- Record Label: Interscope
- Release Date: Nov 14, 2006
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While they may never reach the heights of their Source Tags & Codes, the band can still push boundaries.
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As with most things Trail of Dead, it's bloated where it thinks it's profound.
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It's all over the place, but it packs enough sweet noise manipulation and actual songwriting to get over.
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It's hard to truly love a band that are so chameleonic that they sacrifice signature definition for adventurousness.
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Pick your adjective[:] Over-the-top, anthemic, epic.
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Despite the impressive stylistic voices and rich production, there's ultimately something hollow around the project.
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While the band once pushed forward with a strength that seemed to surprise even them, So Divided ultimately feels scattered and flaccid.
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While the instrumental augmentation in most of the songs is impressive, the setlist feels less immediate than the band's past work.
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So Divided is somewhere in between—something less than the bluster and chaos of the group’s major label debut, something more than the follow-up’s misguided pretension.
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This loosely associated collection of songs isn't even the logical extension of some of the more unwise artistic wanderings of Worlds Apart (2005).
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MojoSo Divided is less pompous, but the dynamic likes of Naked Sun and Stand In Silence barely atone for hamfisted stabs at chamber pop, country and The Cure. [Dec 2006, p.108]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 33 out of 45
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Mixed: 5 out of 45
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Negative: 7 out of 45
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BobbyKMar 19, 2007
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RalphPMar 14, 2007Its not even worth 1 dime. So mediocre and so lame.Get source tags and codes or Madonna. How dissapointing
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DTonningFeb 14, 2007Absoulute shit compared to Worlds Apart. Not even worth mentioning in the same breath as Source Tags & Codes.