Album Rating: 3.5

so annoying.

Face it, your method of reviewing is horrible. Youre incredibly close minded not only to music but to anyones opinions to helping you write better.

i'm sick of hearing about the allegory of the cave, yes we all read plato in high school philosophy. i don't know why everyone is putting so much weight on this. he's having fun, SO WHAT? he's not breaking any rules. if you don't want to read his reviews, DON'T! he's not breaking people's kneecaps if they don't read these. i find them interesting, so i will continue to read them.
about pushing others off the front page, there is the ol' more tab right above it. if anyone really cares, they'll use it.

*sigh*

i want to, for the record, agree with most everyone here: this review was pretty mediocre. i think, however, it was because i betrayed myself as a writer and so took a step backward rather than forward. i listened to a number of complaining people who said i am too general, so i decided to make a track by track. surprise, the track by track just seems repetitive because many of my complaints about this album could be applied to all the tracks. being general is actually fine in some cases, because it can repetitive detailing every track when your complaints are largely the same. the complaints are largely the same because i took issue with the way this band performs for the most part, not their songwriting. i think the drumming and bass is simplistic at best, the singing is juvenille shouting, and the guitar playing is nothing but wankery. i didn't need to detail every track saying that over and over. i needed to say that and give a few examples from songs as to how i formed that opinion. i've learned a lot from this review, and that mostly is "don't listen to idiots who tell you you need to detail everything you write." robert christgau is my favorite rock critic (although i rarely agree with him), and he generalizes all the time. i think many people will more deeply appreciate my next review. i'm putting more time into it.

or maybe not cuz u all just hate me cuz u think i'm negative just for the attention. i really don't care too much about those of you who are saying that at this point though.

You're right about the review being repetitive, but it's still not overly detailed.

3. You Really Got Me

Overall, the best song on the album. Of course, it was written by the Kinks. The riff is incredibly catchy. Again, it was written by the Kinks, not these buffoons. David Lee Roth’s voice is a poor substitution, indeed, and the solo is unsurprisingly, crap, as it doesn’t fit the song one bit. 1/5

that was one of the least detailed paragraphs in the review. look at the runnin with the devil one, for instance. of course like i said, it was getting repetitive so i tried to change things. instead it looked like two detialed track by tracks followed by a bunch of one liners. but how much more detailed can i even get? i hate that track for the same reasons i hate running with the devil. and i don't think i need to go into detail to the point that i'm explaining the entire track. "the song begine with eddie playing the riff exactly four times before the rhythym section joins in. this is soon followed by david lee roths vocals. the first line he says is...." that would be ridiculous and boring to read, and very amateurish. so when you say you would still like detail, what exactly do you mean? i'm reading these other reviews, and they seem to really not be going much more into detail than i do, other than the fact that they are using more praising terms (i havent read any negatives yet mind you) to describe songs.

Well, first off you're right, TBT's and repetiveness basically go hand in hand. I'd like to see a good, detailed overall review out of you. If you're looking for a negative review for influence check out Shadows review of Trivium's "The Crusade", it's one of the best you'll find on the site. It's particularly good because it manages to poke fun at the album while staying professional and not seeming arrogant, which is something you've been having trouble with. I'm sure you don't do this intentionally, but when you do things like do poor imitations of band members (which I think you did for the first track in this review) you seem like a douchebag. No offence, intended.

EDIT: No, it was the second track description, my bad.This Message Edited On 07.24.07

reviewing just isn't your thing pal...

thanks for all the helpful advice. some of it i took into account, some of it obviously i didn't. merkaba is a dick as well.

Always glad to help. And naturally I don't expect you to take everything into account, just throwing out whatever advise I have.This Message Edited On 07.24.07

At least merkaba was nice about it. See you got potential, but you waste it on this stuff.I know you heard this many many times but please don't post like 13 reviews in a day. It knocks out a lot of other reviews that people put hard work into. This Message Edited On 07.24.07

He's only submitted one today.

i havent posted a single review yet today... and i dont give a crap about knocking reviews off because as someone already mentioned, there is a little button you can press to see the other reviews. if you'd like, get some friends together and everyone post your reviews the second i post mine so it goes to the bottom. i don't even give a crap because my reviews get read no matter what. my van halen review was posted at freaking midnight last night and within a half hour had nearly 500 views. i do post a lot of reviews. that's because i have a lot of opinions. and that won't change.

correction: you're right, i posted the review technically today... it was like 12:30 or something tho, so most would consider it last night.

i wasn't trying to be mean about it but your reviews come off as very arrogant, with this "my way or the highway" mentallity. you yourself said your blatant sarcasm won't change so why are you trying to review albums?This Message Edited On 07.24.07

Ok i know, you only posted one today, which is fine. But to be fair, most people don't look, or press that button. And I'm not trying to sound like a jerk.

reviewing just isn't your thing pal...

uhhh... where's the rule that says "sarcasm isn't allowed in reviews" again? because as far as i know, i've never read a single negative review by anyone in any publication that didn't contain it.

[quote=hyperboleking]i want to, for the record, agree with most everyone here: this review was pretty mediocre. i think, however, it was because i betrayed myself as a writer and so took a step backward rather than forward. i listened to a number of complaining people who said i am too general, so i decided to make a track by track. surprise, the track by track just seems repetitive because many of my complaints about this album could be applied to all the tracks. being general is actually fine in some cases, because it can repetitive detailing every track when your complaints are largely the same. the complaints are largely the same because i took issue with the way this band performs for the most part, not their songwriting. i think the drumming and bass is simplistic at best, the singing is juvenille shouting, and the guitar playing is nothing but wankery. i didn't need to detail every track saying that over and over. i needed to say that and give a few examples from songs as to how i formed that opinion. i've learned a lot from this review, and that mostly is "don't listen to idiots who tell you you need to detail everything you write." robert christgau is my favorite rock critic (although i rarely agree with him), and he generalizes all the time. i think many people will more deeply appreciate my next review. i'm putting more time into it.[/quote]

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Sarcasm is fine. Too much makes you seem like an arse.