- Record Label: Sony
- Release Date: Oct 23, 2007
User Score
Generally favorable reviews- based on 125 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 86 out of 125
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Mixed: 6 out of 125
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Negative: 33 out of 125
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Nov 17, 2011It proves how much a band can evolve when you are on your 4th album and it sounds nothing like your previous works. While the new sound does benifit the band in some ways, There are simply not enough good tracks to make this album good
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Apr 11, 2011Absolutely amazing. Claudio's vocals are just incredible, and Mic and Travis do great on bass and guitar. Taylor Hawkins does great as a fill-in for Chris Pennie. Songs mix radio rock like Feathers with hardcore like The Hound. A fine album, and the second best they've made in my opinion.
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VirgilR.Oct 29, 2007The people who gave zeros to this album are the only sane people here.
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BiffT.Dec 7, 2007Like taking a drill to your forehead.
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AwesomeO.Nov 27, 2007You guys! You just don't get it, you guys! Too DEEP for you? You guys are so ignorant. I mean, "The End Complete"? That's so profound, you guys. It's like saying it's "the end", but it's really "the end" because it's "complete". Good luck writing deeper lyrics than that, you guys!
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ApolloCreedDec 11, 2007Anybody giving this album more than a 4 just doesn't know what good music is.
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JCLOct 28, 2007
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TH.Oct 28, 2007After 3 listens, you come to realise this is some of Coheeds' best work. Lots of different influences and generally harder and darker the the previous albums.
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AllenB.Oct 29, 2007One word: Meh...
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JackMOct 30, 2007As per all other Coheed albums, amazing. Great storyline of songs.
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CurtisROct 30, 2007I think this is a great album, probably their best yet
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JBApr 2, 2008A proper 7,5. Currently the definition of a modern rock opera! Not as good as In keeping secrets..., but way better than the first installment of Good Apollo. While in no respect my favourite band, (not even within the prog or indie genres) this is quality.
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gMay 4, 2008
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BobJ.Jun 7, 2008Everyone that is giving this a 0 is just a huge D-bag. Their favorite band is probably Matchbox 20 or Nickelback.
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JoshC.Sep 8, 2008The culmination of a grandiose sci-fi story entwined with break-taking atmosphere and ripping guitar riffs.
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CedricZNov 14, 2007Claudio has been copying my voice since the late nineties. It's time he stop writing sci-fi stories that belong on a cereal box, cut the hair and retire. I did like him as Goldberg from The Mighty Ducks though.
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GregG.Nov 2, 2007
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ShaneB.Nov 27, 2007I dunno why people are s h i t t ing on this album. Honestly Ican't thinnk of one song thats not good. And I can think of plenty that area absolutely excellent- No World for Tomorrow, Mother Superior, Gravemakers and Gunslingers, The End Complete, On the Brink. Keep listening, maybe you'll realise the truth.
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TomLanceNov 30, 2007This album has been very unfortunately gilted from the limelight it so richly deserves! Most reviews against it are merely written by people who don't like their style of music. Which is frankly stupid, if you have something preferential about their music, do not review them. (ie. spin)
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RJWOct 23, 2007
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EricOct 23, 2007This is their best album yet. Way better than the last album they put out and even tops SSTB and IKSOSE:3. It took me awhile to really get into the somewhat different feel of the album...but now it's simply amazing. I'd definatly recomend it to anyone.
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PatrickOct 24, 2007Give it many listens and time. You'll discover that this is a superb album regardless of your previous Coheed experience.
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RobertA.Oct 24, 2007Loving it. Want more, but every excellent album should leave you wanting more - that's a PLUS, not a negative.
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ShawnM.Oct 24, 2007
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ScottyT.Oct 25, 2007Terrible. Just terrible. How can people listen to this? No soul at all.
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ConradL.Oct 25, 2007Instrumentally talented, but the rest is pure garbage. This band could be good if they sacked that disease named Claudio. His vocals ruin otherwise decent songs and his epic sci-fi drama is an epic bore. Please break up again, Coheed, if only for the sake of the other more deserving members of the band. Let Claudio go release another solo bomb like Prize Fighter Inferno and ruin himself.
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NinoOct 25, 2007A super-solid album that exceeded my expectations. There's some very unexpected instrumentation here, with great references to previous songs for the astute listener No filler-ish sounding tracks. A great listen end to end!
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RyanA.Oct 26, 2007Lame!
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CodyKickOct 26, 2007This album to me is a throwback to their old albums in several ways. I hear alot of IKS in many of the songs (the end of The Hound is pure IKS), and the layout of the album is similar to second stage, in that the album doesn't so much flow as that each song is different and very good on their own. Feathers is amazing, and MOther Superior is possibly their best song.
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ChesterQ.Oct 27, 2007A bloated emo turd. Just because you're poetic, doesn't forgive your whiny, trying too hard to be edgy ways. Somebody drown that lead singer.
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Awards & Rankings
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Alternative PressCoheed's fourth album simply doesn't deliver on the suspense that's been loaded into it. [Nov 2007, p.155]
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Coheed have found their sweet spot.
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Entertainment WeeklyC&C infuse their expansive music with enough grit and melody that you don't give a hoot what, say, 'The Hound (Of Blood And Rank)' is about. [26 Oct 2007, p.67]