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| 0.0 | bloc | September 10th 10 |
Lightning strikes thrice. Yeah you read correctly. Effin' thrice.
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| 4.5 superb | Trey STAFF | September 11th 10 |
Pins & Needles wasn’t always a lock for my top five of the decade. When this was released almost ten years ago, I was a little disappointed that the band had dropped the industrial electronics and creepy darkwave atmospheres for poppy keyboards and giant hooks. Then something unexpected happened. Slowly at first, and then quicker as the years went by, Pins & Needles started moving up the ranks; not just within their own discography, but also within my personal favorites in general. First, there’s little doubt that Pins & Needles contains The Birthday Massacre’s best production ever. The beats are the punchiest they’ve ever been, the guitars are fuller, the keyboards are crisp, and there’s more done with Chibi’s vocals. Second, though, the songs might lack what originally attracted me to the band, but the much improved songwriting and influx of poppier hooks has turned Pins & Needles into an album I can never get out of my head, and the one I’m most prone to returning to.
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| 2.0 poor | Ossacip Olbap | September 18th 22 |
another largely meh synthrock album whose best includes in the dark, always, n title
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| 3.5 great | Britch2tiger | February 10th 16 |
A lot more rock in this album compared to their prior work yet still as dreamy as ever! Finally getting comfortable enough to dim down their synth by a few notches and make an attempt at crafting some brooding industrial rock. Still struggling to tell if this is considered a near classic but definitely worthy of being in the 4-rating spectrum.
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| 4.0 excellent | sickmoon | March 31st 11 |
I can't say they change, because they ins't but the band on Pins and Needls shows more maturity in front of the record showing in certain times heavy guitar riffs, and other just a mix of a bubblegum pop song with new wabe experimentations, you habe here the two sides of TBM discography; the "angry" industrial face of Blue (from Violet) on "In the Dark", "Control", "Shallow Grave" (with a such black-humor poetry) or the sweet nostalgic musics like "Holiday" in moments like in the brilliant instant TBM classic "Pale", the album title too or the provocative dark-fantasy "Always". Altogether the band makes another high work and we hope they stay this way in the next records.
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| 5.0 classic | MarkTheDead | November 3rd 10 |
They haven't lost any of what separated them, brought them to be a top notch band.
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| 4.5 superb | Apollo | October 7th 10 |
this has been getting better and better with every listen....album is a 5 album is a 5 album is a 5 album is a 5 album is a 5 album is a 5
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| 4.5 superb | HereComesTheStorm33 | September 25th 10 |
Every song is great and well put together, Chibi's voice is incredible.
Without a doubt this band's best album.
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| 2.5 average | qt | January 15th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Flak | August 6th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | LOGOS | April 18th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Snuron | February 16th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Brabiz | September 29th 21 |
| 3.5 great | ChuppaC | September 19th 20 |
| 3.5 great | deaad | July 31st 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dmax28 | March 25th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | nashet | March 14th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | josh | June 10th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | alamo | March 19th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | Josh | March 3rd 19 |
| 5.0 classic | Tib | July 10th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Benny20 | December 5th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | Advent | May 22nd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gazo | October 30th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Yenn96 | September 21st 16 |
| 3.5 great | Xinlo | July 21st 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Hybza | April 8th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Takato | February 22nd 16 |
| 3.5 great | Abraxas | September 21st 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wilk0 | September 3rd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Plebble | April 7th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Santet | April 2nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dav85 | February 1st 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | fuzzbutt | December 30th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | alin1 | December 28th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Asha95 | December 21st 14 |
| 3.5 great | Eames | December 16th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | YaelPol | November 10th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | ngk44 | October 24th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | R6Rider | September 7th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Jorss | May 15th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | heck | February 25th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | menawati | February 23rd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sithese | February 23rd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dunpeal | January 6th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Lani | November 24th 12 |
| 3.0 good | IDP | November 12th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Churuya | March 10th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | chayka | February 9th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dan19 | December 30th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Apina | November 26th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | mursu | November 19th 11 |
| 3.5 great | CutMan | October 10th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Altmer | September 29th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | modey3 | September 18th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Rowdy | July 29th 11 |
| 3.5 great | ziroth | July 10th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Emim | May 27th 11 |
| 3.5 great | iZac | May 16th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Asator | March 7th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Smevin | February 6th 11 |
| 2.5 average | Yotimi | January 21st 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zion | December 14th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | JaiWrap | October 20th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | taroo | October 19th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Plank | October 17th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | jackd64 | September 25th 10 |
| 3.0 good | greg84 EMERITUS | September 23rd 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | zuzek | September 22nd 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | vmcoia91 | September 22nd 10 |
| 2.5 average | Hoopy | September 18th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | cuki92 | September 15th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Scoot | September 15th 10 |
| 3.5 great | SamFury | September 14th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Texture | September 14th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | jrowa001 | September 13th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Sconza | September 12th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Shadow17 | September 6th 10 |
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