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| The Devil Wears Prada ranked
Like most metalcore acts, remember a time when they were one of the most hated groups on this site? well now that time has passed roles on the opinions on the band have reversed (with the scene crowd being bitter at the band for not doing remaking plagues over and over, and christians now disliking the band for political reasons, and the band now having a generally positive reputation in places they were not well liked...like in Sputnik for example..i mean if i remember correctly there was a time when their albums were below a 3 average on this site. Now personally Prada have been a band i have alway enjoyed, though i kinda stopped paying attention to them a little after 2016, and in 2019 i managed to give "THE ACT" a listen and i love that album so much. The Idea of a TDWP discography run was always in the back of my mind after that, i was just not sure when to do it, but now that it is done, here is my ranking of every prada release (minus the one off singles like the "Still Fly" cover | | 12 |  | The Devil Wears Prada
Patterns of a Horizon
A demo of the Worst prada album, with minus 2 songs. While I do like this version of "Salvation" more then the one on the debut, this is overall not an album that is worth seeking out (especially with the snare here), unless you are a hardcore Prada fan who wants to flex that you have heard the demo on those normies who only know the singles from 2007-2011.
Rating: 2.5/5 | | 11 |  | The Devil Wears Prada
Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord
Truth be told, I have never really been too big on the debut, their is just something about it that never clicked with me. It is a "fine" metalcore album, their is nothing about it that is terrible, and even though it has not aged too well in the synth department, it is still ahead of it's peers at the time. Their is the potential of the band here, it is just a ton of rough edges.
Rating: 3/5 | | 10 |  | The Devil Wears Prada
Dead & Alive
While yes, some may have a problem with the live vocals, i do not necessarily mind them. Mike does sound out of breath, but that is because he just all over the stage as a performer (and the odd choice to do a live DVD with the last performance of the tour when nearly any metalcore vocalist would be worn out vocally) but he still sound rather okay (sadly, no memeable moments like the "2..3...4" from the 2014 warped tour danger wildman live performance)
Rating: 3/5 | | 9 |  | The Devil Wears Prada
8:18
On their 2013 full length, prada shifted to make an emotional release, with mike changing his screaming style completely, and it does pay off. A Lot of this albums tone overall has a rather cinematic feel (Seriously, so many songs here sound like they could be used for movie trailers like "gloom", "8:18" and "Care more"), though the album is a bit too simple and takes a way from the full on raw emotion the album was going for. While i was not as hot as i was on it when i was younger, this is still a really good album
Rating 3.5/5 | | 8 |  | The Devil Wears Prada
Audiotree Live
Sour Breath was a great tease of what would come with the sound of "The Act" and the rest of this performance is very solid, in fact the songs sound very close to the studio version! Also a good way to hear Mike's vocals when he is not moving all over the stage like a "danger:wildman" (I know bad joke)
Rating 4/5 | | 7 |  | The Devil Wears Prada
Plagues
This one surprised me, I was expecting a singles album but i instead i got one hell of a listing experience. Yes, the album take a bit of a decline in the second half, but their are some really great deep cuts in this album. also the synth work is somehow better then what is in most metalcore today. I get Mike and the band hate this album with a passion but I think this album in retrospect did a lot of things really well. and i can see why this is looked at as one of the 'best' scene albums
Rating 4/5 | | 6 |  | The Devil Wears Prada
With Roots Above and Branches Below
The first prada studio release i heard, and it holds up really well. It is amazing how much growth their was from "Plagues" to this,while it is the last of their albums to be in the sphere of that sort of brand of metalcore the band had been doing, it is a massive upgrade in every shape and form with some really great synth parts through and the band starting to slow things down here and there ("Louder then thunder" is unexpectedly one of the best songs on the whole album), their is one catch "Lord Xeno", the closer might be one of the worst songs in the whole TDWP discography and prevents me from giving this album any higher then a 4
Rating: 4/5 | | 5 |  | The Devil Wears Prada
Space
