| Full Review | Ratings (1191) |
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3.5 great | 3waycrash | July 21st 17 | "Who cares if one more light goes out? / Well I do" Rest in peace, Chester.
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2.2 poor | Trey STAFF | May 19th 17 | I get it. They've been trying to break away from their first two albums for a long time now. They were smart enough to know
that the nu metal boat was sinking and it was time to move on. As far as nu metal bands go, they probably did the best job
of moving forward (fame/financially speaking). I also respect them for not taking the easy route and simply rehashing
variations of the formula that would gain them the most accolades and money. Whether we like it or not, at least they're
going their own route. Having said all that, this is boring and not very well executed.
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4.0 excellent | DORBUSCUS | May 17th 17 | Grown on me recently. There's still some bad moments like Good Goodbye and Heavy, but there's some really nice songs like Sorry For Now, One More Light, Sharp Edges, Talking To Myself, and Battle Symphony
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1.0 awful | LethalPaintball | February 22nd 17 | man how do you manage to fuck up harder than a thousand suns
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2.5 average | RaylanCrowder | May 17th 17 | Described by Mike Shinoda and his bandmates as their most personal album dedicated to a recently
deceased friend, One More Light is unfortunately the band's weakest since 2007 album Minutes to
Midnight.
While it isn't a disjointed, hodgepodge mess of a concept album like MTM, it is a major step down
from their best work, shown on A Thousand Sons, The Hunting Party and Hybrid Theory.
When promoting their lead single "Heavy", the band members repeatedly mentioned a greater focus
on lyrics compared to the instrumentation, in that they focused on developing the lyrics and melodies
first. They even brought in a host of singers, songwriters and producers, largely from the pop scene.
The result is this pop record which could be a case of too many cooks spoiling the broth, as for all the
talk about the personal nature of this record, majority of the tracks appear bland and fail to resonate
beyond a vague surface level, except for the stripped down, largely acoustic title track.
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3.0 good | JayTheZoomster | February 20th 17 | I really enjoy this release, all of the songs are fun in my opinion and I can't deny that I like Sharp Edges and Halfway Right more than anything off of their older work.
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4.0 excellent | AlexTM510 | July 20th 17 | Linkin Park's final album/Chester Bennington's Suicide Note.
Of course it would have that pop grandiose feel.
RIP.
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1.5 very poor | wwf | May 25th 17 | Honestly rating this album just feels mean, like kicking a sick dog
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1.0 awful | Dovertime16 | May 21st 17 | It don't get any worse than this, folks. I mean, at the very least I suppose it's good they aren't pretending they're not a pop group anymore. Seriously, they've always been this awful and commercial, they're just honest about it now. That doesn't make this not a terrible, terrible album though.
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0.0 | EasterInTheBatcave | May 20th 17 | "As far as nu metal bands go, they probably did the best job of moving forward (fame/financially speaking)" Deftones and System of a Down would like a word with you.
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1.0 awful | I Am Saruman, The Multicoloured | May 19th 17 | That pop-rnb-rap-sellout single is beyond all expectations. I mean, I knew that Linkin Park is quite often horrendous but this ?
According to Mike Shinoda the whole album is supposed to sound like this. Prepare your stomachs...
Edit : Minutes to Midnight wasn't selling out. A Thousand Suns wasn't selling out. Even Recharched wasn't selling out.
THIS. IS. SELLING OUT.
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3.5 great | KManoc1 | May 19th 17 | The worst part about this album is that it was released after "The Hunting Party".
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1.5 very poor | AmbushReality | May 18th 17 | I'm not really sure how this took ~2.5-3 years to make. Its all simple keys, pop structures and plain drum beats. Hard to believe this is the same band that created the Hunting Party a few years back. This is almost entirely sell-out material. If they were going to go full soft, it would at least be passable as art had they taken the progressive route like the underrated *A Thousand Suns* or the impressive folky ballad "Castle of Glass" off *Living Things* (a nearly entirely pop-rock record that had its enjoyable moments). There is not a hint of progression or even "rock" music in this release. If you've heard one track, you've heard them all. And then you never have to listen to this again. Here's hoping this flops and we get a decent record (and entirely different sonic direction) in another 3 years. What the fuck, Mike.
