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Apr 2, 2013Welcome Oblivion might have worked with some edits, but ultimately fails as an LP.
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Mar 7, 2013The aspirations here are lofty, as always, if less reflective than your average NIN lament; the songs swell, bobble, and even leak from the seams under the pressure.
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Mar 6, 2013In the end, Welcome oblivion is really just three stitched-together pieces used to create a living, breathing, albeit disjointed creature.
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Mar 14, 2013Whether you look at this as Reznor, Ross and Maandig’s “first” album or not, Welcome Oblivion depicts How to Destroy Angels as a little adrift, mixing road-weary maturity with rookie mistakes.
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Mar 5, 2013Much of Welcome to Oblivion feels like a 65-minute placeholder akin to a remix album rather than a major new direction for Reznor to pursue.
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Mar 4, 2013It’s a nice, low-key respite from NIN’s angry catharsis, but 65 mid-tempo minutes with little variation (the sparse acoustics of How Long? aside) make it a slog.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 35 out of 42
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Mixed: 5 out of 42
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Negative: 2 out of 42
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