Metascore
60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 15
  2. Negative: 2 out of 15
  1. Alternative Press
    80
    Their most accomplished and least anxious record yet. [Nov 2006, p.182]
  2. Urb
    80
    As emo-tastic as Threes is, it merely sizzles in ways their debut singed. [Oct 2006, p.128]
  3. Sparta... sounds like a beast that's broken its chains and is fighting between the road ahead and going back from whence it came.
  4. Entertainment Weekly
    75
    Recall[s] a punkier U2. [27 Oct 2006, p.72]
  5. Filter
    70
    Call it diversity; call it inconsistency; whatever. Moving in some direction is half the battle. [#22, p.93]
  6. It's clear Sparta have finally come into their own.
  7. If Sparta have been damned thus far as the weaker of ATDI's progeny, let it be so no longer.
  8. Uncut
    70
    There's mammoth hooks and meaningful shouting galore here. [Jul 2007, p.116]
  9. The group is a conglomeration of influences that, while pleasant enough, doesn't rise above being anything more than a mixing board of cool-sounding favorites.
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 12
  3. Negative: 2 out of 12
  1. NathanG
    Jan 11, 2007
    10
    This album is brilliant! I don't know what the critics are on about but I can't find a song on that album which iI don't This album is brilliant! I don't know what the critics are on about but I can't find a song on that album which iI don't love!! Sparta ROCKS! Full Review »
  2. JenyaC
    Dec 9, 2006
    10
    Flawless & full of depth. Dark in its tone, but easy on the spirit. I could not recommend it more.
  3. DerricL
    Nov 11, 2006
    10
    This one took me a couple listens, but I enjoy it every bit as much as thier previous two, excellent album!