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Take A Look In The Mirror
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8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 163 Ratings

  • Summary: The California nu-metal band offers a back-to-basics approach on this sixth LP.

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Right Now
I'm feeling mean today Not lost, not blown away Just irritated and quite hated self control breaks down Why's everything so tame I like my life... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 9
  3. Negative: 2 out of 9
  1. AllMusic
    80
    Because of the emphasis on brevity and variety (and especially quality), the album's over before you know it and you're left feeling hungry for more Korn.
  2. Rolling Stone
    70
    Korn have circled the wagons and self-produced their best album to date, refining the formula to a black-cancer marmalade of corrosive riffs, fist-flying rhythms, gothic-carnival atmospheres and toxic vocals.
  3. Dot Music
    60
    All fine in principle, except we've heard it all a million times before.
  4. Mojo
    40
    [Korn] sound both out of focus and curiously out of date. [Feb 2004, p.95]
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  5. Q Magazine
    40
    Unconvincing and safe. [Feb 2004, p.102]
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  6. The Guardian
    40
    A brutal barrage of staccato beats, club-footed riffs and panzer-division stomps.
  7. Entertainment Weekly
    25
    Korn remain technically proficient, but Take A Look In The Mirror serves only to make the case that the genre has officially screamed itself into caricature. [12 Dec 2003, p.77]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 63 out of 73
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 73
  3. Negative: 5 out of 73
  1. rubinl
    May 22, 2004
    10
    this is one of the best albums produced by korn they are the best
  2. markp
    Aug 17, 2006
    10
    korn kicks ASS!!!!!
  4. Jay_Pickens
    Jul 25, 2018
    10
    This is a masterpiece. Their best album since the self-titled! Anyone who criticizes this record must be deaf, because here you have theThis is a masterpiece. Their best album since the self-titled! Anyone who criticizes this record must be deaf, because here you have the chance to hear the best Korn songs such as: Right Now, Break Some Off, Counting On Me, Here It Comes Again, Deep Inside, Did My Time, Everything I've Known, Play Me, Alive, Let's Do This Now, I'm Done, Y'All Want A Single and When This Will End. I know that I just listed all the songs from the album, but all of them are amazing... there's not a single weak point here. The band hates this album and it's to be expected... they hated each other and had many problems while making this album... and this is why Take A Look in The Mirror is their most genuine record to date... sincere emotions, not a single fake thing about this record. I encourage you to take a look in the mirror... if you're like me, you'll love what you'll find there. Pickens approves!… Expand
  5. GlenB
    Jul 12, 2004
    9
    Screw the magazine critics - this album is great. Heavy as hell with unreal basslines. Keep it up Korn!
  6. RafalTas
    Oct 4, 2022
    8
    Album nie tak dobry jak jego poprzednik ale to wciąż kawał solidnej roboty. Świetny klimat i potężne brzmienie.
  7. ThomasB
    Jan 10, 2004
    8
    When I first listened to it, it seemed their second worst album after "Life is Peachy" for me. But when I listened to it more, I became to When I first listened to it, it seemed their second worst album after "Life is Peachy" for me. But when I listened to it more, I became to like it more too. My favourite songs for this album are Counting on me, One, Did my time, Alive. Though I still think that this is Korn's second worst album, in comparacent to other bands albums I like it a lot and I rate it with 8.… Expand
  8. aggagg
    Dec 14, 2003
    0
    i havent heard it but korn sucks ass!

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#16 Most Discussed Album of 2003
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#91 Most Shared Album of 2003