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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 24 Ratings

  • Summary: This sophomore disc for the Southern California alt-metal outfit was produced by Robert and Dean DeLeo of the Stone Temple Pilots.

Top Track

These Days
Making all these waves and, I wonder where the days went. I sit and think of you, I hope the feeling's mutual. I'm seeing all you gave and, It... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 10
  2. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. These days music fans will be hard-pressed to find an album so satisfying.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    A high-voltage treat. [22/29 Aug 2003, p.133]
  3. They now have more in common with Jane's Addiction and the Red Hot Chili Peppers than they do their former mentors Papa Roach.
  4. Spin
    67
    The album feels unfocused, and this time, Alien Ant Farm don't have a novelty hit up their sleeve. [Sep 2003, p.111]
  5. Blending careful harmonies with insidious melodies and woeful lyrics with clever vocals, AAF stick a couple of Hispanic influences and some string quartets in as well.
  6. Sadly, AAF don't seem to have come away from their near-death experience with any sense of their own limitations or their own transience. Instead the band simply exists within these limitations.
  7. Alternative Press
    20
    Sounds like a teenage Faith No More at their first practice. [Sep 2003, p.116]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 14
  3. Negative: 2 out of 14
  1. AmandaL
    Aug 22, 2003
    10
    I liked this cd and thought the tunes catchy and totally original
  2. YokroM
    Aug 21, 2003
    10
    AWEsome CD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  3. WarrenH
    Apr 23, 2004
    10
    Talented, eclectic, and charismatic
  4. JovannyC
    Aug 23, 2003
    10
    This CD is great. where some songs had unbelievable choruses (1000 Days, Drifting Apart, These Days), others offered memorable beats that This CD is great. where some songs had unbelievable choruses (1000 Days, Drifting Apart, These Days), others offered memorable beats that were carried through entire songs (Glow, Never Meant, Tia Lupe), and others had crazy-cool background music to accompany Mitchell's airtight singing (Sarah Wynn, Goodbye, Rubber Mallet, SS Recognize). And then, as a testament to all that has happened to the band, they finish off with the powerful "Hope." Not only does this CD give ANThology a run for its money, but it sets the bar for just about every alt metal band out there. Expand
  5. mollieq
    Sep 29, 2003
    10
    I love this CD! All the tracks are different, yet very good. I'm so happy that they remade "S.S. Recognize', that song is great. I love this CD! All the tracks are different, yet very good. I'm so happy that they remade "S.S. Recognize', that song is great. 'Glow' is probably the best song on the album, it's so cheeky! Expand
  6. kevc
    Oct 27, 2003
    10
    this cd is awesome yall! buy it its the shiznit!
  7. LuisR
    Sep 12, 2003
    0
    This CD sucks. Torture comes to m mind when i hear it!

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