Album Rating: 3.0

this worries me. what i've heard hasn't blown me away, so i'll approach it with caution.

seriously, this album isnt going to blow you away in 1 listen like deadwing or in absentia did ( well to me)...it has to grow on you

Album Rating: 4.0

pretty sure this is my favorite release by them

Album Rating: 2.5

Deadwing isn't even that good. In Absentia is their only album that truly lives up to the hype and delivers on each track.

Album Rating: 4.0

in absentia is pretty boring, one of few albums I'll never buy from PT

nice review man. I agree with you on many points, including that nothing on this really stuns the listener. The guitar solo in Time Flies definitely has David Gilmour influence. IMO that is the best track on this.

Album Rating: 4.0

FOABP is their best, then IA, Deadwing, and Stupid Dream

Album Rating: 3.5

In Absentia is overrated but good. This probably comes in third after Deadwing and Fear of a Blank Planet, for me

Album Rating: 3.5

This album, similar to a watching a great movie for the hundredth time, can be fun and enjoyable, but it still misses that sense of wonder and suspense one gets from something totally new.



Awesome.



Damn good review. From the samples I've heard, I'm still stoked.

tomorrow

PT are possibly my favourite band so it's impossible for me to judge objectively. However, i can honestly say that this is the first time (and i have all of their albums) that i have to literally FORCE myself to listen again in the hope that it grows on me...and that just hasn't happened. Also, its the first time a PT album has nothing special and new to distinguish it from their previous albums.

Sure, production is excellent, and there are some interesting moments but the best parts are mostly the short songs (lasting 1 to 2 minutes) there's no real climax, "time flies" is unnecessarily long and you never really get the feeling that cd 1 is one song. I think they should stick to making 17 minute songs (i.e. anesthetize, which is a masterpiece!)

cd 2 on the other hand is more interesting although most of it is waaaay too pink floydy (even for PT!)

Album Rating: 3.0

Your second to last paragraph pretty much sums up the album for me. I think this is PT by the

numbers, nothing new and exciting is to be found here. It's not bad, but it's certainly not

excellent.



Good review though.

Album Rating: 3.0

Thats the best way to get into PT I would say.

dude get in absentia FOABP bores the shit outta me bar the title track and the first 12 mins of anathesize (fucking cut off the last 5 minutes so boring)

Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off

Good review. This album was a massive dissapointment, unfortunately.

mutha fukin page turn

i must say that i take the edited version of time flies over the full anyday, the middle part is so drawn out and boring that its ridiculous, I hate when PT does that

Deadwing and In Absentia are their best.

sky moves sideways

Album Rating: 4.0

'I listened to it several times through and immediately found things that I really, really liked, but I realized I was very rarely moved beyond typical enjoyment'



Yep, well said. Thats pretty much exactly how I feel. I really dig some parts, but wasnt really *moved* by anything. I suppose its a bit much to expect it.



Its still a good album, just not their best. Time Flies kicks arse though.