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Shaddix's woes connect directly to a large and equally confused audience, and that nobody this side of Kurt Cobain communicates them with as much power.
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The group's secret weapon is the way it so vividly captures the storms of confusion, anger and self-recrimination that swirl around inside a boy.
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SpinIt's the perfect summer record--if your summer begins with your dad running off with his secretary and your girlfriend dumping you for that asshole lifeguard at the water-slide park. [Jul 2002, p.107]
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BlenderA more crunchingly bare-bones record all around. [#8, p.123]
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The energy that spills forth from these grooves hails both the positive power of loud guitars and gorges itself on the general insanity of life, but nails it all home with a knowing melodic sense of the anthemic and a musical complexity which elevates the entire album beyond mere thrash and burn histrionics.
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Another solid effort.
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No post-nu-metal. No nu-post-hardcore. Just a solid, honest, rock album.
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Precise? Yes. But does it work your frustrations out? Only a little.
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It's hard to deny Papa Roach have a certain knack of crafting big, glossy, annoyingly catchy anthems for the Kerrang TV generation.
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Q MagazineLoveHateTragedy is a compendium of modern rock styles, glued together by Papa Roach's exuberance and Shaddix's outsized persona. [July 2002, p.119]
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In the moments when Shaddix's voice and lyrics don't detract from the band's remarkable bluster, Papa Roach soars.
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Papa Roach were fairly distinctive two years back, but in a twist we've witnessed many times before, the band that helped beget so much of the rap-metal grudge rock we're now hearing resembles all its followers.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 39 out of 47
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Mixed: 4 out of 47
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Negative: 4 out of 47
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Jul 29, 2011
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May 8, 2011Just a great album from a great band that has developed more and more throughout their career. This album isn't their best but contains real classics
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Mar 4, 2020