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The Century Of Self - ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
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68 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critics What's this?

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8.4 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 36 Ratings

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  • Summary: The sixth full-length album for the rock band from Texas is its first on the Richter Scale/Justice label.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 24
  3. Negative: 1 out of 24
  1. The A.V. Club
    91
    Sometimes the rigid pattern of power-murk-power gets a little too predictable, but the pleasure of having a Trail Of Dead album that contains mostly good parts and no blind alleys more than makes up for any reduction in ambition.
  2. No Ripcord
    60
    As promising as its initial concentration of songs foretells, The Century Of Self suffers from careless sequencing, its tempos haphazardly spooned together and flung like high school portions of mashed potatoes and gravy, slopped into sections of the tray with no real purpose or benefit.
  3. Under The Radar
    30
    Any way you slice it, Trail Of The Dead is a sad case in selling out. [Winter 2009, p.68]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 16
  3. Negative: 1 out of 16
  1. DavidG
    10
    In an age of sleepy pianos, predictable hooks, & industry regulators like click track recordings; Trail of Dead have delivered an amazing tour de force that casts off the arms of the record industry, and the hack record reviewers who aren't happy with a record that stands apart from the same ol' same ol'. At SXSW 09' I saw tons of Arcade Fire-esque bands w/10 members on stage doing very little. I long for the days when more bands sound like TOD.… Expand
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  2. IsaacA
    10
    This album just grows and grows with each listen - the best album of 2009 so far by a country mile.
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  3. KarenH
    0
    Terrible album, so boring.
    • 0 of 1 users said yes

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