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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

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8.5 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 32 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 Onion 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. PopMatters
    60
    Trail of Dead succeeds here by putting together a collection of songs that accurately reflects the kind of band they have always been. This is still a brash, sweeping, "ring the alarm bell!" brand of music. It's just not that fun to listen to anymore.
  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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  1. Positive: 14 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 15
  3. Negative: 1 out of 15
  1. DavidG
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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.
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