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Universal acclaim- based on 51 Ratings
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Positive: 48 out of 51
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Mixed: 1 out of 51
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Negative: 2 out of 51
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RyanJJan 20, 2010Yea 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!!!!
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BillCDec 15, 2009Don't ever listen to the critics when it comes to music. Although it's not as good as colors in my opinion, it's still better than almost anything else. If you like Progressive/Technical metal, listen to this!
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HakanF.Dec 24, 2009Emo'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).
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jaylDec 30, 2009Technical showmanship is incredible. songs a are bit lengthy but overall sweetness. Must like metal to enjoy.
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JohnnyJDec 8, 2009Memorable riffs, masterful solos, profund lyrics. Psycadelic, brutal, epic, etc. Alternative Press - just call it a day... your journalists need to go to school.
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BryanMDec 8, 2009I 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.
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JoshKJan 13, 2010This album is not for everybody, but that doesn't mean it isn't brilliant. You will never hear anything like this music outside of BTBAM and any fan of ambitious and technical music will adore it.
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MatthewEDec 7, 2009The critics are morons! What album did they listen to? This is one of the most unique, well written and skillfully played albums in recent memory. Are these the same critics that enjoy Adam Lambert? Screw those hippies! Buy this record!!!!
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DasRDec 13, 2009Absolutely great album! I agree with Matthew E, what were these critics listening to? Amazing album from beginning to end. Same caliber as Colors and Alaska.
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Aug 12, 2010
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Oct 11, 2010I would definitely agree on the title of this album after the juggernaut releases of "Alaska" and "Colors". I was mildly disappointed in this album the way a fat guy realizes hes been eating sugar free gravy. Musically, they always show up, but it also sounds like they are trying to hard to please art school girls. You arent Tom Waits. Stick to metal.
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Oct 13, 2012This album is a masterpiece. Even their country song has me hooked, and the 20 minute long epic that is swim to the moon never fails to enthrall me. This is original music. You can't just put this into a genre since it goes all over the place, and you certainly can't judge the album based around 1 song. Let it play all the way through and take it all in. It's the only way.
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Aug 7, 2011This album is a roller coaster of awesome, and shows what brilliant guys the members of this band are. Album is not perfect, but pretty damn close to being perfect.
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Mar 7, 2013
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Oct 12, 2019Possibly one of the best progressive metal albums ever. Fossil Genera is a goddamn masterpiece. And Swim To The Moon is such an epic track that it demands your full attention.
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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?"
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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.
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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.