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Incubus (USA-CA)
A Crow Left of the Murder...


4.5
superb

Review

by incufreak411 USER (4 Reviews)
March 21st, 2006 | 13 replies


Release Date: 2004 | Tracklist


to me a.c.l.o.t.m. is the most under-rated and greatest album of incubus' career. this cd i believe was there biggest branch out, the most ballsy move they could've made...well then again the transition from m.y. to m.v. was prob the craziest but nonetheless its a great album.

megalomaniac- the first single of the album....a great song that is reminiscent of make yourself with that almost cosmic force that incubus seems to always nail, a good opener for the cd and somewhat sets the tone for the rest of the album

a crow left of the murder- a very different song that anything else incubus has ever done a carry on verse riff with a simple but loved chorus, the vocals on this track are phenomenal with ben and brandon harmonizing through out the song

agoraphobia- an almost off beat poppy song with one of brandon's...sexiest? vocals, his half whisper half singing..with the chorus explaining the song title and yet anohter great harmony ride through the bridge featuring brandon and ben again..pretty good song

talk shows on mute-a simple yet needed song for the album just a chilled out song with remarks in the chorus to george orwell's 1984 not the best song but not the worst i really dig the solo...

beware! criminal-a very good song to me, everything about it i really like the way brandon sings, the guitar riff, and the great impactful rhthym brought to you by jose and ben, once again a badass bridge that chills it out and takes you somewhere totally different than the rest of the song then goin back in on the 2nd half of the chorus with an abrupt build up...sweet song

sick, sad, little world- this is a insanely great song the riff is almost hypnotic in the intro/chorus' the verse is pulsating then it goes to a chill almost technoish pre chorus and then the breakdown solo/bridge im really glad mike finally showed what he was made of on this album he is a genius with his melodies of solos and his natural style of playing is beautiful....***ing awesome song

pistola- a fast straigt to the point song with the catchiest chorus i believe on the album then the solo on the bridge is nothing ive ever heard....are you noticing a re occuring theme yet?

southern girl- a pretty good song almost a feeling of the doors whan i listen to this one nothin crazy nothing to mention listen to it if you like it you like it if not oh well, not a pivital part of the album but not a bad song at all

priceless- another song that jose juat gets to go off on awesome beat that sounds like his drums are turned up to 12 just an overall awesome tone in the song very fast,and a brilliant hell even awe inspiring solo great instrumentation through the entire song from everybody and brandon yelling/singing "the look on your face awas pricelss..." frucking awesome man just brilliance sheer brilliance

zee deveel- awesome almost stevie rayvaughn tone on this song and awesome drum work with a swaggering bass groove,great catch for the pre chorus and chorus and another awesome solo from mike

made for tv movie- great great song i just love it its simple and great and i can say nothing more about it

smile lines- an almost zeppelin "mist mountain hop" feel to this song i dont tatlly understan dwtf the song is talking about when it goes to the chorus but a great song

here in my room- a beautiful song that you just wanna chill with your girl and take a toke and be with the one you dig great song

leech- one of my favs of the album mike uses some werd ass electric harp lookin thing but it is a great song that is pretty mch carried entirely by ben on the verse a chorus that is catchy as hell with a guitar rhthym that makes you wanna bob your head with a bridge that is taking it back to the science days for me at least and then it fades to nothing saying the rides over....almost a foreshdowing ....i pray everynite it doesnt come true....

and thats the album in my nutshell an awesome buy for any open minded incubus fan its got new hyper songs and some of the most chill work theyve don to date so expect a good route when listening to this album
hope yall enjoyed cuz this was my first review so yall take it easy.....

peace, love and incubus


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Two-Headed Boy
March 22nd 2006


4527 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Ok, review. I don't like how you began the description of each song explaining how good it is. You should explain the sound of each song so you can leave some opinion for the others who read the review. I do appreciate your taste in Incubus. Keep trying.

fagbot
March 22nd 2006


8 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

youre right it was a greatly underarted album maybe not a 4.5 though and it wa sindeed i large step musically for incubus always having every album sound different is something to be respected for. but i think u need to take a little more care on your review maybe analyze a little bit more on each song, anywyas thats what i liek to see in a review..and the spelling is sloppy, this is your prided work, not a comment liek im writing right now where it doesnt mattre..clean it up a bit and thne polish on the song descriptions and u may be your way to a good review

BringHomeTheBacon
March 22nd 2006


248 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I totally agree with you that this is Incubus's most underrated album. I also think its their best album. The review could have used some more work on describing the songs rather than just saying "this is a great song..." The only song I don't really care for on this album is Zee Deveel.

Zesty Mordant
March 22nd 2006


1196 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

the review itself is unnecessary, but for a first effort (I'm assuming it is) decent effort. For the future try to flesh out your feelings towards the album a little more. The descriptions were pretty good though, if brief.



S.C.I.E.N.C.E. is still my favorite by these guys, followed by Morning View, then this one.This Message Edited On 03.21.06

any14doomsday
March 22nd 2006


681 Comments


This albums ok, The bass playing is alittle dissapointing. Mike Einzinger really does some great stuff on this one though.

incufreak411
March 22nd 2006


16 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

i dont look at reviews as prided work theyre a way of letting a person tell other persons how good a album is so i dont give a damn about some spellcheck or w/e



asheroth
March 22nd 2006


130 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

You can 'not care' about spell checks all you like. The fact remains that bad spelling is irritating to read (it completely put me off reading your review, so I didn't) and submitting a review without paying even the slightest attention to the rules of the English language is just downright lazy. Fix it up, please.

Jacaranda
March 22nd 2006


684 Comments


I don't like this album much, none of the songs make me want to listen to it.

I'm mostly commenting because the review was "meh" it was hard enough getting around the crappy grammar, but please try to hold off on jerking off Incubus too much. You kept referrring to band members as their first name and didn't list the band members so I have no clue who or what Ben is etc...

incufreak411
March 26th 2006


16 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

yall some crazy mofo's man i thought this shit was just a thing for fun yall need to get somes lifes...but i guess i will not try to grammar check it, if you want to read it then do if not a different page is a click away so yall have fun with that...i hope ya get a virus or some shit

incufreak411
March 26th 2006


16 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

oh and asheroth...thats a hell of a run-on sentence dont ya think?



Concubine
March 26th 2006


333 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

This album is serously underrated, it's better than morning view...

pattern_recognition
March 26th 2006


950 Comments


The point where I stopped liking Incubus. I dunno, Brandon just seems very annoying on this album, as in kinda pretentious and up himself. But once again, opinions, opinions.
Give me Morning View or Make Yourself any day.

incufreak411
March 27th 2006


16 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

id have to say i find brandon most annoying on morning view where he does all hes oohhhsss and ahhss...like in just a phase and he did alot of different things that i think are beautiful but in the same right a little annoying





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