This was a 5 for me for a while. but what brought it down for me is the somewhat incoherent narrative (also the interlude here is always a skip for me), do not get me wrong, i love Love LOVE this EP, and the sci-fi theme is perfect for the shift in sound and direction prada were making. Is the Ridley scott inspired plot noncencial? Yes. But is it a fun ride of nonsense? YES
Rating 4/5 | | 4 |  | The Devil Wears Prada
Dead Throne
yes, i know i gave this a 2.5 initially, but i figured i would give it a second go, and i am glad I did. This album just clicked with me more on my second go so perhaps it's a grower? but 'dead throne' was really enjoyable, and showed the bands growth from the zombie EP into more mature songwriting and the drop of wacky song titles. Bonus points for "Pretenders" the Asking Alexandria diss track. my only minor issue is the vocal mixing, they tried to make mikes lows sound deeper (and heavier) and as a result his mids sound very...pterodactyl like i guess? but still this was the first full length to be taken fully seriously
Rating: 4.5/5 | | 3 |  | The Devil Wears Prada
Transit Blues
After hearing his in full, i really wish i got around to hearring it in full back in 2016 (which is odd the album left my radar seeing how much i liked "Daughter" and "The key of Evergreen" leading up to its release), While some people may cry fowl that mikes low's are no longer present, "Transit blues" is an album where TDWP transition but do not lose their identity, I cannot even think of a weak track or one that brought the whole listing experience. Not to mention this album goes harder then pretty much anything on the first 2 LPs, yes i said it, fight me
Rating: 4.5/5 (Very close to a 5) | | 2 |  | The Devil Wears Prada
The Act
My number 1 album of 2019 (well it was in a 3 way tie, but still) It is in a very close race with my #1 pick (i was almost considering making it a tie) Their is just so much of this album that i absolutely love. From the heavier cuts like "The Thread" with one hell of a climax, "Lines of Your Hands" with its desperation tone in the chorus and inclusion of female vocals during the bridge to add to the songs neritive, "Switchblade" which showed mike's lows were back, or the closer "Spiderhead". To the albums softer cuts like the cautionary tail of self destruction and addiction in "Chemical" or the haunting foreboding "Please Say No" (which if you did not know, is based off the book "Never Come Morning). The songwriting is absolutely top notch and the album takes many...,many risks (like the very noise rock "Isn't It Strange") and every single one pays off
Rating 5/5 | | 1 |  | The Devil Wears Prada
Zombie
like i said, the race for number 1 on here is really close between these 2 and i was constantly shifting which one i liked more. In the end i have to give it to zombie EP as it is a concept EP about...well zombie apocalypse executed flawlessly.The basswork on this album is really incredible and really does a number on making this album so great. Another overlooked thing about this album is the brilliant use of horror music cues like the piano part in the start of "Escape" that sounds like it's from a slasher film. interlude parts are fantastic and add to everything, and who can forget the iconic yet really bleak ending "Survivor" (well whole album is bleak, in fact if not for the "My will is in Gods hands line" in "Revive" one would not know this is a christian band) and Mike's screams from his mids to his lows have a more primal and raw edge to them.this is one of the few albums where whenever i wanna hear a song from it, i just play the whole EP through, it is that good.
Rating: 5/5 | |
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07.22.20 | Interesting. The act put me off but it sounds good so I think it'll be a grower. Dead throne is Def underrated and transit blues would be my no. 1 | davezillaMP3
07.22.20 | Yeah, i agree with dead throne being underrated, and i can see a lot of sputnik users putting 'transit blues' as the best album (given their reaction to that release compared to the other albums) | SteakByrnes
07.22.20 | Nice dude, I don't agree with The Act being so high lol but nice descriptions for everything. My ranking would go something like this
Zombie > Dead Throne = With Roots Above > 8:18 > Transit Blues > Plagues > Space > The Act > Dear Love | DoofDoof
07.22.20 | Scenes from the movie or albums by the terrible band? | NecrogenicShrimp
07.22.20 | i haven't left a comment on this site in literally (and i do mean literally) 7 years, but this list has inspired me to come out of hiatus. My ranking would be very similar, but i would bump 9 up to 7 and 4 up to 2. Dead Throne is still my favorite full length of theirs, but 1 is 1. Cannot deny that lol. | SaveBandit
07.22.20 | Solid list. I like all of their stuff and they've changed quite a bit since they started, so I can see how some albums would rank higher than others depending on when you started with the band.
