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| 0.0 | Jom | March 30th 07 |
After unjustifiably being damned by some people for their goofy cover of Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal," Alien Ant Farm re-surfaced in the summer of 2006 with a surprisingly strong album. Featuring a new guitarist, the cue-ball-headed Joe Hill, the band has significantly improved its sound while still keeping its staple positives - from tongue-in-cheek humor to a fantastic rhythm section - intact. Right from the onset, Up in the Attic delivers a surging introduction in the form of "Bad Morning," which begins with a raucous alarm clock and one of the heaviest introductions the band has recorded to date. Other notable tracks include the Christoper Walken-approved "Around the Block" (thanks in part to Mike Cosgrove's implementation of cowbell), the mellow "San Sebastian," the moderately-paced "Crickets," and the exclusive "Repeat Defender," all of which highlight the band at its best. With this album, Alien Ant Farm broaden their sound to appeal to a wider audience, and for the most part, they succeed, although there are a couple uninspired, lethargic tracks on here, and frontman Dryden Mitchell's vocals and lyricism are suspect in spots. Overall, though, this is an underrated album from a criminally-underrated band, although this album is the last for pudgy fan-favorite Tye Zamora, who left the band in order to finish pursuing his collegiate degree in bass performance.
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| 0.0 | SmileNerd | June 18th 15 |
Meh. Alien Ant Farm will always just be a Michael Jackson cover band in my eyes.
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| 3.0 good | jmorris724 | June 3rd 11 |
some good vocals, decent guitar. Doesn't really feel like much effort was put into this one, but it's decent. I guess without Terry Corso on lead guitar the band's a bit less interesting.
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| 4.0 excellent | Zero673 | July 24th 06 |
I rated AAF a "4" because they are a very good band, there vocalist puts so much into the band and altogether a great band that hasn't gave up.They are a very underated band and should get more respect and more attention, but if people choose not to listen to them there missing out on hearing a awesome band play.
-Cole
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| 2.5 average | El Olam | September 25th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Sowing STAFF | May 11th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Greengo | October 25th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | Spokid | March 17th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Zecke | October 4th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | gschwen | August 10th 17 |
| 3.5 great | JJBSS | September 23rd 16 |
| 3.0 good | Snide | May 20th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | DApp | August 27th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Kualie | January 6th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Smevin | March 16th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | foxxxy | October 24th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | foxxxy | May 29th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | tribszn | December 28th 11 |
| 3.5 great | mursu | November 19th 11 |
| 2.5 average | kroglor | August 24th 11 |
| 2.5 average | W477ZY | April 22nd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Antics | December 13th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | VJ90 | September 10th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | CutMan | February 19th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Lonel | February 11th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | x31942 | October 24th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | DLNation | September 24th 09 |
| 3.0 good | Kakz | February 16th 09 |
| 3.0 good | andiamo | September 26th 08 |
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