Ire Works - The Dillinger Escape Plan
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  • Summary: The New Jersey hardcore rock band's third album is their first without drummer Chris Pennie.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. The A.V. Club
    91
    Ire Works is a near-perfect pileup of craft and chaos--and it shows that Dillinger's recent injuries left some beautiful scars.
  2. Pitchfork
    80
    More than ever, DEP have songs. They're also the band's most colorful to date.
  3. Drowned In Sound
    80
    It’s a frighteningly powerful album that will be adored by open-minded newcomers and "Miss Machine" converts alike.
  4. New Musical Express (NME)
    60
    Ire Works is their most controlled effort to date, even more so than 2004's mainstream-friendly (relatively speaking, of course) "Miss Machine."

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 24
  3. Negative: 4 out of 24
  1. thetiderises
    10
    This is Dillinger's best album, in my opinion, but any way you slice it, it's a great record. There's really not a bad song on the album, and they successfully display their trademark relentless energy but deepen it with the electronic elements of the "Particle" and "Wave" tracks and soften it up with "Black Bubblegum." All things told, if you're a fan of heavy music, you need to listen to this album.… Expand
  2. RyanR.
    10
    This is a GREAT album. The best from DEP. One of the best albums to come out in 07!
  3. What?What?
    8
    Not bad. Good metal, good math, good ambience, good fun. They seem to have regressed musically a bit, but that's all Black Bubblegum9;s fault. Diverse if anything, and definitely not for hoods-up, know-nothing scenster morons who don't even understand how to change time signatures.… Expand
  4. TastyJamProject
    3
    I was excited to buy this album as the D.E.P. are such a critical darling. Damn was I dissapointed. With only three half decent songs, the album falls into a bumbling incoherent mess. Yes, it could be called "Math Metal" but there is a point where calculated sound becomes simple static noise. A sad, sad dissapointment. Stay away.… Expand

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