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3.0 good | YotamTS | August 14th 17 | It's a good pop album. I enjoy 6 of these and the rest aren't bad.
Favorite tracks: Heavy, Talking To Myself, Good Goodbye
Least Favorite track: Halfway Right
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2.0 poor | transgoggle | May 28th 17 | thankfully i'm not employed right now because this is the kinda music you hear in the background of your workplace and just wish it away but you're awkward and one of your coworkers is always like noo. listening to it at home or on the go though, it's enjoyable enough, coulda been worse, coulda been better. the title track could have been MUCH better though it's still the album's highlight. in line with songs like In Between or the first half of Iridiscent. for the most part chester sounds awkward, kind of ragged, singing above his natural range and brings the album down but i'd rather have him do this than try to scream again, after the disaster that was The Hunting Party.
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1.0 awful | jp1 | May 21st 17 | Almost every song on this has the uncanny resemblance in tone to the gospel rock music I had to bear through in the car with my parents as a child. Linkin Park has sold out to the point of no return.
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0.0 | thomasdavidge | April 17th 17 | I used to love Linkin Park but the singles have been so bad. They were never great or even very good but they had their moments. I personally thought the 'A Thousand Suns' / 'Living Things' era was their best but I have no hopes for this album. Get the 1's polished and ready to go guys.
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1.0 awful | mortifierftw | March 19th 17 | If this album is as awful as the singles released, this is an automatic 1/5 no exceptions
[Edit]: I was right
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0.0 | Tom Read CONTRIBUTOR | March 17th 17 | how to turn a once-average band into an abomination: the album
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1.0 awful | Ghost22446 | May 21st 17 | Yup, gave The Hunting Party a bump-up score from 2/5 to 4/5. I guess because of One More
Light, I have to revaluate several other albums and bands as well.
This doesn't sound like LP at all, it sounds like a poor man's The Chainsmokers. It's
like the only members in this band at this moment are Mike and Chester, who forgot how
to craft some solid songs. Not a single good track, way too poppy and boring, Suicide
Silence - step aside, a new challenger approaches.
UPD: R.I.P Chester. You will be missed. But, unfortunately, this album won't.
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1.0 awful | Toondude | May 20th 17 | An album that is so inoffensive that it's actually offensive
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2.0 poor | JimmyPopAli | May 20th 17 | I'm a pop fan, I'm a Linkin Park fan, and none of those help the fact that this is terrible. Everything that could have gone wrong did. Nothing pays off in any way, and the best songs are only kind of good because of how they 'sort of' sound like songs the band had done better years before.
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1.0 awful | cloakanddagger | May 19th 17 | Definitely the worst Linkin Park album, and possibly one of the worst records I've ever heard.
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3.5 great | thewired | April 5th 17 | Are we just rating the single? It's pretty catchy, i like it, at this point i kind of gave up on them ever sounding like they did back during the Hybrid T days, i'm just gonna give this an average rating for the effort
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1.0 awful | SandorClegane | February 17th 17 | I had to come drop a 1 hear after playing "Heavy." What a joke.
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1.0 awful | Thomas Soto | July 5th 23 | Sorry Chester, but the hatred for this album was definetively warranted. It sucks, plain and simple.
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3.5 great | davezillaMP3 | June 20th 20 | alright here is the deal, does it sound nothing like Linkin Park? yes. Is it a pop album? Yes. But is it good? Yes! honestly, while I can see why people do not like it (Or critically pan this) I can't say I am in that same boat honesty, this is a pretty good pop album so I will give credit to LP where credit is due.
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2.0 poor | Nokturrnus | April 13th 20 | Title track is nice. "Sorry for Now" is also alright, although it would be much better without those synthvocal-like parts, and probably with a different bridge. Otherwise, it's not a good album.
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2.0 poor | grizzlys54 | June 6th 19 | A huge step down after The Hunting Party but still a guilty pleasure.
