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Shaddix's woes connect directly to a large and equally confused audience, and that nobody this side of Kurt Cobain communicates them with as much power.
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The group's secret weapon is the way it so vividly captures the storms of confusion, anger and self-recrimination that swirl around inside a boy.
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SpinIt's the perfect summer record--if your summer begins with your dad running off with his secretary and your girlfriend dumping you for that asshole lifeguard at the water-slide park. [Jul 2002, p.107]
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BlenderA more crunchingly bare-bones record all around. [#8, p.123]
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The energy that spills forth from these grooves hails both the positive power of loud guitars and gorges itself on the general insanity of life, but nails it all home with a knowing melodic sense of the anthemic and a musical complexity which elevates the entire album beyond mere thrash and burn histrionics.
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Another solid effort.
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No post-nu-metal. No nu-post-hardcore. Just a solid, honest, rock album.
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Precise? Yes. But does it work your frustrations out? Only a little.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 39 out of 47
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Mixed: 4 out of 47
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Negative: 4 out of 47
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Jul 29, 2011
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May 8, 2011Just a great album from a great band that has developed more and more throughout their career. This album isn't their best but contains real classics
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Mar 4, 2020