Album Rating: 4.0
Awesome how everyone always loved this, considering the new vocalist.
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Album Rating: 5.0
I 'member when the party line was "NO LAYNE NO ALICE". I'm glad people have finally caught up and realized this album rules
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Album Rating: 4.0
I only saw love and respect for this.
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Album Rating: 5.0
this album has 2 of the heaviest Alice songs ever and 3 of the most heartbreaking Alice ballads ever
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Album Rating: 4.0
This has been reviewed 11 times on sputnik, the ratings were
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4.5
4.5
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Album Rating: 5.0
might be one of those "critics love it, the fans hate it" cases. I remember a lot of negativity
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Album Rating: 4.0
>I remember a lot of negativity
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Album Rating: 4.0
There's still a lot of negativity around this out in the real world. Sucks for them.
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Album Rating: 4.5
^ I was about to say, there's definitely a large number of Layne purists out there who don't want anything to do with this incarnation of the band. And they get really hostile about it too, especially on Youtube and other social media
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Album Rating: 3.5
speak of the devil and he doth appear
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Album Rating: 4.0
From my experience AiC fans have totally embraced this and the idea that many people hate it seems a made-up, unnecessary conflict as is popular in music discussions (see 'x is under/overrated'), but apparently we need more science before people accept my version of things.
>the real world
According to this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Gives_Way_to_Blue#Release_and_reception
only Rolling Stone gave it a mediocre review.
Here on https://www.metacritic.com/music/black-gives-way-to-blue/alice-in-chains/critic-reviews?dist=neutral
We find that
User score distribution:
Positive:142 out of 149
Mixed:6 out of 149
Negative: 1 out of 149
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Album Rating: 4.5
Album rules.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Critical reception is one thing. The album was defn critically well received to the point where people calling it a downright miraculous achievement.
Fan reception in my experience has been pretty skewed based on the age of the fan. I'd say that for 40+ fans it's 50-50 while it's much more favorable for everyone under 40.
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Album Rating: 4.5
It's definitely an age thing from what I've experienced. Most of the negative rhetoric comes from older fans who haven't let go of the past. They'll say stuff like "nice tribute act" or "no Layne = no AiC". In fact, the same exact thing is happening with Avenged Sevenfold right now, as a lot of their older fans can't accept any material without The Rev (despite the fact that both bands had other equally gifted songwriters that could carry the torch. Hell, Jerry was always the main songwriter of AiC)
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Album Rating: 5.0
I can't believe it's been 6 years since Rainier Fog... Jesus Christ. That album wasn't nearly as good as this. I wonder if there's another one in the pipeline
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Album Rating: 4.5
“this album has 2 of the heaviest Alice songs ever and 3 of the most heartbreaking Alice ballads ever”
Oh yeah. I remember the first time I heard A Looking in View and was like holy shit. I strongly lean toward heavier Alice.
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Album Rating: 5.0
I think that was the first track I heard off this and like DAMN, I wasn't expecting that much bite. There are so many great tracks here but All Secrets Known is fucking supernatural. Like they are conjuring the spirit of Layne from the grave
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Album Rating: 5.0
I remember some racists coming out of the woodwork irl and im just sitting here like
“you guys know they’re from fucking Seattle, I very much doubt they’ll miss your racist ass”
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intent obsolescence
built into the system
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Album Rating: 5.0
Acid Bubble is straight up one of best tracks, Layne era included
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