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May 18, 2017The issue isn't that it's a pop effort; indeed, they get points for a brave attempt so outside of their wheelhouse. The problem is that much of One More Light is devoid of that visceral charge that previously defined much of their catalog. It's a provocative challenge that ultimately fails to satisfy.
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May 17, 2017They’ve stripped away the guitars to the point where only trace elements remain. ... The whole thing makes Ed Sheeran sound like Extreme Noise Terror.
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May 22, 2017A muddled mess of a record from a band that completely abandoned any sense of identity.
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Kerrang!May 17, 2017A record that's at times so flat. [13 May 2017, p.50]
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May 17, 2017It’s not an issue that this is a pop album. The issue is that it’s weak and is a contrived commercial move.
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May 17, 2017Sure, the relative absence of co-frontman Mike Shinoda saps some of the band’s unique character and they get bogged down in sluggish, downcast dirges in the final stretch, but there’s also a sense of liberation running through these 10 tracks; the mark of artists unshackled from their past, stepping into the unknown.
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May 30, 2017One More Light sees the band embracing its melodic core, and offering no apologies as they expound upon it.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 215 out of 488
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Mixed: 89 out of 488
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Negative: 184 out of 488
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