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| 1.5 very poor | pulseczar | June 25th 06 |
A laughable attempt of Tom DeLonge trying to prove he's original. His voice sounds like a goat getting butchered alive, no longer accepting that he sounds like a 12 year old, he tries to lower his voice making a horrible noise that you'd only get anywhere else in a prison shower. The only thing innovative about this album is that it's been a while since anyone in pop music has thought delay pedals and ripping off U2 is cool. Oooh wow, 90 second intros to songs, and not singing about getting dumped! How groundbreaking!
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| 1.5 very poor | Iluvatar | June 26th 06 |
Angels and Airwaves? More like Angels and Suckwaves amirite? No, but seriously folks, how about them guitar effects? Yeah, they're supposed to make Tom and crew look really neat, but all they really do is make me want to listen to a better band that uses them. Did I mention Tom still can't write a good song by himself worth a shit? Well, he can't. He still also has a very, very boring voice, and we now see the genious that was Mark on the Blink records. If you want pretentious prog, get something by The Mars Volta. If you want catchy pop punk, well, get Blink 182. Just plain don't get this. It has AIDS. AIDS is evil.
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| 2.5 average | Hep Kat | June 21st 06 |
Tom Delonge state that A&A would create the greatest music ever to be heard. This is a gross overestimation. We Don't Need To Whisper is fairly average. On most of the album's songs, A&A seem like they are trying to hard to create something wonderful, and they fail quite handily. We Don't Need To Whisper isn't a terrible album, it's just not good.
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| 4.0 excellent | AtavanHalen | October 9th 07 |
I will always love this. I'll never know exactly why.
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| 2.0 poor | TBarker1202 | October 14th 06 |
Tom Delonge's post Blink-182 debut was full of mega-hype that led to a whole bunch of disappointment. The first single, "The Adventure" was actually an extremely catchy, song that was praise worthy of the hype I had heard about the album. But besides that the album is full of disappointments, with Tom trying too hard to make everysong a masterpiece. You can tell there are many good ideas in the songs, but they could never connect to get them over the top. The entire album sounds forced and over produced to the point that they cannot play the material live without a recording. You should only go so far when trying to make you songs sound more complex, and Tom went too far in this case!
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| 0.0 | Clemington | November 27th 21 |
This was probably pushing its way to a 3.0 until Tom actually sang "your best friend is not your girlfriend" with every possible indication that it was meant to be taken seriously. It probably doesn't help that his voice is also quite... divisive, to say the least. Some of the instrumentation is interesting, and I'll happily admit I'm a bit of a sucker for the space-rock vibe but, as others have commented, it just makes me want to hear what a more talented vocalist/songwriter could have done with this concept. This gets a solid "Meh" from me.
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| 1.5 very poor | KTV | September 5th 09 |
Say what you will about Tom Delonge. He'll have heard it all before, and so will his followers. This album wasn't made for his critics to prove them wrong, or for former bandmates Travis Barker and Mark Hoppus to prove what he could do without them. This album was made for himself and himself alone- a shedding of skin, a statement, a progression from taking off his pants and jacket and singing of milfs and pirates, and into a whole new stage of his life and career. To many listeners, he failed to make much of an impact at all. But to these ears? Delonge could not have evolved with more style, or in any more exciting a fashion.
The ten songs featured on this record are breathtaking, vast and occasionally adrenalin-fuelled feelgood rock songs. On paper, sure, it's nothing special. There's something about AVA, however, that I just cannot describe. A sense of belonging, a connection, a bridged gap between listener and artist. "The Adventure" is an anthem complete with Edge guitar and urgent drums, "Distraction" is an atmospheric parade of layered synth and guitar, "It Hurts" a dizzying recollection of an affair which gives the music a distinctly honest and human touch...these are songs that are all a part of Delonge's master plan. The songs don't sit on the fence, either; you're either going to hold these songs to your heart or discard them completely.
I, for one, choose the former.
Just like Tom Delonge, you can say what you will.
He and I won't give a damn, that's for sure.
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| 2.5 average | CrazyFool84 | July 22nd 09 |
This one somehow slipped in as a guilty pleasure of mine, and despite efforts to break these ties, repeated listens just won't let me for whatever reason. There are a couple good songs on here, the rest are range from decent to average to weak/filler. For what it's worth, this may be more of an easy listener than the band's follow-up.
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| 0.0 | ConorMichaelJoseph | March 19th 09 |
In all, not a bad album. I always, 100% of the time preferred Mark Hoppus' vocals to Tom DeLonge's on Blink-182's albums, and sadly Tom's voice gets annoying often, just like on a Blink-182 record. Because this sounds close to Blink 182's excellent last album (Self-Titled), it retains the emotion and personal feel, but not quite the charm.
