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Universal acclaim- based on 42 Ratings
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Positive: 37 out of 42
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Mixed: 3 out of 42
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JRAug 31, 2009I cant figure out why so many people are slobbering all over this album. Its not very good. A lot of parts are out of place and the album, as a whole, lacks consistency. Its not an awful release, but it is not good either. For taking so much time off, it should have been better... IMO.
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Third Eye Blind's fourth album and first since 2003--shows that frontman Stephan Jenkins' way with a hook has dimmed little since the band's mid-'90s heyday. The clunky lyrics are another thing.
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Jenkins instead comes on like he never left the scene. In fact, with its pulsating rhythms and crisp guitar fuzz, the new record actually does a better job of extending the band's early work than did its lukewarm previous effort, "Out of the Vein."
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The formula is dependable and timeworn but ultimately successful, as Third Eye Blind follows the paint-by-numbers blueprint with stunning efficiency.