Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
i don't really agree that the two songs they "dropped" are better than anything on halo. they were among the weakest tracks. i feel the same about the bonus tracks on queen of time too.
i think you're attributing to jens and the art direction what really comes down to the fact they just happened to write better songs on this album. the worst song on here is as good as anything on halo and that's the band's responsibility ultimately. it's a more engaging set of tracks, pure and simple. call it a new leash of life for the band or just things falling together nicely but genuinely i think if jens were still the producer this album would have still been better than halo was.
i don't mean to patronise because i realize a lot of this is lost on pure listeners but there's so many mechanics that go into decisions and circumstances like this which is why i feel it's reductive to assign faults like this to one individual (again, that the band chose, the band agreed on, the band dictated his involvement, etc.)
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Album Rating: 4.0
I found Halo pretty dull aside from The Moon and the title track. Agree it was more of a songwriting problem than a production one. This on the other hand is great all-round (as is Queen of Time)
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
i agree yeah. halo just felt like the band were running on vapours - a few great tracks (agree about the moon and title track, i like the last two songs too) but they just weren't on their a-game.
here they're 100% back.
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Album Rating: 3.0
I feel the opposite tbh. I keep coming back to Halo but I never get the urge to return to this outside of a couple of tracks. Shame, cos I love this album cover.
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Album Rating: 4.8
God I love this album.
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Album Rating: 4.5
This album fucking bangs. That is all.
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Album Rating: 4.8
Hell yeah!!!
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
If not my favorite Amorphis, then at least the one I keep coming back to most often. Fantastic stuff.
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Album Rating: 4.8
Fucking right!!
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Album Rating: 3.0
Need to give this another spin. Really want to understand the hype here.
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
Zac this might go better if you pretend you're listening to a Eurovision contest.
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Album Rating: 3.0
Never watched Eurovision so I doubt thats a great frame of reference for me. The only reason I know what it is is because of Father Ted.
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
Never heard of Father Ted but I obviously failed in ironically referring to Borderland as a pop album.
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
i mean, this is amorphis at their most sugary and sweet so you're not far off
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Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
Agree, and I'm happy with this amount of sweets for once.
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Album Rating: 4.8
Same!
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Album Rating: 3.0
Even taking the standpoint that this is basically a pop album, it still is an uninteresting pop album. Changing my rating down to a 3 now.
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Album Rating: 4.8
Damn.
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