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Given which songs are chosen and when this is being released, Scab Dates is a neither a concession nor a step forward, revealing inclinations that feel half as indulgent as they should when following a record like Frances the Mute, and about half as interesting to listen to.
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The album is essentially a tried-and-true big-budget rock album gimmick writ large: smother the listeners in a minute or so of formless noise (using the artiest guitar and keyboard settings imaginable, of course), and then snap them out of the doldrums with the sweep of a heroic chord progression.
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Wading through the next 70-plus minutes of wandering noise and blank hissing for the gems was painful, to put it mildly, because when I got to them, they were played off-key and incredibly quickly, as if the band wanted to get it over with and get back to banging on the guitars and making nonsensical noise.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 25 out of 34
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Mixed: 3 out of 34
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Negative: 6 out of 34
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Mar 22, 2012
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kylel.Nov 16, 2007if you don't like this album its because its over your head. the closest our generation will ever get to led zepplin
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RichardOct 4, 2006