Album Rating: 3.5

Anyone who actually thinks this album or any album this band has done is particularly incredible better prepare to have their opinion tolerated and respected

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Damn that bonus track is so smooooooth, feel like it would have been a perfect change of track pace in the middle of the album.

This has become my third most appreciated moment on Sputnik, only trailing that time I made Andcas cry and when I told Dallas Green to quit being a bitch and rejoin Alexis.

Album Rating: 4.0

this might be their best sounding record when it comes to production

Album Rating: 3.5

Ye it's got great punch, few great cuts here.

Album Rating: 4.0

"this might be their best sounding record when it comes to production"



Is up there. Barresi really did a great job here, it sounds much... fuller, for lack of a better term. La Gargola sounded thin, and the heavy cuts like "Under The Knife" felt needed a bit more of a punch. The only song that has that heavy thick sound there, similar to most tracks in here, is probably An Island.



I insist though, and I'll try to not bringing this up again, Enemies is the one exception where for some reason the drums are too loud in the mix. It almost seems like they did it on purpose to recall "Comfortable Liar" of WWN, which sounds brickwalled to death.



Aaanyways, yeah this and Sci-Fi Crimes are best produced Chevelle. With HOTTB being the worst. Never been able to finish that album with proper headphones, it sounds as if they played too much with the treble there.

So Chevelle finally went a bit left huh should check cuz they're not bad just a bit blah

I'm not liking this at all

Album Rating: 3.0

yeah its very average despite its average

Tool wannabe's really do well on this site.

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah, because chevelle are totally not alt rock/metal, but they're a progressive metal band, almost art rock.



lol even if this album does remind me undertow tool (so did point#1 and some songs of ttot), most of their other stuff doesn't (IMO).



According to pete loeffler, he is heavily inspired by helmet, though. And it shows because they're normally much less dense and layered than tool, and usually more agressive and accessible like helmet. Not to mention pete really loves using that screeching distorted guitar sound he stole from page hamilton.

Album Rating: 3.5

i do hear a bit of maynard in pete's vocals sometimes, like on joyride, but that's the closest thing to a similarity between the bands. they really dont sound alike

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Why the fuck was A Miracle not on the album? It's pretty much the best song here.

Album Rating: 4.0

Need to hear that bonus track

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_hBXqGXP9c



Might get taken down, so jam with the quickness.

Album Rating: 4.5

A Miracle would've been the best track on the album, right next to Young Wicked

Album Rating: 3.5

I'm not liking this at all

Album Rating: 3.0

I'm on "Warhol's Showbiz" right now; maybe I'm not in the right mood for this kind of music but so far this is pretty easily my least favorite Chevelle album I've heard. Very little is standing out except for some absolute cringe moments (the kids' choir in "Young Wicked," the ridiculously jarring transitions between the verses and choruses in "Rivers").



Doesn't help that Pete seems to have lost a good chunk of his screaming ability; so powerful on albums such as Wonder What's Next and Vena Sera, and yet so strained on here.



EDIT: Just after I posted this comment, "Punchline" came on and it's a much-welcomed change of pace, definitely the best track so far.



EDIT 2: So "Punchline" turned out to be a turning point and the last two tracks were also really good, especially "Shot from a Cannon"

lol Emim was that all it took to bring you back??

Album Rating: 4.5

I like this album a fucking lot.