My ranking is something like this:
Zombie > Roots = Dead Throne > Plagues > Space > Transit Blues = The Act > 8:18 > Dear Love | SteakByrnes
07.22.20 | hell yea same top 3 bandit :3 | SaveBandit
07.22.20 | lmao hell yeah man. If we were basing this just off the nostalgia factor then Roots and Plagues are definitely the 1A and 1B lol. They were my favorite bands at the time of those albums. | SteakByrnes
07.22.20 | Bro Roots was my fuckin jam in high school, I listened to that album like every day lol | MotokoKusanagi
07.22.20 | The Act was so disappointing. Roots is my favorite followed by Plagues and Zombie
Dear Love is ranked way too low btw | SaveBandit
07.22.20 | Same haha. I remember going fucking ham when they toured for that album with ADTR, Sky Eats Airplane and Emarosa. | SteakByrnes
07.22.20 | That sounds like a dope lineup at the time, I would've killed to see Sky Eats Airplane bro damn | SaveBandit
07.22.20 | Exactly haha it was a blast my dude. Warped that year was fun as shit too because Mike came on stage with ADTR for his I'm Made of Wax feature. Ohhhh the good ol' Warped scene days lol | davezillaMP3
07.22.20 | Nice ranking steak!
Doof in an nutshell "MeTaLcOrE BaD"
Also pretty cool shrimp you came out of hiatus just for this list!
Motoko, truth be told i can never really get into dear love, no matter how many times i have tried to, even currently. however their is some things that the debut did way better then the pears at the time and such (i was close to giving the debut a 2.5), as for "The Act", it seems people ether really love it to death or were underwhelmed by it (or in some cases have it as a 2019 WATY) personally their is just so much i love about the album (it is worth noting people who like the first the albums do not like the new stuff, and the band HATES and i mean HATES their first 2 albums and that includes "Plagues", "Dear Love" and the silly songs of the time like "Still Fly" and the Spongebob grindcore song. )
"homesick" was a solid album, though i only heard it for the first time last year. | SteakByrnes
07.22.20 | Still Fly owns | davezillaMP3
07.22.20 | yes, i still enjoy that cover admittedly, especially when you consider it is one of the better "Punk goes..." covers | bigweinerdon
07.22.20 | plagues is absolutely awful, i also dont think the act should be anywhere near the 2nd spot. transit is alot better than given credit for.
mine prob goes: zombie>roots>transit>throne>space | Cormano
07.22.20 | lmao terrible ranking | davezillaMP3
07.22.20 | @cormano what is so terrible about my own opinon on the band?
@bigwiinerdon personally i think the act is the best studio album they have ever done, and for the comment on transit, depends on sputnik it is their most loved album, but elsewhere like in the metalcore community yeah i agree people sleep on it because its not "Plagues 2.0" | MotokoKusanagi
07.22.20 | yo i forgot all about the Still Fly cover. that shit is a blast from the past lmao | davezillaMP3
07.22.20 | yeah, that cover is alot of fun | MotokoKusanagi
07.22.20 | but yeah The Act just sounds like a mix of Transit Blues (which I already wasn't a huge fan of) and wannabe XM Radio Octane bullshit
with that being said i'd rather listen to The Act than Erase Me by Underoath. that one broke my heart | davezillaMP3
07.22.20 | i will do an underoath run after i do silent planet, both have been on my mind
and yeah, if you do not like the direction of transit blues, you prob will not like the act, as that is the direction the band is going to go in for the foreseeable future (Prada is doing everything to distance themselves from everything pre-zombie ep) | RestInPieces
07.24.20 | This is a super good ranking. Agree with almost all of it, but Dead Throne has to be my number 1. | davezillaMP3
07.24.20 | @RestInPieces thank you so much for the compliment on the ranking. also dead throne a solid choice for a number 1 spot ether! | SteakByrnes
07.24.20 | I remember buying Dead Throne when it came out, got it in Best Buy lmao that CD got so much playtime in the car | davezillaMP3
07.24.20 | speaking of dead throne, someone pointed out something that i am now struggling to unthink about the album, with the way the vocals are mixed on that album, Mike's mids sound like if spongebob was in a metalcore band (will not change my feelings on the album as a whole though), and yeah i gave "Dead throne" and "WRAABB", the last 2 songs on "Zombie" and "8:18" a whole lot of playtime | SteakByrnes
07.24.20 | lmao I can kinda hear that | Element
07.24.20 | transit blues is number one ez | davezillaMP3
07.24.20 | @Element that is not a bad choice for number 1! |
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