This Is Forever - She Wants Revenge
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critics What's this?

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 21 Ratings

  • Summary: The sophomore album for the Southern California-based group.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 9
  2. Negative: 2 out of 9
  1. This is She Wants Revenge's "The Black Parade:" a lot dumber, but a huge improvement.
  2. While a few songs put the "meh" back in melodramatic ('Walking Away,' 'This Is the End'), This Is Forever is full of catchy songs that improve on the band's first album.
  3. 40
    Begging can be sexy, too, but for SWR it’s just another joyless act by a hateful species.
  4. 30
    If singer Justin Warfield had a sense of humor about himself, that wouldn't be such a bummer; as is, Forever seems to go on for about that long. [Nov 2007, p.124]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. 10
    This album is heavily influenced by an early 80s cold wave sound, but I wouldn't say that its going for nostalgia or ripping of anybody. The production is clearly heavily inspired by that of bands like Bauhaus, but make no mistake, this is not redoing what has been done, and it actually breathes new life into a genre that has been devoid of anything interesting for about 25 years.The album goes in well as a whole, with the standout tracks, apart from the singles, being the excellent "She Will Always Be a Broken Girl", "This is the End", and "Rachel". Expand
  2. DrewM.
    8
    ME WANT FOOD!! Oh sorry....I think it's pretty damn good. My girlfriend hates them after she discovered "tear U apart" could be about rape. Good stuff overall! Expand
  3. franke.
    7
    I don't know if its the critics who are giving this negative ratings cause you've had The National, Acrade Fire, Panda Bear, Animal Collective, and all that more abstract music all year, but this is really catchy and good to jam to. It's just as good as the new Pinback. Collapse
  4. ErikH
    2
    Ben H., never favorably compare shit like She Wants Revenge to legends like Joy Division again... ever. There's no comparison in quality at all.

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