Evolution
by Disturbed
  • Record Label: Reprise
  • Release Date: Oct 19, 2018
User Score
6.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 44 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 44
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 44
  3. Negative: 10 out of 44
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  1. rahonejm
    Nov 23, 2018
    6
    It's like the band listened to an acoustic guitar for the first time and decided to do an entire album with it. Disturbed's slow songs have always been their weakest part. Luckily there wasn't many throughout the years, but it seems like The Sound of Silence's success really got to their head. When going through this album, you'll go through this up and down stream of "oh wait, this is aIt's like the band listened to an acoustic guitar for the first time and decided to do an entire album with it. Disturbed's slow songs have always been their weakest part. Luckily there wasn't many throughout the years, but it seems like The Sound of Silence's success really got to their head. When going through this album, you'll go through this up and down stream of "oh wait, this is a good song" and then "oh, no, not another sad song". It doesn't make any sense. It's like you have 6 Disturbed songs and 8 Nickelback songs mixed in and thrown together to make a compilation. Calling this album "Evolution" is a far cry from the reality. Changing styles is not evolution if this change means focusing on your weakest parts. The saving grace, though, is that the good songs from the album are actually good - the standard of quality you can expect from Disturbed. Too bad they're the minority here. If you want to feel sad and depressed, this album is for you. And there's this weird electronic remix of one of the songs that just makes it feel like they wanted as many different styles in there just for the sake of it.… Expand
  2. WickedRaptor
    Nov 4, 2018
    4
    i'm a huge disturbed fan. have been since i heard guarded for the first time. and for the most part. barely find anything wrong with their albums.....however, this album was certainly wrong on many levels. as another user wrote in their review. they've found that being softer earns more ears. i thought the sound of silence cover was the weakest song on last album. not because it was soft.i'm a huge disturbed fan. have been since i heard guarded for the first time. and for the most part. barely find anything wrong with their albums.....however, this album was certainly wrong on many levels. as another user wrote in their review. they've found that being softer earns more ears. i thought the sound of silence cover was the weakest song on last album. not because it was soft. but simply because i thought it was out of place. i would happily trade it for one of the bonus tracks. and turn sound of silence into a bonus track. but we're not talking about immortalised today

    i've given this album a full listen. in its entirety. three times. and every time i've said to myself "this song isn't that good" on a lot of the tracks. mostly the softer ones, i've loved disturbed's ability to make such awesome and heavy tunes. but at the same time slip softer tunes in. believe being one of my favourite albums disturbed have done. but this album just fell short. there's too much softness and not enough hardness. not to mention the sound of the album itself, they've tried something new here and it hasn't worked out. and i can understand that. and i'm going to hope the next album isn't like this one, are you ready is the best song on the album in my personal opinion. over all this album is a bit of a waste and disturbed should keep the softer songs as a side dish. rather than the main attraction    … Expand

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58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Sputnikmusic
    Oct 22, 2018
    46
    The frustrating desire for something daring or interesting is never satiated. To be blunt, Evolution is essentially a blander version of Immortalized, which was the flavourless porridge version of Asylum, which was the graham cracker version of Indestructible. Even the song titles are uninspired.
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  2. Consequence
    Oct 19, 2018
    67
    The heavy songs on Evolution should please longtime fans, with a couple harkening back to the dynamism of Disturbed’s first couple of albums, but the glut of softer tracks may have been served better on a separate acoustic EP.
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  3. Classic Rock Magazine
    Oct 18, 2018
    80
    Their most convincing album since 2000's sickness. [Nov 2018, p.80]
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