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Riot!
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 277 Ratings

  • Summary: Hayley Williams leads her Franklin, Tennessee-based band in their second album.

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Misery Business
I'm in the business of misery Let's take it from the top She's got a body like an hourglass that's ticking like a clock It's a matter of time before... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Stylus Magazine
    83
    Riot! is immediately appealing because it focuses on sounds that have been neglected by the genre’s frontrunners. This is an uncomplicated album comprising of strikingly uncomplicated music, entirely lacking in 15 word song titles, Jay-Z guest appearances, and theatrical meta-concepts about performing in a rock band.
  2. Playlouder
    70
    The good news is that for a bunch of brats they're well in control of the complex, riddling, labyrinthine structures that go toward making the perfect pop punk songs.
  3. AllMusic
    70
    The sound quality is ultra-clean, it makes the listening experience relatively risk-free and also brings attention to the fact that there's not a lot of ground being broken here.
  4. Spin
    60
    Their biggest asset, though, is singer Hayley Williams, an 18-year-old siren with a killer fashion sense and an undeniable knack for writing contemplative love songs.
  5. Blender
    60
    [Hayley Williams'] Tennessee crew's second album isn't as charmingly precocious as the first. [Jul 2007, p.116]
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  6. New Musical Express (NME)
    50
    In the end, whether it's a cynical bid for the mainstream or an experiment gone wrong, Riot barely registers as a minor disturbance.
  7. Drowned In Sound
    40
    Riot sounds like a crunching, flashlight-white amalgamation of Avril Lavigne and Kelly Clarkson, save for token ballad "We Are Broken" that echoes the enchanting eighties sounds of Belinda Carlisle.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 54 out of 63
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 63
  3. Negative: 6 out of 63
  1. MatthewH.
    Feb 5, 2009
    10
    I loooooooooove this album. Its my favourtie album of all time. It's the first album i have bought that i actually like all of the songs!!!!!
  2. AkashR.
    Apr 29, 2008
    10
    Riot! And Paramore, both, completely give a vivid taste to emo-punk with Hayden, a gal, as their front vocalist! Be it "Crushcruchcrush" or Riot! And Paramore, both, completely give a vivid taste to emo-punk with Hayden, a gal, as their front vocalist! Be it "Crushcruchcrush" or "That's What You Get", every track in the album is worth a listen! Plus, the album art does give a foundation for a great graphiti!… Collapse
  4. paramoreyay
    Aug 30, 2014
    10
    Absolutely epic, Paramore gives us an album that deserves to be named one of the best alternative rock albums! My favorite album from them,Absolutely epic, Paramore gives us an album that deserves to be named one of the best alternative rock albums! My favorite album from them, it's perfectly wonderful! good job, paramore!… Expand
  5. paulb.
    Jan 29, 2009
    10
    The Greatest!
  6. MysticManiac
    Mar 10, 2018
    9
    Paramore's best album to date. A great pop-punk album but so much more than that. Much better than their previous effort, All We Know isParamore's best album to date. A great pop-punk album but so much more than that. Much better than their previous effort, All We Know is Falling. Paramore haven't been able to make an album that works as a whole album since Riot! but every track on this album works… Expand
  7. NeckRomance
    Jan 4, 2022
    8
    Really Really good for its time and has so many catchy songs and makes itself a very versatile album
  8. judd_graham
    Oct 8, 2018
    0
    Nothing more than a flyover Christian rock band, with brightly colored hair. Music just as bad as Kelly Clarkson. Pass.

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#49 Most Discussed Album of 2007
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#31 Most Shared Album of 2007