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| 1.0 awful | Yotimi | January 2nd 09 |
It hurts, It hurts, It hurts, It hurts, It hurts.
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| 4.5 superb | Undead | February 13th 07 |
This is an album that I didn't think was so special at first, but it grew on me quite a bit. Something about the music makes it sound better everytime.
It's good music to listen to on your own, obviously its not party music or anything. Its music for the conscience.
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| 2.5 average | deadskinmask216 | September 14th 06 |
They don't really focus in on the musical side as opposed to the ambient side. If you like soundscapes, here's your album, but if you want to hear some good tunes, inspired lyrics, and overall appeal, this is not your album. It was pretty sucky, dull, and overhyped. Gross, gross, gross album.
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| 2.5 average | Virus278 | August 12th 06 |
The band depended too much on their cool sounding sound effects and didn't pay enough attention to making an actual musical masterpiece. /good video game filler music - didn't blow me away....dissapointing
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| 3.5 great | davezillaMP3 | June 15th 20 |
vocals will not be everyone's cup of tea, but regardless it is well composed.
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| 1.0 awful | ShaquilleONeal | October 7th 16 |
Tom Delonge had his head shoved way up his ass with this album. Yuck.
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| 1.0 awful | EasterInTheBatcave | December 3rd 15 |
A pretentious, vapid album. The entire thing is an exercise in masturbatory songwriting, from the two-minute plus ambient introductory sections to the excessive effect work to the over-the-top lyrics.
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| 5.0 classic | Ada | October 12th 12 |
I've been waiting my whole life for these sounds.
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| 2.5 average | darlingfemmefatal | March 21st 11 |
Much like the title, the entire album is much like a 99cent romance novel. It's kinda fun to listen to once, but after you know the plot and read all the juicy bits, you're ready to just stack it on your self and let it gather dust... or simply throw it away. It leaves no great impression and is easily forgotten.
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| 0.0 | SeaAnemone | March 8th 09 |
Other than "The Adventure," which is pretty epic, actually, nothing on here is worth more than 1 listen.
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| 1.5 very poor | sharksinyamouth | October 2nd 08 |
We Don?t Need To Whisper. Who on earth would name their debut that? Trust Tom Delonge to be involved with a band that names their debut album this. You do need to whisper because nobody wants to hear you. After the break up of Blink-182, Tom talked his band up so much that when everybody actually got to hear these songs, they all hoped that Travis and Mark weren?t going to complete waste. With very slow building pop punk rock, this album is one to skip.
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| 1.5 very poor | skullcrusher149 | February 3rd 08 |
Oh God, another emo-punk singer trying to make a mature and important record. Everything sounds better on paper...
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| 4.0 excellent | ATLbraves | December 11th 07 |
While Tom DeLonge has had better days, his music days aren't entirely over. AVA brings a new side of Tom DeLonge to the table in a much, much different way. At first, i did not like AVA. I got the album and listened more and more. Some songs grew on me. Lyrics wise i think it's very good. The 9-and-a-half minute intros need to go though. They're annoying. And don't do any songs any more justice or anything. I don't think Tom should give up because AVA has a lot more potential. But Tom, Blink is where you need to be. Not blasting your ego somewhere and making a fool of yourself.
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| 2.0 poor | click | December 31st 06 |
this was the most over hyped album and band of all time. Firstly to have ''the best band in the world'' you have to have the best musicians. I am a drummer and i would choose 100 other drummers before Atom Willard, sure he is good but he doesnt really excel in this band. I do like some songs Valkyrie Missle and The Adventure but thats really all. The band incorparates some good musical aspects but are a bit repetative. the lyrics are poor and there is too much delay.
Tom Delonge was asleep one night not knowing what was being cooked at the Barker/Hoppus place......A better band that wasnt over-hyped. Plus 44 are much better
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| 3.5 great | himynameisdannyb | December 31st 06 |
This album could be much better. Every time I listen to this I'm expecting something but it never come up, so it dissapoints me alot. Whenever i feel like being mellow I'll take a listen to this. So for me, I like this in moods.
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| 1.0 awful | alpha | October 14th 06 |
there was way to much production on this album. not to mention the musicianship is not much to build off of- it a poor fusion of blink 182, u2, and the sound effects of linkin park. moreover, tom spoke of this album as if it was the word of the gods.. however it just lets you down. not to mention the album is basically the same song 10 times.
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| 1.5 very poor | fisky009 | September 14th 06 |
Well this album really is quite awful. After listening to the album to make my own mind up I came to the conclusion that all its doubters and haters were right. From the long and over pretensius intros, to the horrible vocals its just not good at all. The intros are long and very pointless, like they have tried for a prog style, and failed miserabley. The musicianship seems to simple to warrant merit at all. And Tom Delounge, he really can't sing, its the cringe facter plus the oh dear factor. Stay away from this.
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| 5.0 classic | anatomyofaheartache | July 19th 06 |
I love this album, quite different from Tom Delonge's other bands, Blink and Box Car Racer...but he's still managed to pull off a classic. The lyrics have meaning, some of Blink 182's just didnt have the same effect, the only downside really...is that the songs sound very similar, and are quite slow, still...great album =]
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| 5.0 classic | Vikki182 | July 19th 06 |
This album has everything - Meaningful lyrics, Good music, and the best combination of bandmates we've seen. Atom's drums on this record are amazing and you can tell that The Offspring will be sound great with him in their band. The guitars have the most amazing effects and the vocals are great, even though his voice can get boring. Overall I think it is the best album this year that I own. I really have overplayed it.
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| 1.0 awful | f_u_c_t | June 27th 06 |
Man it was a challenge to listen all the way through this album. But I did, and with a headache after-words. I would probably never say this about any other album, but I would rather listen to a Blink-182 album instead of this. Vocals were horrid, and the music was probably as bland as bland can get. Im glad I borowed this and didnt buy it.
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| 3.0 good | Timmy | January 12th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | blubbo | December 23rd 22 |
| 3.5 great | dballs | December 14th 22 |
| 2.5 average | olmedou | September 8th 22 |
| 3.5 great | camxv | June 6th 22 |
| 2.5 average | katkac | March 12th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | elftower | November 12th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Watch | August 31st 21 |
| 3.5 great | hasan | August 5th 21 |
| 1.5 very poor | Trundle | January 31st 21 |
| 3.5 great | ariich | November 28th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Tooey | June 11th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Sowing STAFF | May 11th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mac | April 6th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | degina | February 28th 20 |
| 2.5 average | benny06 | January 8th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | hamartia | September 29th 19 |
| 1.0 awful | 182M | September 22nd 19 |
| 3.5 great | JNeu | July 1st 19 |
| 3.5 great | josh | June 24th 19 |
| 2.5 average | Dmax28 | May 16th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Adamn | May 9th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Sarah | April 30th 19 |
| 3.0 good | qdgyu | April 30th 19 |
| 3.0 good | cam15 | March 22nd 19 |
| 2.5 average | olisz | October 19th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Josh | September 22nd 18 |
| 3.0 good | nbats | December 15th 17 |
| 2.5 average | adamsee | October 4th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Tom R. EMERITUS | September 14th 17 |
| 3.0 good | tlatla | August 25th 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | Acole9 | June 30th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sebe | June 5th 17 |
| 2.5 average | El Olam | December 11th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Verix | November 29th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | jpjpablo | November 25th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Gozpot | October 20th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | gotham8 | September 26th 16 |
| 3.5 great | maxer | September 4th 16 |
| 3.0 good | tadeoc | August 18th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Bog91 | August 9th 16 |
| 3.5 great | SB129 | May 16th 16 |
| 3.0 good | tidal | May 7th 16 |
| 3.5 great | HurtBoa | February 11th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Graemie | August 4th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Baehr52 | July 29th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | juninja | February 12th 15 |
| 2.5 average | TVparty | January 27th 15 |
| 1.0 awful | zoso33 | January 12th 15 |
| 2.5 average | eljonny | December 12th 14 |
| 3.4 great | Rowan5215 EMERITUS | December 9th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mr Snrub | November 17th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mookid | November 10th 14 |
| 3.5 great | KaNe00 | October 16th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | tybo25 | August 9th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mistico | March 16th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Zuh | February 18th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Kaiiser | January 8th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Kualie | January 6th 14 |
| 2.5 average | derekkp | January 4th 14 |
| 3.0 good | vai90 | November 10th 13 |
| 2.5 average | jmh886 | August 9th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | djbytes | June 23rd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bab | June 7th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | rit3sh | May 13th 13 |
| 2.0 poor | amkunz | February 25th 13 |
| 3.0 good | axxex1 | January 10th 13 |
| 2.0 poor | Snuron | November 23rd 12 |
| 2.5 average | Happy | November 21st 12 |
| 3.5 great | CSmoker | November 14th 12 |
| 2.5 average | Zikana | November 14th 12 |
| 2.5 average | doncah | November 6th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Noteros | November 3rd 12 |
| 2.5 average | Curse. | October 16th 12 |
| 3.5 great | YOLO | October 11th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Trey STAFF | September 29th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Dunpeal | September 25th 12 |
