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Alternative PressOn their fourth full-length, the Used have delivered not only the definitive album of thier career, butarguably one of the best records you'll hear in 2009. [Sep 2009, p.109]
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The Used have taken the best elements of their previous releases, refined them and delivered the strongest album of their career.
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The Used pushes boundaries with the frenetic lead single 'Blood on My Hands,' whose video features McCracken as a gleeful, blood-soaked vigilante. But the song doesn't so much reinvent the band's sound as amplify it. Other tracks like 'Sold My Soul' and 'The Best of Me' highlight the Used's knack for crafting brutal yet crowd-pleasing anthems.
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Hooks never mattered to the Used anyway, so having a higher grade of execution helps underscore the Used's point, which ironically just makes the whole thing uglier and harder to take.
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Peeling off much of the outfit’s Utah-bred oddness and emotive chaos, the album is a clear ploy at breaking through to a more pop-inclined audience.
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He delivers overheated poetry like "As history gets lost and as I took that final breath, I felt alive," and his bandmates rock like shiny Satans.
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Turgid even for the genre, Artwork will make you hate yourself for singing along with tricky standouts like 'Empty With You.'
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After sampling the tasteless, bland delights of Artwork though, I can't imagine many will.
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Feb 27, 2020Every single song hits so deeply, and on such a personal level. The violent way everything works together to convey art, is why this is pure Artwork.
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Dec 19, 2015
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Feb 20, 2012