The Color Before the Sun
by Coheed and Cambria
User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 29 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 29
  3. Negative: 3 out of 29
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  1. mau1
    Dec 4, 2015
    0
    Coheed and Cambria is finally addressing the real world. After a long series of proggy science-fiction concept albums, Claudio Sanchez, the band’s singer-songwriter, writes about his own life: new fatherhood, self-doubt, and recent moves around the country. There’s more to like than dislike, but this is by no means the masterpiece some early reviews suggested. On the plus side are theCoheed and Cambria is finally addressing the real world. After a long series of proggy science-fiction concept albums, Claudio Sanchez, the band’s singer-songwriter, writes about his own life: new fatherhood, self-doubt, and recent moves around the country. There’s more to like than dislike, but this is by no means the masterpiece some early reviews suggested. On the plus side are the acoustic drone of “Ghost” — Sanchez feeling “broken” by his parents and hoping he’ll do better with his new son, Atlas — and opening rocker “Island,” where he questions his future. On the negative side, though, are the corny love song “Here to Mars” and the eerie “Young Love,” where he apologizes to his old house in New York’s Hudson Valley for renting it to pot growers who trashed it (“You believed in us, and we broke your trust”). But overall, the consistency is not what it could be.… Expand

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Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Austin Chronicle
    Nov 5, 2015
    67
    Pop rock rather than space prog, The Color Before the Sun is akin to his beloved Rush's permanent wave goodbye to fantasy epics in favor of radio-friendly AOR.
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  2. Boston Globe
    Oct 16, 2015
    60
    The music was recorded in a Nashville studio with few overdubs, which lends a welcome organic crunch at times. But overall, the consistency is not what it could be.
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  3. AllMusic
    Oct 16, 2015
    70
    The Color Before the Sun is not the band's best record, but it is utterly inspired and almost nakedly sincere. It will likely play well to fans, but even more importantly, perhaps attract new ones.
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