The Great Misdirect - Between the Buried and Me
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64 out of 100

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8.8 out of 10

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  • Summary: The sixth studio album for the metal band was produced with Jamie King.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Sputnikmusic
    80
    Between the Buried and Me have refined their sound and improved their songwriting ten-fold, and while The Great Misdirect may not match "The Silent Circus'" raw energy and intensity, it might be their most coherent album yet.
  2. Slant Magazine
    60
    As the album stretches on, it's hard not to notice that some of the unbridled enthusiasm that made Alaska and Colors the heavy, heady trips that they were has been sacrificed. That's forgivable. The type of a maturation process that Between the Buried and Me has embarked on is never easy, and the record shows that few bands from rock's progressive edges pull it off.
  3. All Music Guide
    60
    It's an experience, to say the least. At the same time, The Great Misdirect is the type of overblown record that asks the question, "Is there such thing as being too ambitious?"
  4. Alternative Press
    60
    While all the riffs and parts are brillantly performed, they rarely if ever repeat one, and none stick in your head after the band is gone. [Dec 2009, p.108]
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  1. Positive: 13 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14
  1. RyanJ
    10
    Yea seriously this album is incredible if your a true metal fan. I saw them live in October, they were insane, and the singer had bronchitis. That's besides, all metal fans need to hear Swim to the Moon in its entirety. Totally brilliant!!!!… Expand
  2. MispeledStalion
    8
    Honestly, it's a great album, but if Colors and Parallax II are perfect 10's, this can't be. The music and composition is up to my lofty standards for this band, but outside of Swim to the Moon and Fossil Genera, there's significantly less inspiration and emotion in The Great Misdirect than the very best of Between the Buried and Me. This album is still head and shoulders above much of the rest of music, but it's just not BtBaM's best.… Expand
  3. BryanM
    7
    I have to agree with AP on this one. The songs are technical, and well performed, there is no question of that. However, the songs are forgettable. They are expanding their sound greatly, but perhaps too much focus is put on change and not enough on actual songwriting.… Expand
  4. HakanF.
    1
    Emo's trying to be metal. We all know that results in failure. Anyway, I gave it one point since the production was actually good this time (unlike their last bad albums).… Expand

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