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| 4.5 superb | Robinanimate | December 14th 23 |
This just keeps on growing each year that goes by. It might not be as progressive as their other albums, but the songwriting was never better.
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| 4.5 superb | pornogrindtheater | November 12th 13 |
If you ask me, this is one of their best albums. Pretty radical change in sound, definitely, but they're no the worse off for it. The songs are sometimes wonderfully aggressive, others intensely emotional, always memorable. Great album, from start to finish.
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| 3.5 great | MajorStupidity | August 20th 13 |
The shift in style might be jarring for fans of PoS, but Road Salt One is a step up from the preachy and ill conceived Scarsick. Elements of blues along with a more vintage 70's style of Prog rock dominate this album. If one is able to deal with the drastic transition in style from earlier albums a gem of an album is underneath. However, low production values plague this album and really bring down the album which would otherwise be quite excellent.
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| 2.0 poor | EvilCookieStudios | July 12th 11 |
Note: This is coming from the perspective of someone who has never heard any other Pain of
Salvation. You know, I really hate giving any album this low a rating, but this album... Oh
this album is just bad, especially for a band who is considered to be one of the hallmarks
of prog metal (though I know now that they aren't so much prog metal as prog rock anymore).
Don't get me wrong,
there are redeeming songs, like "Tell Me You Don't Know", which is actually a passable
bluesy song, or "Linoleum", which is a song that I actually catch myself humming to, or even
singing along to. Those tracks are actually pretty good, but I couldn't find it within
myself to enjoy any of the other tracks on this album (except maybe "Under the Stars" and
"Curiosity", though those aren't outstandingly good). I did, though, see the talent behind
this album, I especially enjoyed Daniel's vocals and Johan's guitar work. I would like to
express my deepest apologies to fans of this band, and of this album, but I just didn't
enjoy this album on the whole.
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| 4.0 excellent | tom6 | April 29th 11 |
PoS attempt to capture a quaint vintage rock feel, forgoing the grandeur and ambition of albums like Perfect Element and Be. Road Salt is a very pretty album and quite easy to fall in love with; the highlight "She Likes to Hide" is somewhat representative of the general atmosphere: playful, passionate, catchy. One feels like they've known some of these songs for ages. It can also be serious, like in "Sisters" - which, by the way, might be the greatest vocal performance of Gildenlow's career.
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| 3.0 good | lifter | November 28th 10 |
A far cry from Perfect Element or Remedy Lane, but at least it's better than the atrocious "Scarsick."
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| 3.5 great | haxxiy | March 22nd 23 |
| 4.5 superb | CalinD | January 17th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | benkim | July 13th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | JoneHK | December 6th 21 |
| 1.5 very poor | Boivin | October 3rd 21 |
| 2.5 average | Aranox | July 28th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Zakusz | June 28th 21 |
| 2.0 poor | JDubb | April 14th 21 |
| 3.0 good | jmh886 | October 20th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Mattia | October 12th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Krpa | September 19th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Caronte | September 3rd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | joitp | August 28th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gazham | August 12th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | DrMalba | March 14th 20 |
| 3.5 great | qwenta | September 3rd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | qyxxxyq | April 9th 19 |
| 2.5 average | Casavir | February 23rd 19 |
| 3.5 great | bSmith | August 7th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Revarf | July 28th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Nero | May 25th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | PG2001 | April 15th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | alarm | April 9th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jhator | February 1st 18 |
| 3.5 great | Tib | October 14th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Arkadin | September 2nd 17 |
| 3.5 great | elch21 | June 16th 17 |
| 3.5 great | gilly | May 2nd 17 |
| 4.5 superb | speckis | January 26th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | IceMole | January 16th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Jeejee | January 16th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Peeps9 | January 11th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Jedaum | January 9th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | obrelix | January 4th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Rodstar | December 19th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Xurxo | November 8th 16 |
| 2.5 average | leycec | July 18th 16 |
| 2.0 poor | Trey STAFF | June 9th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wajd | May 5th 16 |
| 3.5 great | boab92 | June 22nd 15 |
| 3.0 good | Keeper | November 6th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Titan | October 15th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mixen | October 11th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | ariich | October 5th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Bidoof | September 4th 14 |
| 2.0 poor | bens | August 13th 14 |
| 3.5 great | eirinn | February 13th 14 |
| 3.0 good | qusika | November 30th 13 |
| 3.5 great | OpenCar | November 27th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | RocksGt | October 1st 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | WOLOLOOO | September 11th 13 |
| 2.5 average | DRZ | July 13th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Sleziii | February 2nd 13 |
| 2.5 average | hybreda | January 29th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Zamora | January 28th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Yoshia | January 26th 13 |
| 3.0 good | Escain | January 6th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Dask | December 5th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | theTodd | November 11th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | vkristi | October 20th 12 |
| 2.5 average | Mojito | October 12th 12 |
| 3.5 great | cjo | September 3rd 12 |
| 2.5 average | oubli | July 24th 12 |
| 2.5 average | mursu | May 21st 12 |
| 4.5 superb | oOmur | May 16th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Lalka | April 5th 12 |
| 2.0 poor | ppW | December 18th 11 |
| 3.0 good | mcchub | November 13th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | promanow | November 10th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Zois | October 25th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Reason | October 18th 11 |
| 3.8 excellent | greg84 EMERITUS | October 9th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Etrius | September 22nd 11 |
| 3.0 good | Fadem | September 15th 11 |
| 3.5 great | betcoh | April 20th 11 |
| 3.0 good | TVhead | March 26th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | kabster | February 6th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | aidelos | December 3rd 10 |
| 2.5 average | Slug | November 26th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kmiller | November 19th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Edner | September 25th 10 |
| 2.5 average | papkin | September 14th 10 |
| 3.5 great | CutMan | August 7th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | loutr | August 4th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | ZuZo | July 30th 10 |
| 2.5 average | D3nnis | July 27th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Voivod STAFF | July 15th 10 |
| 2.0 poor | Acre | July 9th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | geakal | July 8th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Volk23 | July 1st 10 |
| 3.0 good | b35ty | June 12th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Marc7 | June 3rd 10 |
| 5.0 classic | otolos | June 3rd 10 |
| 3.0 good | laarx | May 29th 10 |
| 3.5 great | KP23 | May 18th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | kriz | May 14th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | cjnin | May 13th 10 |
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