 | Unwound Challenge For a Civilized Society
4.0
excellent
| Ranking: #83 for 1998 | |
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| 4.5 superb | joplinpicasso | June 25th 11 |
Unwound push their social commentary through an atmospheric siphon, throwing horns, groove-based drumming, bratty punk vocals, serpentine bass lines, and guitars hanging on the fringe of noise into a blender and crafting a near-perfect, concise post-hardcore album; things don't seem all that 'civilized' once you plunge in one way and come out the other. (I might have to write a proper review)
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| 2.5 average | KuyJuk | November 14th 24 |
nothing new here and no love songs.........................................................................................................................................
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| 4.0 excellent | Bedex | May 2nd 22 |
Very clearly the prelude to Leaves as Unwound venture into a much more atmospheric side with longer instrumental pieces with hypnotic elements and weirdcore touches. The aerial 5, the latter part of 7 after the faster-paced start, 9 and 10 are prime examples of tracks that are largely devoted to atmosphere and no longer to being bangers. This works well, but not perfectly. The band offer a less enchanting experience with those are their sounds remain much narrower than the grand variety on leaves, and the pacing towards the end becomes really all too sluggish with the album feeling a bit long as there are no faster, catchier bits interspersed. It does it better earlier on, with 6 or the first bit on 7 being a litter catchier between two longer astmospheric pieces. This new approach on the album is not so visible earlier on, as 1 is a pretty regular Unwound track - a fine one at that, but a bit too slow and sluggish to be a jam -. 2 on the other hand is an extremely cool Unwound track with a uniquely feeling riff, whilst 3 remains quite conventional albeit slower and grittier, making for an okay track. The transition into 4 and its slow energy buildup, both very well crafter, sort of preface the more atmospheric side to come. Good, but more of a practice sketch for the new sound to come than a perfect iteration of the sound that was or woud become. 3.8
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| 3.7 great | Erwann S. EMERITUS | May 5th 20 |
LTIY's disc 1, and you can kinda see it as all but the first 2 tracks are experimenting with the band's established sound. This makes for the quirkiest album of an already quirky band. Quirky Unwound not the best Unwound. Apathetic Unwound good Unwound. LTYI Unwound best Unwound.
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| 5.0 classic | borndifferent | October 6th 17 |
I'm not sure it's because this was the first album of theirs I heard, but I always thought this was their best work.
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| 4.0 excellent | Merlijn | March 2nd 25 |
| 4.0 excellent | rooby | January 5th 25 |
| 4.0 excellent | mttgry | August 6th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | HalapenYo CONTRIBUTOR | July 21st 24 |
| 3.5 great | doofy | January 8th 24 |
| 2.5 average | nbats | January 1st 24 |
| 3.5 great | platttt | December 14th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | phylyps | November 17th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | CamiloG | September 20th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | foxxxy | March 28th 23 |
| 3.5 great | FunJan | March 15th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Timmy | January 12th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Geotimmi | December 12th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | vakuola | December 23rd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nbehre11 | December 21st 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | rajtako | September 29th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | xlev | September 22nd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | bmelt | July 30th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Roidv | June 28th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Thomm | May 15th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Yep321 | March 31st 21 |
| 2.5 average | mikep87 | October 7th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Tib | September 19th 20 |
| 3.5 great | BeeRyan | September 14th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Yotimi | July 13th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | PG2001 | April 3rd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | dabisco | February 10th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Josh | November 22nd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | bbgames | June 21st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | iunaphy | March 28th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | crab | January 5th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | xxm | December 21st 18 |
| 3.5 great | YeeHaw | December 7th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | skronk | March 28th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | phylum | March 4th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | facundo | November 23rd 17 |
| 5.0 classic | hsb | October 25th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Gueero | August 26th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jekub | May 31st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Spluger | April 16th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | bSmith | March 26th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | PaabL | February 27th 17 |
| 3.5 great | sevhar | February 17th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rhyme | February 7th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Luisito | February 2nd 17 |
| 3.5 great | KILL | January 26th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Wolfe | December 27th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | akimbo | December 24th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | El Olam | November 27th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | BoJean | October 24th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Tom R. EMERITUS | June 15th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | loulou | April 27th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | adr | February 10th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Henry | January 24th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | tyler | October 19th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pavera | September 23rd 15 |
| 3.5 great | Koybz | March 1st 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | fuzzbutt | December 29th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | kabik | September 9th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Clefairy | September 9th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Jots EMERITUS | July 15th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | SkaCali | June 13th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | craven | March 9th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Sithese | February 17th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bug | February 12th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | maoam | November 29th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Chortles | November 19th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Greem | November 11th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | COSM | November 9th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Thane | October 16th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rice303 | September 9th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | cb123 | August 31st 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Matski | August 9th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | jambred | July 30th 13 |
| 3.0 good | arcane | April 29th 13 |
| 3.5 great | damon r. EMERITUS | January 25th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | shrek | October 25th 12 |
| 3.5 great | clavier EMERITUS | May 11th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Spare | April 26th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Atlas99 | January 8th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | schlock | October 13th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | krkat | June 17th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Geist | April 15th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Janson | December 9th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hep Kat | November 18th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Manic_ | September 24th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | kount | September 10th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Ckubet | June 12th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Evisc | May 4th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | kitsch | December 17th 09 |
| 5.0 classic | Distile | December 15th 09 |
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