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Generally favorable reviews- based on 121 Ratings
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Positive: 75 out of 121
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Mixed: 10 out of 121
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Negative: 36 out of 121
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Oct 22, 2012Really disappointing - total lack of their typical anthemic songs (save, perhaps, Here we are Juggernaut). Over-produced, the whole album feels dark and dreary. In my opinion, their worst album to date.
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Nov 17, 2011Besides a few (and i mean few) songs that are likeable, The entire album is pretty trashy. It looks horrible when compared to other albums by Coheed and Cambria. Really disapointing.
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Oct 5, 2018It lacks everything that made the band what they were. They experimented a lot on this album and it simply did not work out. I expected a lot better from them.
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Aug 7, 2012
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RevolverRainbow is definitely Sanchez's show: His dreamy vocals give all the fantasy crap real human warmth. [May/Jun 2010, p.966]
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As a band, C&C either inspire rabid adoration or complete dismissal; that won't change with Year of the Black Rainbow. That said, any fan of heavy progressive rock music may find this music to be of compelling interest, whether one buys into the conceptual nature of the Amory Wars or not.
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It's full of fascinating, stirring moments, but overall, Year of the Black Rainbow suffers just a little too much from its own grand, sprawling ambition.