- Record Label: Interscope
- Release Date: Jan 25, 2005
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Combining brute force with melody, Worlds Apart is a stunning showcase for AYWKUBTTOD's mature sound, full of unexpected subtleties, musical wild-cards and detours.
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FilterThis is the best album Trail of Dead has ever made. [#13, p.94]
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Entertainment WeeklyTheir punk and indie roots are still very much in evidence... But the separation-of-instruments clarity and punchier dynamics that propel each song owe more to the Who. [28 Jan 2005, p.81]
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It's killer stuff for any frame of mind.
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Trail of Dead has made the album of its career.
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Q MagazineTheir most coherent statement yet. [Feb 2005, p.100]
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Los Angeles TimesEven Trail of Dead's slightest moments speak with the purpose and ambition of genuine rock 'n' roll intellect and desire. [6 Feb 2005]
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Simply put, 'Worlds Apart' is a delicately violent piece of art.
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But even when ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead slips, it's in the service of exploration. With Worlds Apart, the band takes a confident, blind leap toward a potentially confounding future, and lands solidly and triumphantly.
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Worlds Apart is easily the most accessible album for the band.
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A frequently astonishing album that combines bruising rock and limp-wristed flourish in almost equal measure.
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SpinBetween these boy-noise roils you can see how much the band want to be their generation's Yes. [Feb 2005, p.87]
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Under The RadarThe band's musical scope has significantly expanded in World's Apart, and for the better. [#8, p.105]
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So they missed the bullseye. But that's no reason to yell "sell out!", or to deride them as poseurs.
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Rolling StoneA heroic monster of an album. [27 Jan 2005, p.58]
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Worlds Apart might be a noble failure, but it would probably be worse if it just revisited previous successes.
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Review #1: As pandering as the lyrics may be, they could be forgiven if the songs still brought the rock, and they don’t. [score=35]; Review #2: Worlds Apart is stunning. [score=95]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 63 out of 80
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Mixed: 10 out of 80
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Negative: 7 out of 80
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Feb 2, 2011
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Oct 19, 2010
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CaseyPApr 7, 2009