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Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews What's this?

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6.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings

  • Summary: This is the expansive second album for the New York state emo outfit.

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Fall In Love
Love It was enough to recognize To see I was the reason you feel sick inside Fall in need I let you bleed Cause you were fallin, I'm sorry,... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Drowned In Sound
    100
    It's an exceptionally accomplished piece of work that should place Matchbook Romance at the forefront of the cutting edge, POST-emo scene.
  2. AllMusic
    80
    A moody, intense, dramatic, and orchestrated second full-length tour de force.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    75
    Jordan wraps swelling, sing-along choruses and metal guitar outbursts with hushed confessions, distended melodies, and enough Gothy menace to make it sting. [17 Feb 2006, p.79]
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  4. PopMatters
    70
    Even if the reinvention isn’t a total triumph, it delivers new, better songs, some verging on great.
  5. The New York Times
    70
    Matchbook Romance may startle some fans by breaking out of punk-pop, but the transformation is an improvement. [13 Feb 2006]
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  6. Blender
    60
    Without goth glamour or Fall Out Boy self-flagellation, Voices gets mired in a modern-rock middle. [Mar 2006, p.113]
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  7. Alternative Press
    60
    For Matchbook Romance, Voices is adventurous. [Mar 2006, p.122]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 3 out of 10
  1. nickt
    May 26, 2006
    10
    hey i love this band
  2. Shawna-
    Mar 2, 2006
    10
    My most favorite band of all time. I am such A fan it hurts. Ten For My Most loved band ever.
  4. cab
    Jul 15, 2006
    9
    This album is a definitive breakthrough for MR; it completely sets them apart from the other punk bands dominating the scene today. The This album is a definitive breakthrough for MR; it completely sets them apart from the other punk bands dominating the scene today. The producing on this album is incredible - beyond anything I expected from this band. If only other bands would take the risk and set themselves apart as well...… Expand
  5. Pat
    Apr 22, 2006
    8
    A welcome change, but not that dramatic, and definitely not progressive. They haven't so much reinvented themselves, but they A welcome change, but not that dramatic, and definitely not progressive. They haven't so much reinvented themselves, but they aren't rehashing the same crap out there as every other emo band. This album is melancholic, and reminds me of Katatonia at times. Their new influences are apparent, whatever they are. They blend in nicely with everything the band already knows. New fans will probably love it, emo snobs (sadly they do exist) will hate it.… Expand
  6. nms1215
    Feb 20, 2014
    6
    Wrote this for the wrong VOICES album so since I cannot delete my review.... BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAHWrote this for the wrong VOICES album so since I cannot delete my review.... BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH… Expand
  7. AndrewW
    Mar 4, 2006
    0
    Wow, so now emo has decided it wants to be prog? Punk really is dead.
  8. RonP
    Apr 14, 2006
    0
    When I first listened to this album I was seriously shocked and dissapointed. Their style has changed dramatically. I listened to them for When I first listened to this album I was seriously shocked and dissapointed. Their style has changed dramatically. I listened to them for their unuque emo sound but now I don't know what happened to that.… Expand

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