Taking Back Sunday Taking Back Sunday
» Back to review

Comments:Add a Comment 
toxin.
June 26th 2011


13043 Comments


Greatest pop-punk band evar

MaliceOfVirtue
June 26th 2011


42 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Tell All Your Friends and Louder Now were much better but this is still at least an AVERAGE album, 1.5 is making me LOL.

Japandroid
June 26th 2011


139 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I'd like to add one more thing wrong about this shitfest: the lyrics you quoted. You picked the most

easier song to get the lyrics from, at the easiest part of it, and still didn't get it right. Also,

there's not a single use of Christian imagery used on this song as you go two lines bragging about,

trying to look like you actually listen to this. Unless the Catholic church or some other cult has a

patent on the word "savior" and I'm not aware about it.



Good luck with your Rolling Stone / Spin / Pitchfork internship, mate.



PS: By the way, Sad Savior is fucking awesome.

IAmKickass
June 26th 2011


840 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

"I'd like to add one more thing wrong about this shitfest: the lyrics you quoted. You picked the most easier song to get the lyrics from, at the easiest part of it, and still didn't get it right."



Sorry to tell ya, but bad lyrics are bad lyrics.

Japandroid
June 26th 2011


139 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Sorry to tell ya, but bad lyrics are bad lyrics.




Sorry to tell ya, but poorly written reviews don't make a poor record. I'm not saying he or you

can't not like, hate or despise the record. I'm just saying he did a pretty poor job with this

review. If he had consistent arguments the review would be justifiable. Even if this was in fact a

very poor record, the review would still be an all around fail.



There's a brilliant piece of an article written by Thrice's drummer that translates very well why I

think this review is all around wrong. You can read it here:



http://www.flipcollective.com/2011/06/10/you-keep-using-that-word-by-riley-breckenridge/

IAmKickass
June 26th 2011


840 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

"Sorry to tell ya, but poorly written reviews don't make a poor record. I'm not saying he or you can't like the record. I'm just saying he did a pretty poor job with this review. If he had consistent arguments the review would be justifiable. Even if this was in fact a very poor record, the review would still be an all around fail. "



Why don't you write a review of it?

Japandroid
June 26th 2011


139 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Maybe I'll do it, but I think it's still too soon for this. I don't have more than 10 spins of this yet, I have a grasp on the record, but don't feel confident enough to write a piece about it just yet. Maybe on the release date or til the the end of the next week.

Sowing
Moderator
June 26th 2011


45523 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

10 spins is plenty to write a review

sexualsoybean
June 26th 2011


931 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

You should write more words about this review weve all been totally reading them

sexualsoybean
June 26th 2011


931 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Sputnikmusic New Reviewer Form-



Name -

Album Reviewed -

Rating -

[x] Listened to the record?

[x] Familiar with the genre?

[_] Gotten anyone pregnant?

Japandroid
June 26th 2011


139 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Way to misread what I said.

Electric City
June 26th 2011


15756 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

actually i write reviews because i like doing it, academy's wrong there. though i think i'm flattered

by the tim wakefield analogy, im not sure. even if he doesnt speak for everyone.



and japandroid youre a delusional twat and we're done here. you've been grasping at straws this whole

thread trying to prove this review has no credibility by stating your opinion as objective fact and

misinterpreting every post you read to justify your fanboy vendetta, which, unsurprisingly, coincides

with how you've grossly misinterpreted this review because of your boner for john nolan. remember when

you started by saying this review was arguing that brand new ruled and taking back sunday sucked even

though this review has one non-comparitive mention of one song Brand New wrote? your posts have kind

of been like that.

Japandroid
June 26th 2011


139 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I've said on another review I woud hold my words to comment on this. I'm not a fanboy. I'm a fan,

yes. I'm passionate about this album, yes. But what I did here was point out things your review got

it wrong.



And that was quite a lot. You should at least take something good out of it and correct the lyrics,

it'll make you look like you actually listened this. Maybe correct that part where you say "Sad

Savior" uses Christian imagery too, since it makes you look dumb, if someone listen to the song and

realize there's nothing but on this specific one. Think of this as constructive criticism, now you

can make your review better.



I didn't even get to discuss the merits and flaws of this record, but that I will be doing on my own

review, as it was suggested.

Electric City
June 26th 2011


15756 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

words mean different things to different people and in the context of this album i took the song title and sad martyr protagonist of the track to fall in line with lazzara's jesus thing what is difficult to understand about that

ohfoxxxycole
June 26th 2011


4339 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

foxxxy

Electric City
June 26th 2011


15756 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

cute move going to wikipedia to make sure the general public doesn't read this monstrosity

Japandroid
June 26th 2011


139 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Is there a sad martyr on the song "Sad Savior"? That's news to me, enlighten me, please. I thought the song is about someone that is damaged goods that can't let go from the baggage of her/his past, but what do I know? It's about Jesus or some Christian shit, it has the word "Savior" on the title.

Electric City
June 26th 2011


15756 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

I thought the song is about someone that is damaged goods that can't let go from the baggage of her/his past
I agree with this, but I think the chorus of "you don't have to pretend to be an orphan anymore/you don't have to pretend to be important anymore" indicates a sense of martyrdom about the main character of the song. I know several people who because of their damaged pasts carry around an air of "fuck the world, I'm a tragic figure" attitude. Which, again, in the context of the album, falls in with all the other Christ/God/Sin talk.

IAmKickass
June 26th 2011


840 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

14 pages, 5 of which you are complaining. Stop.

IAmKickass
June 26th 2011


840 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Talking to Japandroid I am.



You have to be logged in to post a comment. Login | Create a Profile





STAFF & CONTRIBUTORS // CONTACT US

Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


Site Copyright 2005-2023 Sputnikmusic.com
All Album Reviews Displayed With Permission of Authors | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy