Album Rating: 3.0

hey look a redfan

Album Rating: 3.5

After listening to the album all the way through, here's my highlight songs:





Feed The Machine



Lie To Me (Denial)



Buried Beneath



The Outside



Who We Are (arguably the catchiest song on the album)





I didn't name any of the ballads, not because I don't like ballads, but because all the ones off this album practically bored me to tears.



I thought this was a pretty good album, it just needed more songs that didn't play it so save, and more songs that have a unique edge (like The Outside). That's my biggest hope for the next Red album, that they don't play it so save.

Album Rating: 3.5

not because I don't like ballads, but because all the ones off this album practically bored me to tears.

Album Rating: 2.0

so boring, except i like the first and last tracks

Album Rating: 3.0

yeah that last track is pretty sweet

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iunno why "The Outside" gets so much hate, it's god damn bippity catchy if you ask me...



you know what they did: they purposely placed it around some softer songs in the tracklist so when it comes on, you love it because you're tired of hearing the boring soft tracks...smart!

First two tracks bring the business.


+2 interpoints for using "the business" twice in one day.

For those of you harshing on Until We Have Faces

Album Rating: 3.5

I'm only two songs into this and already I'm noticing a very strong Breaking Benjamin vibe. And it's not even "Saturate" Breaking Benjamin. It's more like "Dear Agony" Breaking Benjamin.



POST-LISTEN EDIT: Yes, there's definitely a "Dear Agony" vibe throughout the entire album. The beginning of "Watch You Crawl" sounds awfully reminiscent of the beginning of "Lights Out". Hell, even a few of the song names are similar.



Faceless // Hopeless

Buried Beneath // What Lies Beneath

Watch You Crawl // Crawl

Hymn For The Missing // Anthem Of The Angels



Despite the similarities, though, "Until We Have Faces" is a far better album than "Dear Agony". Though, it's not as good as "Innocence & Instinct". There aren't any songs on here that I'd rate lower than a 3/5; most of them I'd rate at least a 3.5. Feed The Machine and Faceless both get a 5/5. However, the consistency of "Until We Have Faces" is far worse than that of "Innocence & Instinct". I certainly won't listen to this album in order ever again.

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Dear Agony is better than this.

Album Rating: 3.0

when reading speck's comment i thought it said this and lol'd

Album Rating: 3.5

I certainly won't listen to this album ever again.

Faceless // Hopeless
Buried Beneath // What Lies Beneath
Watch You Crawl // Crawl
Hymn For The Missing // Anthem Of The Angels

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He co-wrote Shadows on their last album, and Red's singer co-wrote a couple songs on Dear Agony (it's really obvious because it's the ones that have strings in them), but as far as I know Ben didn't have any input on this album.

Album Rating: 3.5

Here, check this out. It's an itunes bonus track from the album and it actually has some pretty metal riffs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze5ZGlJ7cPw

Until We Have Feces

luckily we have it right here

I'd edit that link out, man, it's against the rules.

He co-wrote Shadows on their last album, and Red's singer co-wrote a couple songs on Dear Agony (it's really obvious because it's the ones that have strings in them), but as far as I know Ben didn't have any input on this album.

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I think touring together has influenced both bands a fair amount.

Album Rating: 3.5

Dear Agony is better than this.

You can compare titles from most any hard rock bands and get similar results. I don't see how the last two are similar aside from similar syntax.

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Oh, I know a lot of people would disagree with me and agree with you. I just liked Dear Agony a lot

more than most people (including BB fans). I'll give you that Feed the Machine basically annihilates

most of Dear Agony.



But there's only a few songs on here that I would really listen to again, whereas Dear Agony was in my

playlists for quite a while before I started to get tired of it.

Album Rating: 3.5

I completely understand. Talking back and forth about why one person likes a certain aspect of one album and why the other person doesn't isn't going to further influence either of their opinions about the album. Ultimately, it's still the first impression and further musing about the actual music that predominantly affects that opinion.



What I find interesting about myself, though, is that while I thought the quality of the songs on Dear Agony was worse than most of Breaking Benjamin's past work, I found it to be a much better produced album as a whole than say, Phobia. Each song is nicely weaved into the next.



However, it's the fact that I enjoy Dear Agony more as a singular work rather than a collection of individual songs that keeps me from listening to individual tracks. If I'm going to listen to anything from Dear Agony, it's going to be numerous songs in album order.



Like the songs on Dear Agony, the songs on Until We Have Faces are not as good as those from the band's previous albums. However, because the album is so choppy and inconsistent, I enjoy Until We Have Faces a lot more as a random, disconnected assortment of songs. I'm more likely to be willing to listen to the songs I liked individually with this album than I would with the songs I liked from Dear Agony.