people saying they are not prog enough or too much prog! get over it!
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BobSOct 12, 2005C&C continues to evolve while making amazing music. Every time I listen I'm left wanting more, I hope Claudio never stops writing. C&C bring a breath of fresh air to the stagnant pop-punk/screamo scene. Buy Good Apollo, Keeping Secrets, and Second Stage the first chance you get...
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GlennMNov 20, 2005This cd kicks some serious ass oldskool.
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EricSNov 5, 2005What an incredible cd!! I've been listening to them since the start of the series. The story and the music only get better the more you listen.
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adamtOct 16, 2005Co&Ca continue kicking out the jams and surpasing most bands past and present. Coheed and Cambria are the new kings of (Prog)Rock. Also if you get a chance, check these guys out live, you will not be disapointed.
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MattSNov 7, 2005Their best album to date. And that's saying something. For those who hate pop music because of misapplied associations, or those who hate concept albums because they're confusing, you should really give it another chance. This album overcomes stereotype and genre pigeonholing through the sheer monumental quality of the artists' craft..
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MarshaROct 18, 2005sheer brilliance.
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JustinS.Oct 2, 2005Far and away their best album yet, IV shows the band moving toward a more classic-rock sound. Every song is incredible, except for perhaps 'Wake Up', which seems a bit too sappy. Still though, my favorite album in the past couple of years.
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shannonlDec 4, 2006Coheed and Cambria is the Greatest Rock Band today if not ever. This is the kind of music and sound you want to hear from a Rock group.
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BreeanaRJan 6, 2006This was the first time in my life I've ever bought tow cd's from the same band in one day.
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XiaoJApr 14, 2007
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HexumSMay 2, 2007Their first album was pretty good. Their second album is the best CD I've ever heard in my life. This new one is absolutely killer. 10/10
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CalvinPJun 3, 2008The Best Band i have Heard in a long time amazing on cd and amazing live.
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jakebJul 24, 2008This is THE coheed and cambria album to end all their albums. This album sounds if Rush and Led Zeppelin had a baby it would be this band. The band departs from their older prg styles and take up more of a neo-classical style of rock and they do great thing with it.
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CharlieBNov 10, 2005
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RobinBOct 12, 2005This is a great album... listen closely and you will see why.
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EvanCNov 27, 2005Not their best, but so far Coheed and Cambria have done no less than a 10 on any album.
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JayJayOct 13, 2005Simply stunning...not many albums have the ability to move a person to tears, but this one achieves it and then some...buy it NOW
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Awards & Rankings
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BillboardWhile the overlong album sometimes threatens to bury C&C with its own excess, the craftsmanship suggests the band is more than capable of breaking into the mainstream. [24 Sep 2005]
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Blender[A] dense, inventive disc. [Oct 2005, p.134]
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C&C's music factory comes across as a unique, modern perspective of both rock's past and present.