Album Rating: 4.5

Have mercy Allah, its all about the atmosphere your eminence



But as always I am your faithful servant and I never question your wisdom and insight



Praise Allah

Album Rating: 4.5

(Just realised no one on his site can argue with ALA ever again, very clever)

Album Rating: 4.5

(Until he's banned again)

Album Rating: 4.5

(He prob should be banned for using the username Allah)

Album Rating: 4.5

"You see that crown of thorns on his head - that was my idea! I think I'm going to hell...oh dear!!"



Sorry, listening to Tiger Lillies

Thats more like it, yeah

I really need to revisit this tbh. If I remember correctly back when I was in that phase where the edgy shit was my lifeblood i felt this was a tad too... impersonall. The vocalist doesnt carry an emotional inflextion(but then again hes busy doing a kick ass job of belting out some kick ass vocal work to akward lyricism), the lyrics were profound but distant, and the shock value wore thin. Some of the shit he says in whiteamerica still flies roght by my head.

I remember loving this though, more so the second half. The last few songs are killer.

as a Killaaaah

AS A KILLA

Album Rating: 4.5

yeah there's definitely a distance but james brings so much of his own conviction to the table it all works

the albums after this are definitely a refreshing & more personal (for nick and james at least) comedown though

at least the two before KYE

Album Rating: 5.0

"I remember getting the lyrics to 'Yes' and thinking 'You crazy fucker, how do I write music for this?" -JDB

damn never heard this

die in the summertime is a jam

This album is so hard for me to rate

I can't even come to terms with how I feel about it, nor do i really know "how I feel about it".

Album Rating: 5.0

5



Give the band the respect they deserve

Album Rating: 4.0

I have been meaning to check out this band for years now

Album Rating: 3.5

For me this is very much an emotional 5, if I'd heard it at another point in my life it might've only got a 4 (although in reality it could've been anything I guess). The memories don't fade though & so therefore neither does my rating.

Album Rating: 4.5

i think this one deserves the credit with or without nostalgia

this may be the one manics album that has no nostalgia for me, actually. or at least it has less than Gold, EMG, or This is My Truth. every time i listen to it it always feels very "of the moment"



been listening to this one and a self-curated "There By The Grace of God EP" i put together using that song & the b-sides surrounding it. more or less the polar opposite sides of this band

The way I feel about this album is so conflicted. I guess it could grow ... I mean I've had the CD since like July of last year and I've heard it like 4 times spread across months.

This just seems desensitized in the worst way possible. The only ones that I think get any emotion out of me is 4 stones and 7 pounds, Archives of Pain, Yes and The Intense Humming. And honestly most of the songs here ARE great, but the vocals just seem so detached. The guitars and drums are all on point, the vocals can be very good at times. But most of the time I just wish the vocalist put more emotion inside of it.

Idk maybe i'm weird. I'd rate this like a 3.5 honestly. Also there's a few songs here that are just flat out weak tbh.

And I understand desensitized feelings can often be an artistic tool in themselves, it makes you step back and think "Man....I'm listening to THIS and I still don't feel anything from it". It's introspective in an interesting way. I just don't think it works very well.

Album Rating: 4.5

considering james wasn't the one writing those lyrics I think he did a pretty damn good job conveying them

Ya I know but it just lacks a punch you know?

Album Rating: 4.5

no, I don't because I don't agree