| 3.5 great | mcjor | September 24th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | zinzuke | September 19th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Huybie | September 6th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | hnled | July 19th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | coma33 | June 20th 12 |
| 3.0 good | TH3FU | June 3rd 12 |
| 3.0 good | ANJ45 | April 18th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Crawl | March 10th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | bain89 | March 10th 12 |
| 3.0 good | iSkane | February 21st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | PHATJ | February 2nd 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Dogaldo | December 26th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | deadsye | November 13th 11 |
| 1.0 awful | fabzn | November 4th 11 |
| 3.0 good | iGuter | November 3rd 11 |
| 3.5 great | ervoca | October 21st 11 |
| 3.0 good | Aids | August 27th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Apollo | August 17th 11 |
| 2.5 average | NigelH | August 9th 11 |
| 2.5 average | Trebor. EMERITUS | August 1st 11 |
| 3.5 great | NateT | July 29th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Rowdy | July 16th 11 |
| 2.0 poor | joe43 | July 13th 11 |
| 1.5 very poor | Smevin | July 1st 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nascour | June 18th 11 |
| 3.0 good | AdamK | May 30th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | F0RBES | May 17th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jkomari | April 12th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | NoFace | April 1st 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Alex445 | March 14th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jere581 | February 26th 11 |
| 3.5 great | mrnic3 | January 21st 11 |
| 3.0 good | sidjmt | January 18th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | BroFro | January 12th 11 |
| 2.0 poor | Velcro | January 10th 11 |
| 3.0 good | TT | December 30th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | thib2703 | December 12th 10 |
| 2.0 poor | dgrona | October 21st 10 |
| 3.0 good | IN64 | September 30th 10 |
| 3.5 great | BigHans | September 16th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Texture | September 12th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Edub991 | September 6th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Kourouh | August 31st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | quik40 | August 28th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | AlBo | August 10th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | bgregab | August 6th 10 |
| 2.5 average | cvlts | July 22nd 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | bab808 | July 6th 10 |
| 2.5 average | BlueW | July 6th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | Mace | June 14th 10 |
| 2.5 average | IzzyG | May 20th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Slum | May 17th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Fobeus | May 15th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Valle | April 15th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Yay | February 18th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | latervol | February 13th 10 |
| 3.5 great | JWT155 | January 2nd 10 |
| 3.0 good | Salbia | December 4th 09 |
| 3.5 great | sXe1111 | November 25th 09 |
| 3.0 good | Writer | November 18th 09 |
| 2.0 poor | qwe3 | November 16th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Xelis | November 8th 09 |
| 2.0 poor | Jamdbz | November 4th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | biakaba | October 22nd 09 |
| 5.0 classic | Funreal | October 10th 09 |
| 3.0 good | mar1s | October 1st 09 |
| 2.0 poor | Lokudon | September 26th 09 |
| 2.0 poor | DoOrDie | September 24th 09 |
| 1.5 very poor | Comj | September 22nd 09 |
| 1.5 very poor | Thef | September 10th 09 |
| 1.5 very poor | teewood | August 25th 09 |
| 3.0 good | Faint7 | August 16th 09 |
| 2.0 poor | 2DW | August 14th 09 |
| 1.5 very poor | cam | August 11th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mumps33 | July 17th 09 |
| 3.5 great | ebay | July 13th 09 |
| 3.0 good | Matte | July 8th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | ruukie | June 19th 09 |
| 1.5 very poor | Damn | June 11th 09 |
| 2.5 average | mvdu | June 8th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Icky | May 22nd 09 |
| 2.0 poor | idbz | May 22nd 09 |
| 2.0 poor | zuzek | May 18th 09 |
| 2.0 poor | KSE19 | February 9th 09 |
| 2.0 poor | jc1587 | January 20th 09 |
| 1.5 very poor | Bsmith7 | December 28th 08 |
| 2.5 average | CxLTxN | December 3rd 08 |
| 1.0 awful | Jackus | November 22nd 08 |
| 2.5 average | Ricven | November 4th 08 |
| 2.5 average | wojodta | October 8th 08 |
| 1.0 awful | pettri | October 4th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | gafel | September 10th 08 |
| 3.5 great | runner | September 6th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sconza | September 5th 08 |
| 3.0 good | fritz | September 1st 08 |
| 5.0 classic | AVAtion | August 12th 08 |
| 4.5 superb | iganja | April 29th 08 |
| 1.5 very poor | Chasta5 | March 21st 08 |
| 1.5 very poor | DerMond | February 10th 08 |
| 2.0 poor | roofi | February 3rd 08 |
| 3.5 great | EcoRed | January 24th 08 |
| 2.5 average | donovr | December 12th 07 |
| 3.0 good | AFI084 | November 15th 07 |
| 5.0 classic | ghomer | November 11th 07 |
| 5.0 classic | pikapal | November 6th 07 |
| 2.0 poor | Hewitt | October 3rd 07 |
| 3.5 great | Brudes | September 12th 07 |
| 2.0 poor | cpd38 | September 6th 07 |
| 4.5 superb | Goku | August 29th 07 |
| 2.5 average | JayVex | July 30th 07 |
| 2.5 average | Isola | August 21st 06 |
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