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44 out of 100

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7.0 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 26 Ratings

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  • Summary: Guy Blakeslee who originally recorded under the name Entrance, with Derek W. James and Paz Lenchantin contributing, they now credit themselves The Entrance Band.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 7
  3. Negative: 3 out of 7
  1. Rolling Stone
    70
    He moans echo-caked utopian incantations, hustles some groovy conspiracy theories, spins a stolen Dylan melody into a elegiac space jam and ponders the nature of "circular time." But there's as much Sonic Youth doom in his band's guitar explorations as there is folky grooviness.
  2. Spin
    60
    This throwbackin' threesome--an expanded version of frontman Guy Blakeslee's subdued solo outing under the name Entrance--kills it when they stick to the classic power-trio formula.
  3. Tiny Mix Tapes
    30
    Their insides have been swapped: the dirty, heavy, colossal, dark-nastiness has been replaced with arena-rock aspirations and fresh-white, paper-thin production.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 15
  3. Negative: 4 out of 15
  1. CandyC.
    10
    The more I listened, the more I loved this CD. It seems like the "critics" just want the Status Quo. The Entrance Band ROCKS!
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  2. BrianT
    5
    Though most of the songs remain quite good, I'm definitely not enjoying the shades of disco that kick off Still Be There or the U2 style guitar in Lives, etc.… Expand
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  3. JacobS
    3
    I wanted to like this album, considering I was a big fan of Prayer of Death, but this is the perfect example of how production can ruin material. After seeing some of these songs live years before this was released, everything that works for them live no longer works unless it's buried in reverb on the album.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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