Say Anything In Defense of the Genre
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Serpento
October 28th 2007


2351 Comments


wow, this was a great surprise even after all this hype. Quite a beastly review too.

The Jungler
October 28th 2007


4826 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

This really disappointed me first listen. It's grown on me, but I still prefer Real Boy I think.

descendents1
October 28th 2007


702 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

hey guys i know you guys love to spam but can we move this to my review i mean i am very important and deserve 100% of all respect on the site for i am nick greer

lolololaughs

I disagree with Chan though when he said
Slowly Through A Vector, Orgy Of Critics, Chia-Like I Shall Grow
were the not so great songs on the last SA album.

Slowly Through a Vector is easily the weakest song on the album with one sort of catchy and repetitive line, while Orgy of Critics is pretty decent. However, Chia is a really good song. And for that I am distressed.This Message Edited On 10.28.07

Pippystix
October 29th 2007


19 Comments


I love Say Anything. I've loved them since ...is a Real Boy. In fact, for about 2 months, I wouldn't listen to anything else. At all.
But In Defense Of The Genre just doesn't do it for me.
Maybe it's because the second disc really only has four good songs (Spores, Plea, About Falling, and In Defense Of The Genre) that I don't like it. And maybe it's because there really aren't that many songs that just make me go "wow."

Skinny Mean Man, Shiksa, Baby Girl, Spores, and The Church Channel are all A-MAZE-ZING but the rest are just "eh"
whereas ...is a Real Boy really only had one slight letdown track (Every Man Has A Molly)
oh well.
Skinny Mean Man is the best song Say Anything have ever written, and if it were on ...is a Real Boy, there wouldn't possible BE a better album tha that one.
But this CD(s) is just....ehhh

JumpTheF**kUp
October 29th 2007


2723 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

[quote="Review"]Then, with the news this album would have two discs[/quote]

Typo.

I like this album a lot.

InvaderANT
October 29th 2007


10 Comments


Max Bemis=The Kanye West of the rock world. Great album

StreetlightRock
October 29th 2007


4019 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

But... Max Bemis makes good music... ???

Kiran
Emeritus
October 30th 2007


6134 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I can't stand the guest vocals of 'Sorry, Dudes My Bad', whoever it was. The whiny bit. It sounds soooo bad.

jrowa001
October 30th 2007


8752 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

to me "That Is Why" sounds like a Nightmare of You song, almost identical to their sound.

kaijupunk
October 31st 2007


1 Comments


hey. the guy who sings with max in "about falling" isn't the guy from the red jumpsuit... it's matt skiba, from alkaline trio.

IsItLuck?
Emeritus
October 31st 2007


4960 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

[quote=Kirgasm]I can't stand the guest vocals of 'Sorry, Dudes My Bad', whoever it was. The whiny bit. It sounds soooo bad.[/quote]



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It sounds like Weird Al Yankovic at times.

iarescientists
October 31st 2007


5866 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Max Bemis=The Kanye West of the rock world.


wtf does that even mean

[quote=john]I've always been able to tolerate STD[/quote]

...

iarescientists
October 31st 2007


5866 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

:confused:

IsItLuck?
Emeritus
October 31st 2007


4960 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

yeah that reiteration terrible John.

The Jungler
November 2nd 2007


4826 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

meh, I love the guest vocals on Sorry Dudes, My Bad. I don't really listen to Saves the Day at all though.

My rating might go up, but I think a 4 is fine for now. Not really a disappointment at all.

ninjuice
November 7th 2007


6760 Comments


That's one incredibly long review, and I feel no incentive to read it having heard their previous work.This Message Edited On 11.07.07

stke22
November 8th 2007


37 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Great review!



To Max Bemis: IT'S OKAY TO USE FORMULAS TO WRITE SONGS! Some songs just end bad, and all of them aren't long enough. Plea doesn't make a great Admit It!!, That Is Why had that useless outro, and This Is Fucking Ecstasy needed a closing chorus. ARGH!!!



In any case, I've spinned this 5 times now since I've bought it about a week ago. It's not going to get old any time soon.

StreetlightRock
November 8th 2007


4019 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

A little abrupt, but I think that makes the song.

stke22
November 11th 2007


37 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

It's not great when you have an extremely catchy chorus you want to sing all the way to the end of the song, which should have been 40 seconds longer.

Cesar
November 11th 2007


2732 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

The dude that gave this a 1 deserves to be slapped.



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