Listen to this when drunk and down. Too many reviewers are clearly living happy lives, as they fail to see the point of this album. The "My Bloody Valentine" influences are pretty cool.

Very solid, definitely an improvement on an already excellent sound. The focus on melody is surprising and rewarding for the listener. "Daddy's In The Doldrums" and "Lightning Blue Eyes" are the pick of the litter.

Amazing Headphone Album! Good Stoner Music! Amazing band i love The Secret Machines. Sound like no one.

This album is terrible compared to their last. They went from hard hitting, spacey rock to BORING in one album. Such a disappointment.

It's definately not as enlightened as Now Here Is Nowhere, but it has it's high points. Songs like Alone, Jealous and Stoned are melodic and sweeping where songs like Daddy in the Doldrums are.. well.. just boring.

Not what I expected. The first album had a nice mix of heavy "one louder" type songs with mellower pieces. The new album stays more even keel. When listening to the first album, I could think of Black Sabbath influence. The new album is more Mercury Rev with long quiet intros. Overall, an enjoyable headphones album with too much production.

More cohesive than Here is Nowhere but "i want to know if it's still possible" is a disappointment (especially considering the garth hudson cameo) and "faded lines" is not as effective due to the same-y-ness of the sound. first five tracks are five star, lil dip in momentum, but "1000 seconds" ends things perfectly. stronger as a whole than than Nowhere, i eagerly await what comes next.

Quickly, then: NHIN married melody, oblique emotion and sheer sonic power more successfully than anything since OK Computer. Ten Silver Drops is badly produced and sequenced to a remarkable extent, and demonstrates what happens when you leave out everything except the songwriting. Maybe it's a practical joke.

This is MUSIC

Another great album, just as good as the first. Gets better with every listen

I heard these guys at the Austin City Limits Festival and they ROCKED! I went and bought this album and it SUCKED! Either they are only good live or maybe like Mark H said, they were playing thier old stuff at that show I saw. I was truly dissapointed with 10 drops. It was alot lot of "guy whineing" in my opinion.

What a letdown. I loved Now Here is Nowhere and thought that the Secret Machines were poised for big things, but this album left me scratching my head. The best parts of the original album were the throbbing rhythms. Sadly, this new disk is mixed so that the drums are almost an afterthought. The only song that captured the sound that I dug in the past album was "Daddy's in the Doldrums" which was a pretty good listen, but none of the other songs jumped out at me. I'm going to give this CD some time to change my mind, but so far I'm disappointed at the step back that this band has apparently taken.… Expand

Although I must admit I have only listened through the album a couple of times today, I feel I can comfortably say that this is a superior album to "Nowhere is No Where." While none of the songs have the same sense of urgency that their burning debut did, the album as a whole keeps together much better while maintaining the energy that made me buy this album the day it came out. Their lyrics could almost sound on the side of gushy, but the cool yet manical singer does an excellent job of giving the songs resonance. I think their next album will be of "OK Computer" quality, but until then, we'll have to enjoy the Secret Machines' version of "Pablo Honey."… Expand

This blows me way! Listen to alot of cd's except I hate pretending all the songs are outstanding.. ALone Jealous and Stoned and 1000 Seconds are one of the most beautiful songs I heard in a long time, Lighhtning Blue Eyes contains an irresisitible and original melody -vocalline - other favourite is Faded Lines which contains such a great riff. And then there's still the awesome Pink Floyd trip - Daddy 's in the droldrums. Better than Now Here Is Nowhere, this album is quickly rising to become one of my favourite epic cd's -Ever, not kidding -go buy this album- I heard David Bowie is a fan, well now I'm one too... Cd of the year so far, and i'm like most readers here probably someone who continually listens to many manynew releases and new bands...… Expand