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3.5 great | Annyxtopheles | May 29th 19 | 6.8/10... Well, disappointed. But there's some appreciably nice pop tracks, here and there.
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0.0 | George Browne | April 7th 19 | Honestly ive always seen this as the worst Linkin Park album since it came out, but recently I've listened to it a few more times and I realized its not that bad. Far from a 1/10. This is just really generic pop music that is still good. Maybe if i listen to this more i'll bump it up more.
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4.5 superb | David B. Hirsch | November 13th 18 | Intriguing, consequent and unexpected face of depression.
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1.0 awful | Progamuffin | March 19th 18 | I originally wanted to give this .1 stars but after reading what had happened I felt
really sad and decided to bump this to a solid 1 star rating.
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2.5 average | Lucman | March 12th 18 | This got a lot of hate when it was released and while I can definitely understand it at the same time I don't think it was entirely deserved. Half of it (read "Battle Symphony" and tracks 8-r10....maybe 7) actually edges towards being good. The rest is run-of-the-mill commercial pop so while it isn't bad it isn't good either. It's average and that's ok if you ask me.
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3.5 great | LouBreed | September 8th 17 | LP has always been a guilty pleasure to me. With this album the 'guilty' part just gained an upper hand. But the pleasure remains. Chester's vocals are terrible most of the time though. Honestly. And that horrendous squeaky voice effect is soooo irritating.The title track is great IMHO.
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1.0 awful | Aenima97 | May 25th 17 | A middle finger to the old days of Hybrid Theory and Meteora. Linkin Park has turned to bland, generic pop music and the features of Stormzy and Pusha T are a fucking joke.
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1.5 very poor | Naseki | May 22nd 17 | It's good to experiment, and I appreciate that the oh-so famous Lp does it. However, in the genre they experimented in they didn't really flesh out something truly unique or mindblowing. Album seems to have a little inspiration from Living Things which makes sense. They make the same mistake they've been doing all this time. They think they can make something new by hopping into a new genre but that's not how it works, it's going to sound just as bland as any genre you work in simply because you can't think creatively. Their mistake is their assumption that you cannot make something new out of your own genre you're in when you totally can, but you have to be creative. Lp isn't creative and that's their problem, and I'm very sure they're plagued by that issue, hence why they try to avoid it by hopping from genre to genre. Also, bad lyrics, holy shit the lyrics are bad. Lp has never been great in their lyrics but lmao. FAV TRACKS: Nobody Can Save Me
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2.5 average | Nat S. | May 22nd 17 | ""As far as nu metal bands go, they probably did the best job of moving forward (fame/financially
speaking)" Deftones and System of a Down would like a word with you."
If they had said "artistically/creatively speaking", you'd have a point. As it is, Deftones and
SOAD haven't had anywhere near as much success as LP, so they're right.
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0.0 | BrandoRayford | May 21st 17 | Hybrid Theory and Meteora were 2 of the most important albums to me in my early teenage years, and because
of that I've always been curious as to what Linkin Park was putting out, even all these years later. While I can
respect a band changing their sound and evolving, there just isn't anything on this whole album that amounts to,
well, anything. A real shame after it seemed like they had somewhat gotten back on track with The Hunting Party.
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0.0 | theBonerKing | May 20th 17 | What'll it take to get the averages of their other albums down to the same level as this one?
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0.0 | Headstrong | May 20th 17 | IMO not that shit, but weak lyrics, same electronic elements, Mike sings much better than Chester.
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1.0 awful | dihstyle69 | May 20th 17 | the streak of awfulness continues with this new album over here and it actually reaches new heights as far as god awfulness goes. not a single track worth listening to here. edm/pop at their most basic, shittiest level. and that's all i have to say, really. 0
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1.0 awful | Joran | May 18th 17 | "Who cares if one more light goes out?". Well I don't... This album consists of simple electronic beats, an annoying high pitched voice randomly put in some songs, bad lyrics and almost no instrumentals are heard in all of the songs. So Linkin Parks Light can go out for all I care.
