Album Rating: 1.5

You have every right to enjoy the album. Rock during that period gets a bad wrap anyways. It really matters in terms of taste anyways.

Album Rating: 3.0

i'm digging this......catchy radio rock hits the spot from time to time



great album!

Album Rating: 1.5

I'm still not feeling it. I listened to Attention again today. I don't know how you guys do it.

Album Rating: 3.0

devil

attention attention

monsters

creatures

evolve

special

human radio

brilliant



all great tunes

Album Rating: 3.5

Brilliant is the best thing they’ve done in 10 years and one of their best songs period. The drumming, the riffs, and Brent’s vocals are all top-notch.



The Human Radio is pretty awesome too.

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

yeah the last two songs are just too damn good



I doubt they'll ever go back to the sound they had during the Sound of Madness days but if they keep in this direction that most of this album follow's I'd be totally down for it.

Album Rating: 3.0

@tiesthatbind



that album you're digging is immense!

Album Rating: 3.5

Yeah, hopefully if nothing else they can at least hold on to the energy and the hard rock elements going forward.

@Titan: Hell yeah, new Fates Warning has been my jam recently.

Album Rating: 1.5

It's no doubt an energetic album. Shinedown has been taking an energetic route since "Amaryllis."

Album Rating: 3.5

@DropTune Initially I was feeling the same about the album, while listening to it at work thorough the week. Then I listened to it at home and found myself singing along and just enjoying it immensely...



CUZ I WAS SENT TO WARN YOU THE DEVIL'S IN THE NEXT ROOM

Album Rating: 1.5

My problem is that the fundamentals of the album are broken. When all's said and done, it's a meaningless, lazy, uninspired album that fails to produce the desired outcome. It has appeal and that's fine. However, the intention was to modernize and further the bands artistic value, which in my opinion it doesn't accomplish. If the intent was to be a bunch of bangers and nothing else, then yeah, I'd give it props. Yet, "Attention Attention" wasn't mean to do that. The album was supposed to inspire and rally people to look past adversity, doubt, and negativity to reinvent themselves. They already tackled this theme before and did it a lot better, so what's the point? I don't feel justified praising them for doing what they've already done. It's not saying anything new, it's not experimenting well, and it's not accomplishing anything. I'm not getting anything out of "Attention" as a fan. I'm listening to it and thinking, "wow, it's Amaryllis part 2."

Album Rating: 2.0

this band needs to stop and people need to stop pretending they're anything more than just another post-grunge buttrock band

Album Rating: 1.5

I'm fine with people enjoying the album. It has novelty value at best. What I don't like is having to change my standards 'because its a Shinedown album' or 'you're looking too deep into it.' That's the same argument people use for films like Suicide Squad or Justice League. I shouldn't have to turn off my brain so to speak in order to enjoy something. Shinedown is a capable band who has proven many times to release good music. Even for radio rock, they still have maintained a certain standard. I just don't feel "Attention" does that for them. I don't see the mass approval for such a fundamentally broken record.

Album Rating: 3.5

I don't think anyone told you to turn off your brain, at least I certainly did not.



At worst this is an average album if you're looking from an evolution stand point, at best its great fun above average high octane radio rock.. But that's just my opinion, we're all entitled.

Album Rating: 1.5

Average is a stretch here. Granted no one said "turn off your brain," but that's what I used to justify the rating for the album. I don't like the idea of settling in Shinedown's case. They aren't the best, but they are a lot better than this. It's the same way I feel about KoRn. After "Untouchables," KoRn continuously put out horrendous albums like "See You on the Other Side," "Untitled," and "KoRn III." It wasn't until "Serenity of Suffering" that they put out something worth hearing. I think of "Attention Attention" along those lines. "Sound of Madness" was a strong album. It wasn't perfect, but it did its job. "Amaryllis" was a mixed bag with extreme highs and disappointing lows. "Threat to Survival" was a hilarious attempt at revival. Then we have "Attention Attention" that tries to imitate both albums while recapturing the hard edge they used to have.

Album Rating: 3.5

I totally agree with you about "Amaryllis" and "Sound of Madness"... I actually didn't share everyone else's opinion on "Threat to Survival" but that's a whole other topic. So while I agree with you that Shinedown is better than this, I still think this is good and enjoyable but I totally understand how you feel about it since I felt the same in my first listens (like I mentioned before).



Also I wonder if you'd give it a 1.5 if it was a new/other band. Not that I'm against using context when giving out a rating, but if the "baggage" you have of Shinedown is what's stopping you from enjoying it a little bit more.

Album Rating: 1.5

The short answer is yes. I based the rating off of the factors explained. What was the concept of the record? What is the albums intent? Those are both fundamental questions when interpreting an album. Music is a response to those questions, so you continue to ask yourself does the music reflect these themes, and if so, does it do justice? In "Attention's" case, those answers fall out of line. The concept is to modernize Shinedown, which it doesn't really do. It wants to backtrack to post-grunge while incorporating out-of-place electronic instruments and heavily distorted guitars. The intent of the record was to inspire listeners to persevere through adversity, which is also poorly executed. Their past albums did the topic a lot better. This is just repetition in Shinedown's case. The music doesn't respond well to the theme since it tries to introduce aggression into a positive environment, which is counter-productive at times. It also clashes a lot with the amount of sounds going on. We have rap, funk, alternative, and post-grunge spewing all over the place.



When analyzing those principles, there are countless other bands I'd do that for. Linkin Park "One More Light," Papa Roach's entire discography, Three Days Grace's "Human" and "Outsider."

Album Rating: 3.5

I understand and I won't refute anything because of course it is subjective you've at least made your point objectively.

But to end it, I'd say the examples you brought up are good examples of bands that at some point brought something new and positive to their genre but then went on to create very poor content that when compared to Attention are clearly less remarkable and very forgettable.

Album Rating: 2.0

Aside from Pyro and Devil, this is basically shit. Sounds like an Imagine Dragons album.

Album Rating: 4.0

Shinedown have always espoused radio rock trends, and this is no different. Basically what makes them good is Brent Smith. Guy can sing.