Suspended Animation - Fantômas
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76 out of 100

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8.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 14 Ratings

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  • Summary: The theme of Mike Patton's fourth Fantomas album (which is similar in sound to their first disc) is a calendar, which each track named after a different day of April 2005.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. All Music Guide
    90
    There's less brooding menace and more giddy insanity -- without ever giving way to total chaos.
  2. Playlouder
    80
    'Suspended Animation' is less a compendium of songs and more a splurging, raging, raping jazz metal fusion machine, weaving in samples, gong noises and assorted cartoon horror.
  3. PopMatters
    80
    A fascinating blend of the macabre and the lighthearted, something that will appeal to anyone who appreciates the darker side of both comedy and music.
  4. New Musical Express (NME)
    60
    A 30-track nonsense-o-paedia of speed-metal twatabouts. [9 Apr 2005, p.58]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 1 out of 13
  1. BingoI.
    10
    this album is great!
  2. AaronH
    10
    I know, I know, putting a 10 may seem like a crass move. But the more I listen to this album, the more I'm convinced that it's one of the greatest albums of the last couple of years. Patton & Co. have done it again!… Expand
  3. DavidF.
    8
    I found this to be their most accessible release yet, and almost gave it a 9.
  4. JohnnyQ
    4
    It really bums me to even write this, but Fantomas just lost their shit on this one, and not at all in a good way. Their first album's similar lack of focus was forgivable, since it pointed the way towards their AMAZING second and still best album to date, Director's Cut. Since then however, Mike Patton has only proven incapable of fleshing out all the potenially awesome ideas that flit by at a million miles and hour on this record. 'Suspended Animation' could have been Fantomas' true masterpiece, were it not for Patton's increasingly hopeless lack of focus. Titillating and even exciting for very brief moments to be sure, but ultimately just a frustrating disappointment.… Expand

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