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2.0 poor | Kars Landman | May 18th 17 | I like the tracks were Mike does the vocals,
but overall it's really average. Wished they
would just use acoustic instruments on OML, I
think i would've liked it a lot more if they
did. Sad the songs have the same structure
though.. Still has some great tracks and I
don't feel this deserves the hate it has
gotten
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1.5 very poor | letsgofishing | May 17th 17 | Enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Also, doing my taxes went by faster than usual this year.
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3.0 good | sempiturtle | May 17th 17 | Boring, uninspired, inoffensive radio pop with maybe a few catchy moments here and there. Overall, rit's just very empty. Good production though. 2.3/5
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1.0 awful | P0laris | May 11th 17 | 5.0 classic JayTheZoomster | February 20th 17
5.0 classic seamoose | February 20th 17
5.0 classic MikeAkerfeldt89 | May 8th 17
Um... okay.
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1.5 very poor | Flomink | March 26th 17 | If their first single and the virtue signaling album cover say anything, this one's gonna be a stinker!
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1.0 awful | Hundt | March 10th 17 | One of the worst albums Ive ever heard.rLinkin Park shouldnt really exist anymore,they simply lived from the whole Nu Metal Fad.Even back then they were mediocre at best.rAnd now they still try to be "hip with the kids" again,but dont know what said kids actually want.r
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0.0 | Have you tried jamming Helcaraxe? CONTRIBUTOR | March 1st 17 | This album artwork looks like one of them Title Fight's Hyperviews "Hey guys we've become even more plain then ever but this is because we're maturing which means writing even more bland uninteresting hooks" type of deals.
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3.5 great | Piem | March 11th 24 |
3.0 good | Snuron | February 21st 24 |
1.0 awful | s0nicx | February 16th 24 |
3.0 good | naej | November 29th 23 |
1.0 awful | Glovoc | April 12th 23 |
2.0 poor | PTGS | March 8th 23 |
1.0 awful | DJD1ed | March 7th 23 |
2.5 average | Timmy | January 12th 23 |
1.5 very poor | legunek | October 10th 22 |
3.5 great | altmjw | October 8th 22 |
1.5 very poor | Djokoll | September 14th 22 |
1.5 very poor | FnTom | August 29th 22 |
2.0 poor | Logan | June 29th 22 |
2.0 poor | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | June 13th 22 |
2.5 average | NBHC | June 8th 22 |
3.0 good | camxv | June 6th 22 |
2.5 average | AGC | June 3rd 22 |
1.5 very poor | Get Low | February 6th 22 |
2.5 average | Iteidem | January 1st 22 |
1.0 awful | Jonatas | November 14th 21 |
1.5 very poor | Zeist | October 20th 21 |
2.0 poor | Xizon | September 8th 21 |
1.5 very poor | LilPeep | August 18th 21 |
1.5 very poor | Merv | August 17th 21 |
1.5 very poor | KOZAKY | April 6th 21 |
1.0 awful | Gorey13 | February 25th 21 |
4.0 excellent | Mattia | January 25th 21 |
1.5 very poor | zantxu | January 9th 21 |
1.5 very poor | JDubb | January 3rd 21 |
1.5 very poor | Oobaloo | December 29th 20 |
