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| 4.5 superb | DaveyBoy EMERITUS | May 13th 09 |
'Universes' sees Birds Of Tokyo find their natural sound by taking the soaring melodies & guitar-driven hooks of their debut and building upon them with greater atmospheric soundscapes & punchier vocals. The first half of the LP is likely to contain the album's singles with a number of polished & catchy songs. The latter half sees the band lean much more towards the experimental & progressive. It all results in one hell of an enjoyable listen that proves Birds Of Tokyo are no longer a side-project. Recommended Tracks: Silhouettic, Broken Bones, Wild Eyed Boy, Armour For Liars & Head In My Hands.
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| 3.5 great | Sunlar | October 4th 13 |
While I find the album does have a couple of strong songs in 'Broken Bones', 'Silhouettic' and 'Armour for Liars', most of the rest feels a tad generic; they definitely had the potential to do better here... but they didn't.
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| 3.5 great | JoshTh | November 27th 12 |
2 years ago I was in love with BOT. They have great hooks and well written songs, and this is a decent mainstream rock album. Try not to get Head in my Hands stuck in your head for a week.
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| 4.5 superb | Nomis | December 9th 10 |
(1)Uno=5 (2)Broken Bones=4,5 (3)Wild Eyed Body=3,5 (4)Silhouettic=3 (5)Head In My Hands=3,5 (6)White Witch=3,5 (7)An Ode to Death=4,5 (8)Armour for Liars=4 (9)The Bakers Son=5 (10)Train Wrecks=5 (11)Medicine=3,5
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| 4.0 excellent | ShatteredSoul | February 17th 09 |
"Universes" is a double-edged sword. Catchy rock hooks & beautifully sang melodies blend with enough progressivity to make this album sharp and functional. At first, it's the more easily accessible songs such as "Broken Bones" & "Silhouettic" which captures the listener's attention. The true greatness however lies beneath the latter half of this record where the atmospheric & structural brilliance shines through. Each band member succeeds in bringing their invidual effort to the entity. Above all it's the Ian Kenny's cleverly layed vocals that deliver the most of the emotion & power. "Universes" is an excellent record that yearns to be heard, not as progressive as Karnivool's "Themata" but enough to be tempting and still very accessible.
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| 4.0 excellent | noworldforeric | December 12th 08 |
Catchy. Very, very catchy. If you like 'Themata' by Karnivool, you will love this album. Gets better with time. Recommended songs "White Witch" and "Broken Bones"
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| 5.0 classic | Moffla | April 29th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Krelkin | April 27th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mathias STAFF | December 27th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Krpa | December 16th 18 |
| 2.5 average | stasar | July 16th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | AndSalx | February 26th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Enzx | May 22nd 17 |
| 3.0 good | Trey STAFF | March 1st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dan3490 | January 13th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tim00w | November 3rd 16 |
| 5.0 classic | Dasher | October 11th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | jmh886 | November 30th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pipolaye | September 17th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gavwah | February 24th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Simon K. STAFF | December 25th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Cemb | December 19th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Betacra | November 13th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Asator | March 3rd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | thejared | February 23rd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | krazny92 | February 18th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Valtair | February 2nd 13 |
| 3.0 good | dre458 | December 30th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Mojito | December 3rd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | bert0 | October 28th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zedi | April 13th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Reid | March 22nd 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Coast | December 24th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Drpibb | December 17th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ignored | November 27th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rowan5215 STAFF | November 19th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Strayver | November 13th 11 |
| 1.5 very poor | nick0307 | September 1st 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | 76TVs | August 26th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | JayM | July 29th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | mrend55 | July 16th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gard3n | May 23rd 11 |
| 3.5 great | itchy | March 18th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rowdy | March 5th 11 |
| 2.5 average | mvood | January 20th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | DanN91 | January 8th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Puzzles | October 30th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | occer | September 20th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Benwx | September 10th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hilty | September 10th 10 |
| 3.5 great | THIEF | September 7th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | ZuZo | July 30th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | d00derz | July 30th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Scoot | May 24th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | KP23 | May 18th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | Clarky | April 2nd 10 |
| 3.5 great | Toffa | March 26th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | soap91 | March 8th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | CutMan | February 19th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | muehlum | February 16th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Eclectic | February 15th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | PunPun | January 12th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | cb123 | December 21st 09 |
| 5.0 classic | mattpwd | September 15th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | cia | August 19th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Savill | June 29th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | DrReg | June 6th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | zuzek | May 19th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | greg84 EMERITUS | July 20th 08 |
| 4.5 superb | Jim | July 20th 08 |
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