Lies For The Liars
by The Used
  • Record Label: Reprise
  • Release Date: May 22, 2007
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 59 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 41 out of 59
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 59
  3. Negative: 13 out of 59

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  1. CalR
    Feb 20, 2012
    3
    As bad as many thought it would be, Lies For The Liars continues The Used's great album artwork but that is about it. Apart from 'Find a Way', and 'The Ripper' little remains from their 2004 release, and what is left becomes a mixed bag of overwrought emotion and less energetic rip-offs of prior hits. Disappointing.
  2. ErinA
    Jun 5, 2007
    1
    All the reviews talked about this being a transition for the used... about how it would be some incredible regrouping of the band and that bert sounded better than ever. Well if by better than ever you mean whiny and if by transitioning you mean following their steady but consistant downward spiral then they would be correct. My god what is with these songs about love and calling people All the reviews talked about this being a transition for the used... about how it would be some incredible regrouping of the band and that bert sounded better than ever. Well if by better than ever you mean whiny and if by transitioning you mean following their steady but consistant downward spiral then they would be correct. My god what is with these songs about love and calling people baby all the time??? I wanted to rip my ears off rather than keep listening but my morbid curiousity got the best of me. I think this is going to be the final nail in the coffin. And as someone who's watched these guys when they were dumb luck I am glad to see this come to an end.… Expand
  3. nickc
    Jun 7, 2007
    1
    File under My Chemical Romance, etc. Superfical angst bullshit. Completely unoriginal and 100% unlistenable.
  4. Cables
    May 30, 2007
    0
    These guys used to rock. Now they blow.
  5. emmett
    Jun 27, 2007
    0
    haha this stuff is awful, just plain awful
  6. alexp
    Jun 6, 2007
    1
    hate it, other albums are way better
  7. derek
    Jul 8, 2007
    2
    it blows.
  8. johnj.
    Jul 9, 2007
    3
    A very big disappointment.
  9. DerekB
    Jun 1, 2007
    3
    Ugh, if this is what kid are calling emo nowadays, I best just off myself.
  10. DevinM
    Jun 13, 2007
    3
    The songs are definitely a change of pace for The Used. The album has it's ups and downs but the downs are too great to give this album a respectable rating. The songs are kind of mix and matched, choruses with completely different scales than the song which just make an uncomfortable transition. Best track on the CD: "Pretty Handsome Awkward".
  11. AmurabiM.
    Mar 30, 2008
    3
    This is totally absurd. This is the kind of music that adolescents without the minor sense of self criticism can hear. This is music for mental adolescents. The kind of music that tries too hard to be inventive and original knowing that its sound is just a whiny imitation of the most popular acts of this "genre". Emo music is always controversial, but this album makes the detractors of This is totally absurd. This is the kind of music that adolescents without the minor sense of self criticism can hear. This is music for mental adolescents. The kind of music that tries too hard to be inventive and original knowing that its sound is just a whiny imitation of the most popular acts of this "genre". Emo music is always controversial, but this album makes the detractors of the popular genre smile and confirm their expectations. This album is just a piece of overproduced and "hardrocking" bullshit. No more.… Expand

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#66 Most Discussed Album of 2007

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Metascore
58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 11
  3. Negative: 2 out of 11
  1. The New York Times
    60
    After a while, the surfeit of ideas starts to sound like a lack. But the choruses are as effective as ever.
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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    75
    There's no denying the galvanic power of singer Bert McCracken's blowtorch vocals. [25 May 2007, p.84]
  3. AllMusic
    60
    Even if Lies for the Liars has the appearance of a crossover album, a la The Black Parade, it doesn't have the substance.
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