2.5 average | danielp | December 12th 20 |
2.0 poor | Lassie | December 10th 20 |
2.0 poor | MxL0 | November 26th 20 |
4.0 excellent | eljonny | November 19th 20 |
1.5 very poor | Gian304 | November 2nd 20 |
2.5 average | branm25 | October 31st 20 |
1.5 very poor | Risodo | October 27th 20 |
1.0 awful | Elynna | October 14th 20 |
1.5 very poor | Emim | October 13th 20 |
3.5 great | bSmith | October 11th 20 |
1.5 very poor | mursu | September 15th 20 |
3.0 good | Docky | September 15th 20 |
2.5 average | Loo98 | September 4th 20 |
2.5 average | Peddy29 | September 2nd 20 |
1.0 awful | brvb | August 23rd 20 |
1.0 awful | SirBum | August 7th 20 |
2.5 average | Murat | July 27th 20 |
1.5 very poor | birutb1 | June 24th 20 |
1.5 very poor | vradooo | June 16th 20 |
3.5 great | Tooey | June 11th 20 |
3.7 great | Sowing STAFF | May 11th 20 |
4.0 excellent | Halez | May 3rd 20 |
1.5 very poor | alcnet | April 17th 20 |
1.0 awful | Prole | April 15th 20 |
1.5 very poor | Votex | April 10th 20 |
1.5 very poor | Enki | April 9th 20 |
2.5 average | bsker1 | April 1st 20 |
4.0 excellent | LperCC | March 15th 20 |
1.5 very poor | Sugarpaw | February 25th 20 |
1.0 awful | Suyan | February 24th 20 |
1.0 awful | ICDD | February 23rd 20 |
1.5 very poor | Jackman1 | February 21st 20 |
1.5 very poor | Vitinho | February 21st 20 |
1.5 very poor | Leecam27 | February 20th 20 |
1.0 awful | mEyck07 | November 18th 19 |
1.0 awful | dcube | October 31st 19 |
1.0 awful | Zeuzo | October 23rd 19 |
1.0 awful | Delre57 | September 19th 19 |
4.0 excellent | GDfan89 | September 16th 19 |
1.0 awful | Jaxer | September 3rd 19 |
1.5 very poor | Wj2006 | August 25th 19 |
2.0 poor | hcfro | August 21st 19 |
1.0 awful | Flwzzs | August 14th 19 |
2.5 average | ian b | August 5th 19 |
1.0 awful | josh | June 10th 19 |
4.0 excellent | nbats | April 23rd 19 |
1.5 very poor | Nate | April 9th 19 |
3.0 good | cam15 | March 22nd 19 |
1.0 awful | Blurbs | March 11th 19 |
2.0 poor | Marek | March 7th 19 |
1.5 very poor | MAN0 | January 2nd 19 |
1.5 very poor | Roidv | January 2nd 19 |
1.0 awful | latpac | December 20th 18 |
3.5 great | you789 | December 15th 18 |
1.0 awful | Pikmar | December 11th 18 |
2.5 average | Kaijala | November 23rd 18 |
1.0 awful | GCSSB | November 23rd 18 |
1.0 awful | Rausku | October 24th 18 |
2.0 poor | Amir | September 29th 18 |
2.5 average | Josh | September 22nd 18 |
2.0 poor | YuckFou | September 11th 18 |
2.0 poor | MrNoob | August 19th 18 |
1.0 awful | Nero88 | July 31st 18 |
1.5 very poor | Ed | July 28th 18 |
2.0 poor | Ryanz | July 26th 18 |
1.5 very poor | tellah | June 18th 18 |
1.5 very poor | Gary STAFF | June 11th 18 |
1.5 very poor | ImL | May 13th 18 |
3.0 good | Krpa | April 30th 18 |
4.0 excellent | Sarah | March 29th 18 |
1.0 awful | Flave | March 1st 18 |
4.5 superb | djrm | February 26th 18 |
1.0 awful | Noobl | February 13th 18 |
1.5 very poor | FoOltz | February 8th 18 |
4.0 excellent | enlops6 | February 4th 18 |
1.5 very poor | Casavir | February 2nd 18 |
2.0 poor | elch21 | January 28th 18 |
3.0 good | Loch | January 20th 18 |
2.5 average | Linx | December 27th 17 |
4.0 excellent | dullius | December 21st 17 |
2.5 average | Jokyn | December 17th 17 |
2.5 average | Hektor | December 15th 17 |
