So Divided - ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
User Score
7.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 44 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 44
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 44
  3. Negative: 7 out of 44

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  1. jkjk
    Nov 17, 2006
    3
    A drop off after the great Worlds Apart and Source Codes. Very concept album and lots of wailing. Listen to song samples before buying
  2. RogerB
    Dec 1, 2006
    2
    Garbage. They've completely fallen off.
  3. ondraL.
    Jan 30, 2007
    1
    piece of shit
  4. DTonning
    Feb 14, 2007
    1
    Absoulute shit compared to Worlds Apart. Not even worth mentioning in the same breath as Source Tags & Codes.
  5. RalphP
    Mar 14, 2007
    1
    Its not even worth 1 dime. So mediocre and so lame.Get source tags and codes or Madonna. How dissapointing
  6. BobbyK
    Mar 19, 2007
    4
    A huge disappointment. Source Tags and Codes was perhaps their defining album, but I think that it made them want to try to push their boundaries even further. While Worlds Apart wasn't particularly great, it at least was fairly consistent and had some memorable moments. This album, on the other hand, finds Trail of Dead trying to be overly creative, making all the flourishes they add to their music sound excessive. It just seems like they're trying too hard to make something totally new, when in fact all they really need to do is expand on the stuff they made in works like Sources Tags and Elena's Tomb. "Wasted State of Mind" and "Eighth Day Hell" are really the only two tracks worth listening to, and even the latter sounds like a Beatles song with ultra-exaggerated British-accented vocals.… Expand
  7. Dan(nirv)
    Nov 13, 2006
    4
    I loved Worlds Apart, but I did not enjoy this album. It's really not the kind of quality I know Trail of Dead can pull off. Unfortunate.
  8. Tom
    Dec 21, 2006
    1
    Nice to see the NME way wide of the mark as usual - Trail of Dead at their peak were never about 'propulsive pop-rock'. This album is a confused, empty and over-produced mess, big on bombast but with no heart whatsoever. Stylus was spot on, So Divided is utter drivel and even worse than Worlds Apart. Trail of Dead have well and truly jumped the shark.

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Metascore
68 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 31
  3. Negative: 1 out of 31
  1. The Boston Phoenix
    75
    [It] depends less on the band’s gear-smashing antics than on their sense of tunecraft, which isn’t as highly developed.
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  2. NOW Magazine
    60
    While they may never reach the heights of their Source Tags & Codes, the band can still push boundaries.
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  3. Village Voice
    60
    As with most things Trail of Dead, it's bloated where it thinks it's profound.
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