The Open Door
by Evanescence
  • Record Label: Wind-Up
  • Release Date: Oct 3, 2006
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 231 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 195 out of 231
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 231
  3. Negative: 20 out of 231

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  1. Tosh
    Oct 14, 2006
    3
    Disapointing... all the songs sound the same. there's no progress since the last album and you can really sense the absence of Ben Moody. they tried to use the familiar 'formlas' they used in the prevoius comercially succesful album but it doesn't seem to work. the majority of the songs sound forced and in the same time the melodies are purely weak...
  2. Roguedendron
    Oct 17, 2006
    0
    The worst music ever recorded... Even worse than Andrew Ridgley's debut.
  3. josel
    Oct 6, 2006
    0
    trash, compared to fallen, their breakout album. go back to the studio, or get someone just as good as moody, cuz your voice isn't gonna cut it.
  4. KimE
    Sep 1, 2009
    2
    I bought this and put it on my album in 2006, and three years later I'm not sure I've listened to a single song yet without skipping it. This music is lifeless and bland.
  5. VioletH
    Nov 6, 2006
    2
    Samey songs, extremely poor vocals that border on yelling during the majority of the album, too many effects, rubbish lyrics, no variety whatsoever. So so sad. How the mighty are fallen. (No pun intended there...)
  6. Rath
    Dec 12, 2006
    0
    Ditch this album and get something by Nightwish. You'll thank me later.
  7. Doofus
    Oct 31, 2006
    0
    Oh, for God's sake hurry up and kill yourself, woman! That's right, you wont coz you are a goth-faker who wouldn't know the word "conviction" if it was carved into your forearm by a member of the Manic Street Preachers or The Cure. The world would be a much better place without this unlistenable, shallow dirge.
  8. GeorgeC.
    Feb 7, 2008
    0
    Even Jesus thinks their music sucks.
  9. IL.
    Dec 16, 2006
    1
    Did someone actually call this the best album of 2006? HAHAHAHAHAHA! this album is as amateur as the last but at the same time is worse. At least My Immortal was a good song on the last album. This has nothing.
  10. TomF
    Dec 4, 2006
    0
    I had to listen to this at work the other day when someone else put a CD in. This is what passes for goth these days...pathetic. Complete rubbish with as doofus said, "no conviction at all".
  11. Jamesl.
    May 18, 2007
    0
    her voice is so posh and they're so rubbish they cant keep there band members
  12. joelw
    Jun 11, 2008
    2
    They tried to hard to have amy lee do crazy and frankly bad sounding crap with her voice. she almost sounded like someone on american idle for a while. the cd had its good songs but was mainly crap. i hope their next album is more like fallen which was a masterpiece.
  13. KrisH.
    Nov 19, 2007
    2
    Theoretically, this album could have been almost good, but I think they forgot to mix the thing at the last minute. Lee's vocals on Fallen were complimented by it, and worked in harmony. On this album, it sound like she's recording inside a garbage can. Overall, the music just doesn't have the power and drive that Moody gave it. I was hopeful for the second album, but, Theoretically, this album could have been almost good, but I think they forgot to mix the thing at the last minute. Lee's vocals on Fallen were complimented by it, and worked in harmony. On this album, it sound like she's recording inside a garbage can. Overall, the music just doesn't have the power and drive that Moody gave it. I was hopeful for the second album, but, alas, it's crap.… Expand
  14. DriaWoods
    Mar 29, 2022
    3
    I enjoy the album’s aesthetics but overall it’s very slow and boring. Of course, ‘Call Me When You’re Sober’ and ‘Lithium’ are great tracks, but the rest of the album just doesn’t hold up for me. I find myself zoning out and wanting to skip after the first chorus/second verse of each track. I can understand if other fans love this album but I certainly don’t. Fallen will forever be topI enjoy the album’s aesthetics but overall it’s very slow and boring. Of course, ‘Call Me When You’re Sober’ and ‘Lithium’ are great tracks, but the rest of the album just doesn’t hold up for me. I find myself zoning out and wanting to skip after the first chorus/second verse of each track. I can understand if other fans love this album but I certainly don’t. Fallen will forever be top tier.… Expand

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#20 Most Discussed Album of 2006
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#46 Most Shared Album of 2006

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Metascore
61

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. Blender
    70
    Denser and more scuzzed-up than Fallen, the album amps everything up to gloriously epic, over-the-top proportions. [Oct 2006, p.129]
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  2. Billboard
    70
    Those who embraced "Fallen" will doubtlessly fall even harder into "The Open Door."
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  3. The New York Times
    50
    Many of these theatrical, midtempo songs run together.
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