3.5 great | nerdzz | December 15th 17 |
1.0 awful | Rdv | December 3rd 17 |
1.5 very poor | Moses77 | November 16th 17 |
1.5 very poor | Wolfe | November 15th 17 |
2.5 average | ippotsk | November 15th 17 |
1.0 awful | DRusso | November 7th 17 |
1.0 awful | BigT | November 6th 17 |
3.5 great | BHAR | October 30th 17 |
1.5 very poor | ctay145 | October 15th 17 |
1.0 awful | solrage | September 27th 17 |
1.5 very poor | Kurisu | September 22nd 17 |
3.5 great | wantwon | September 15th 17 |
1.0 awful | derekkp | September 6th 17 |
1.5 very poor | Gazo | August 31st 17 |
3.5 great | Acole9 | August 19th 17 |
1.5 very poor | Mikpol | August 7th 17 |
1.5 very poor | vale | July 30th 17 |
1.0 awful | BoJean | July 25th 17 |
2.5 average | Bog91 | July 25th 17 |
1.0 awful | loulou | July 22nd 17 |
1.0 awful | bmule | July 22nd 17 |
1.0 awful | Poxy | July 21st 17 |
1.5 very poor | xxm | July 21st 17 |
4.0 excellent | Lalka | July 20th 17 |
4.0 excellent | gilly | July 13th 17 |
1.0 awful | lg433 | July 8th 17 |
1.0 awful | Honza | July 7th 17 |
2.0 poor | boff | July 5th 17 |
1.5 very poor | bxb612q | June 27th 17 |
3.5 great | Galby | June 27th 17 |
4.0 excellent | ariich | June 23rd 17 |
1.0 awful | Medici | June 22nd 17 |
1.5 very poor | Tranqyl | June 16th 17 |
1.5 very poor | cm7com | June 14th 17 |
1.0 awful | Vajs | June 11th 17 |
1.0 awful | matzo | June 5th 17 |
4.5 superb | Niczi | June 5th 17 |
1.5 very poor | Runeii | June 2nd 17 |
2.0 poor | mvdu | June 2nd 17 |
1.5 very poor | Nisho | May 31st 17 |
1.0 awful | Enzx | May 30th 17 |
1.0 awful | Nymox | May 29th 17 |
1.0 awful | Nomos | May 28th 17 |
2.5 average | jmh886 | May 28th 17 |
2.5 average | Zeg | May 27th 17 |
1.5 very poor | ignika | May 25th 17 |
2.0 poor | A.R.O. STAFF | May 25th 17 |
2.5 average | chayka | May 24th 17 |
1.5 very poor | Atomz | May 24th 17 |
1.0 awful | Gore | May 23rd 17 |
1.5 very poor | MO | May 23rd 17 |
1.0 awful | Mitch | May 23rd 17 |
1.5 very poor | Dan H. EMERITUS | May 22nd 17 |
2.0 poor | Soupy | May 22nd 17 |
1.0 awful | Highz | May 22nd 17 |
1.5 very poor | Jeejee | May 22nd 17 |
1.0 awful | hsb | May 22nd 17 |
1.5 very poor | mirak2 | May 22nd 17 |
2.0 poor | imbo | May 22nd 17 |
1.0 awful | wub | May 22nd 17 |
3.0 good | Xav | May 22nd 17 |
1.0 awful | SB129 | May 21st 17 |
1.0 awful | Irving EMERITUS | May 21st 17 |
1.0 awful | fecal | May 21st 17 |
2.0 poor | silvr | May 20th 17 |
1.0 awful | fdrc | May 20th 17 |
2.0 poor | AdamE | May 20th 17 |
2.0 poor | Steev | May 20th 17 |
1.5 very poor | FlakMT | May 20th 17 |
2.0 poor | jsaf7 | May 19th 17 |
2.0 poor | jesper STAFF | May 19th 17 |
2.5 average | Shamus248 CONTRIBUTOR | May 19th 17 |
3.0 good | Aeri | May 19th 17 |
2.5 average | Eames | May 19th 17 |
1.5 very poor | Tasty | May 19th 17 |
2.0 poor | Ben STAFF | May 19th 17 |
2.0 poor | Girin | May 18th 17 |
1.5 very poor | etK | May 18th 17 |
1.5 very poor | furpa | May 17th 17 |
2.0 poor | maxer | May 17th 17 |
4.5 superb | terk09 | May 17th 17 |
2.0 poor | heck | May 17th 17 |
1.0 awful | rc239 | May 11th 17 |
1.5 very poor | Since | April 4th 17 |
1.0 awful | Nifkin | March 17th 17 |
3.0 good | YRI | March 7th 17 |
4.0 excellent | JoshieG | February 20th 17 |
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