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Generally favorable reviews- based on 184 Ratings
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Positive: 149 out of 184
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Mixed: 16 out of 184
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Negative: 19 out of 184
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AlanPMar 9, 2008The worst album I bought in 2007, complete toss.
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GCBDec 2, 2007Jesus wept.
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JamesM.Oct 23, 2007I don't know why everyone raves about this album. Maybe its just because one person thought it was cool and new so everyone started liking it. I don't like this genre, but even inside this genre there are albums far better than this. (eg grizzly bears yellow house) This album will not be remember after this year.
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MikeNOct 5, 2007
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lukeSep 25, 2007I bought this album, listened to it, and thought it was boring. It's pretty uneventful. I think this album was created for the sake of the poster inside. Hardly any creativity. It does not go anywhere. Beware.
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SeanWAug 18, 2007This album is terrible. I listened to it once and will not touch it again. This is not music. This is just noise.
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desertAug 9, 2007This record is as stupid as I am. Me the ugly duck. Saddest loser in The Netherlands.
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JustinGAug 3, 2007Is this for real? It's sounds like my 2yr old nephew was playing around with my drum machine, keyboard, and guitar, and he threw in some fisher price toy beeps and he came up with this trash. I consider myself cutting edge, but this is def trying way too hard to be different. Common, this is just plain silly.
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GabeJJul 28, 2007An unlistenable record with far more bleeps and bloops than good ideas. Stanier's immense talent is wasted thanks Ian Williams' "tricks," which are more tedious than even "American Don." Pretentious, boring, awful, and embarrassingly overrated. Rock fans steer clear; this isn't rock.
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PaulMJun 22, 2007Math Rock? How about Geek Rock.
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MarcE.Jun 20, 2007
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ScottbJun 3, 2007I really wanted to like this album, but it's so bad...
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ChrisWMay 29, 2007This CD is way too computerized and over-layered with sound. There's a line that is drawn when you're experimenting with music and sounds... and this CD is not even close to the border... it's so far beyond listenable that it's annoying. I gave it a 1 based on the creativeness that they offer. If you were looking for the NEXT Sound to come about... this is NOT it.
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BillHMay 28, 2007This is a joke, right? Please God? They're fu**ing with us aren't they? This is a Yes album. Repeat. This is a Yes album. Aaargh... what's going on? Just to be clear here: it's a piece a s**t. Got that? A complete piece of S**T!
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DAronMay 26, 2007Ever heard of Mindless self indulgence?????. Yup and they do it better.....
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johnrMay 22, 2007just a bunch of worthless noise, cold and calculated math rock, and the novelty wears off after the first listen when you begin longing for some real heart in the music.
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ThomGMay 21, 2007It is pretty much flawless, expressing the type of music any computer could create. Too bad there isn't any soul in the album. Don't be expecting any life to jump from the plastic of this compact.
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Awards & Rankings
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Alternative PressAt times, the effect is akin to hearing Tortoise and Animal Collective covering the Steve Reich and Devo catalogs in tandem; but such reference points barely do justice to an album that just halfway through 2007, is already topping the year's best-of list in multiple genres. [Jun 2007, p.151]
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Battles combine the power of hard rock with an experimental aesthetic.
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UrbEvery song on the 52-minute masterpiece builds and bridges until everything self-destructs and the only thing left to do is dance. [May 2007, p.92]