Sound The Alarm
by Saves the Day
  • Record Label: Vagrant
  • Release Date: Apr 11, 2006
Metascore
64

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. PopMatters
    30
    Saves the Day have given their fans nothing exciting, innovative, or new.

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User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. Gary
    Oct 5, 2009
    8
    This is a good album, but the lyrics are overly violent and in almost every song chris sings about hurting himself or wanting to kill himself This is a good album, but the lyrics are overly violent and in almost every song chris sings about hurting himself or wanting to kill himself etc. This brings the album down. The sound is much darker and heavier than In Reverie but is still pretty clever musically and is still pretty catchy.… Full Review »
  2. Andy
    Aug 16, 2006
    7
    A solid effort, although it doesn't come close to the effort put forth on In Reverie, where it sounded like they were trying to shake A solid effort, although it doesn't come close to the effort put forth on In Reverie, where it sounded like they were trying to shake the pop-punk-emo feel for straigh-up pop. Here, they are back to the punk-emo sound and although we've heard it a thousand times already, they do it better than 99% of the other derivative MTV2 bands out there.… Full Review »
  3. Michael
    Aug 14, 2006
    8
    I appreciate that each Saves the Day album sounds different than the last. I feel that the band has continued on an upward climb since they I appreciate that each Saves the Day album sounds different than the last. I feel that the band has continued on an upward climb since they first started with Can't Slow Down. Sound the Alarm is certainly a change; I would call it maturing. I enjoy the sound a lot, but I feel that the lyrics have suffered in this outing. They went for more standard rhyming structures rather than the stream-of-consciousness format of their earlier recordings. Overall, a satisfying album that I will keep in my car and listen to probably on a regular basis.… Full Review »
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