Album Rating: 3.0

album cover artwork is atrocious.

yeah sorry but CI will always be the best, Dead Scene has too much typical Patton stuff on it (I mean Patton is OK but he overtakes the thing sometimes)
If you think CI does not have enough tonality or resolution or whatever the hell you're saying you honestly are missing the point, it's best that the only way you try to make sense of it is by listening to it a million times so it starts to become cohesive

Album Rating: 2.0

No no no. I get that that's not the point of CI. However, you have to realize that all the members of DEP didn't magically grow up in a world where they never listened to tonal music and were able to abandon all tonal remnants. There are weird incongruous "colored" moments against the non-"colored" non-tonal moments. It's just weird and it's always made that album less to my ears. It's not as intelligently balanced on a pitch-based level as it could be. It's rigorous on a rhythm-based level as it lacks many traditional rhythmic remnants, but whatever, I know that pitch isn't the point.

I think you mean like the instrumental tracks and the western breaks in certain songs
I always thought those were just sort of theatrical to offset the crazy stuff

You know, I was looking forward to this so much at the beginning of the year, but now I can't even be fucked listening to it once. The 3-4 songs I've heard online were so boring.

And I know it's probably intentional or whatever, but seriously worst cover art of the decade.

Album Rating: 2.0

I actually really like the cover art. It reminds me a lot of Dark Side of the Moon. The geometric/symmetric aspects of the cover art sort of complement some aspects of DEP's music.

You don't like the Angels & Airwaves cover art?

One aspect of CI that turned me off was that even though the drum work was insane from a technical standpoint, it felt colorless.

Album Rating: 4.0

i might review this soon, i got it today, and aside from Irony Is a Dead scene (which was a patton-fest, part of the reason i like it), i've not heard much DEP. so from the point of view of someone who's not going to compare this to older albums, i'd probably give it a 3.5, after a day's listening.



i like the pop-metal tracks like black bubblegum and milk lizard though, but again, that's probably because of the patton-esque vocals, which are always a plus-point IMO.

Album Rating: 4.0

obv. i'm going to listen to it a lot more before reviewing, before anyone starts flaming!

Album Rating: 3.5

Pretty good album, can't believe they used that cover art though.

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah, it really sucks. Album is relatively good though, despite all the hating on it.

Album Rating: 3.0

this is brilliantly written, but I think you're a little too harsh in your general overview, I genuinely don't think its as bad as the score and some of your points make out.



Other points however are very valid, and if you were going to compare this to either of the previous two records closely, I can see why you've rated it so.

I think this sucks so much because of their previous work. Had any other band made this it might be amazing, but this is DEP.

Album Rating: 2.0

No this would suck DEP or not.

the album cover sucks balls

Album Rating: 2.5

Comparing this record to their past ones is pretty logical considering they said it was going to combine the best of both worlds.

Album Rating: 4.0

the album art actually looks pretty good when you've got it in your hands, but i'll admit i thought it looked shit when i saw it online before the release.



no idea what those random blocks in the liner notes are tho... code?

Album Rating: 4.5

What's with all the hate for this album?



It's no "Calculating Infinity" or "Miss Machine" but I still enjoyed it.

I didn't know it was this bad.


/deppresed