oh wow

this is bold, i'll give you that simon

THIS IS WAR

Album Rating: 4.5

Have only heard the singles from this but i'd be damn'd if Close to the Edge isn't an absolute banger

Great first paragraph, I have been realising how far I've come in the past 9-10 years myself, only today in fact - so this was a REALLY timely review.

As for the album...not my thing. I'd rather have Tool-lite (or even Foo Fighters/Hoobastank like in A Beautiful Lie) than pseudo modern-day Coldplay.

Album Rating: 2.0

Kings and queens has the most hilarious break ever when Jared sings "The age of man is over". It would have been cool if he morphed into an orc in the video.

Album Rating: 4.0

this is a couple tracks longer than it needs to be but I still have such a soft spot for this one overall

Album Rating: 4.5

it's pretty sad they went from this album to that pile of crap they made 8 years later, literally one the worst albums i've ever heard

You crazy for this one

Stranger is a good song though

Album Rating: 2.5

this is an excellent review, only thing I noticed was "This is War is lightening in a bottle" - should be "lightning"



I still think this album is overblown, hollow trash obsessed with its own self-importance without saying anything, and this was definitely the turning point for Jared to turn into the creepy douchebro of Hollywood that no one likes but somehow keeps getting cast in things. it really is amazing how both his acting and music careers drove off a hella steep cliff at about the same time and now he's... basically a cult leader, lmao.



having said all that, I really fucking love Alibi. props for that one song

hate him so much, he makes my skin crawl

Album Rating: 2.5

aren't there legit allegations against Leto already from some of the people who left the thing he's running on some island which is very clearly a cult?



if there's not I'm putting money down there will be within the year

no way he gets out of this cult thing unscathed either way yeah

Paul Allen's magnum opus

Album Rating: 1.5

Lmao of course the dude who made this is enough of an egomaniac to start a cult

Album Rating: 4.6

cheers guys.



"aren't there legit allegations against Leto already from some of the people who left the thing he's running on some island which is very clearly a cult?



if there's not I'm putting money down there will be within the year"



I definitely wouldn't be surprised if this happened. The guy also gives me the creeps. Super talented guy, but there's definitely something off about him.

Album Rating: 3.0

“Super talented guy, but there's definitely something off about him.”



His tribute performance of Alibi for Chester fucking ached though.

Album Rating: 3.0

To this day I still really dig the first two albums but this one did nothing for me. The video to closer to the edge is the cheesiest shite I've ever watched as well

Album Rating: 1.5

30STM's videos are pretty consistently unbearable tbh

This album is so fun.