Average Rating: 3.66 Rating Variance: 0.84 Objectivity Score: 75% (Fairly Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name5.0 classicAmon Duul II YetiArghoslent Incorrigible BigotryArghoslent Hornets of the PogromBad Religion Against the GrainBad Religion No ControlBotch We Are the RomansCardiacs Sing to God Cardiacs On Land and in the SeaCardiacs The Special Garage Concerts Vol ICardiacs LSDGetting to hear Tim's final compositions at last is an incredibly cathartic experience. I've been playing LSD over and over for the last few days, absorbing every chord change, every weird melody, guitar solo and brass section, crawling into the spaces between notes and letting them wash over me. It really feels like Jim, Kavus, Mike and co. were letting the spirit of their departed leader play vicariously through their bodies on this one. Every so often you hear an old recording of Tim's voice poking through the whirlwind of guitar, choirs and brass (Some great brass on this album, props to Craig Fortnam), like he's taunting you from beyond the grave. Just lovely. So far I've learned Woodeneye, Spelled All Wrong and Downup on the piano. The one thing keeping me from 5'ing it is the new arrangement of "Made all Up", which feels a little more staccato and a bit less ethereally epic, despite the additional vocals. I really fell in love with the piano-forward arrangement from the Ditzy Scene EP, though I admit this is a highly subjective thing that not every fan will agree with. This will almost certainly end up being my album of the year. I have so much to say about Cardiacs, I might end up just writing a full review of this album tbhrEDIT: Fuck it, 5. No new album has given me this much enjoyment in a very long time.Converge Jane DoeCryptopsy None So VileFrank Zappa Hot RatsGodspeed You! Black Emperor F♯ A♯ ∞My Bloody Valentine LovelessPropagandhi Today's Empires, Tomorrow's AshesRefused The Shape Of Punk To ComeStrapping Young Lad CityThe Avalanches Since I Left YouThe Dear Hunter The Color Spectrum (Complete Collection)The Dillinger Escape Plan Option ParalysisThe Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric LadylandThe Mothers of Invention One Size Fits AllThe New Pornographers Twin CinemaThe Ocean PrecambrianVektor Terminal Redux4.5 superbA Wilhelm Scream Career SuicideAlice in Chains The Devil Put Dinosaurs HereAtheist Unquestionable PresenceAutechre ExaiAutechre elseq 1-5Autechre Quaristice.Quadrange.ep.aeAutechre ConfieldBad Religion GeneratorBad Religion True NorthBeastie Boys Hot Sauce Committee Part TwoBinary Star Light Years ApartBlack Flag DamagedBlotted Science The Machinations of DementiaCarcass HeartworkCardiacs Heaven Born and Ever BrightCardiacs GunsCardiacs A Little Man and a House and the Whole World WindowCardiacs Day is GoneCircle Takes the Square As the Roots UndoCloudkicker BeaconsConverge All We Love We Leave BehindConverge Axe to FallCyanide Breed Shoutout To SatanDel Tha Funkee Homosapien Both Sides of the BrainDeltron 3030 Deltron 3030Dissection Storm of the Light's BaneGary Numan Dead Son RisingGaza No Absolutes in Human SufferingGodspeed You! Black Emperor 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!In Flames ClaymanIn Flames ColonyKilling Joke MMXIIKishi Bashi LighghtLaura Stevenson WheelMegadeth EndgameMindflowers IMPROgressiveNapalm Death Time Waits for No SlaveNeutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the SeaNujabes Metaphorical MusicPropagandhi Failed StatesRage Against the Machine Rage Against the MachineRush Clockwork AngelsStreetlight Manifesto The Hands That ThieveStreetlight Manifesto Everything Goes NumbThe Avalanches WildflowerThe December Sound The Silver AlbumThe Lawrence Arms Oh! Calcutta!The Sea Nymphs On The Dry LandThrice The Artist in the AmbulanceThrice The Illusion of SafetyTim Smith Tim Smith's Extra Special OceanLandWorldA wonderful collection of pop songs written and performed entirely by Cardiacs front man Tim Smith. Less zany and breakneck than a Cardiacs album, but all of Tim's trademark creativity and energy is still here in buckets. The beautiful melodies and dense, addictive chord progressions are born of a unique mind, and give me hope that one day we will have another songwriter/composer who can deliver so many ideas and emotions in such a tight, compelling package.Wintersun Wintersun4.0 excellentA Wilhelm Scream PartycrasherAmon Duul II Phallus DeiArctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm NotAt the Gates Slaughter of the SoulAutechre NTS Sessions 1-4Autechre LP5Bad Religion SufferBad Religion The Empire Strikes FirstBad Religion How Could Hell Be Any Worse?Bad Religion The Dissent of ManBeastie Boys Check Your HeadBeck OdelayBenighted IconBetween the Buried and Me ColorsBloodhound Gang One Fierce Beer CoasterBomb the Music Industry! Album Minus BandBonobo The North BordersBurzum Hvis Lyset Tar OssCannibal Corpse KillCannibal Corpse Tomb Of The MutilatedCardiacs Songs for Ships and IronsCarly Rae Jepsen EmotionCarly Rae Jepsen Emotion: Side BChildren of Bodom Follow the ReaperCloudkicker FadeCoalesce OX EPCoalesce OXCYNE Evolution FightCypress Hill Black SundayDa Lench Mob Guerillas in tha MistDark Tranquillity FictionDeath Grips The Money StoreDeicide The Stench Of RedemptionDel Tha Funkee Homosapien I Wish My Brother George Was HereEnsiferum EnsiferumEquilibrium SagasEquilibrium Turis FratyrFaust FaustFeeder The SinglesFeeder Silent CryFeeder Generation FreakshowGhost (SWE) MelioraHieroglyphics 3rd Eye VisionHypocrisy VirusIce Cube AmeriKKKa's Most WantedIce Cube Death CertificateIn Flames Come ClarityIn Flames WhoracleIn Flames The Jester RaceJesuit DiscographyKilling Joke Killing Joke (2003)Killing Joke Absolute DissentKillradio Raised on Whipped CreamKnut ChallengerMC Xander EyeopenessMeshuggah obZenN.W.A. Straight Outta ComptonNoel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Noel Gallagher's High Flying BirdsOPM Menace To SobrietyPennywise All or NothingPoison the Well The Opposite of DecemberPropagandhi Supporting CasteProtest the Hero FortressQueens of the Stone Age Lullabies to ParalyzeRadiohead The King of LimbsRage Against the Machine The Battle of Los AngelesScar Symmetry Pitch Black ProgressScar Symmetry Holographic UniverseSex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex PistolsSick of It All Based on a True StorySouls of Mischief 93 'til InfinitySteven Wilson The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)Sum 41 All Killer No FillerSum 41 are the greatest! I know lots of people automatically connect the pop-punk genre with the antics of Good Charlotte and co, but to compare this album to them is just wrong! This energetic, action-packed album simply spits in your face and walks off defiantly, which is not a bad thing! It is longer than "Half Hour Of Power", the Sums' debut offering, and not as repetitive as the newer "Does This Looks Infected?". Highlights include the singles Fat Lip, Motivation and In Too Deep, but Handle This and the fantastic Pain For Pleasure are also great. There are a couple of weaker songs like Crazy Amanda Bunkface and Never Wake Up, but the better tracks outweigh them by miles. Oh, excellent intro, too! In short: this album misses the threshold of snotty, defiant pop-punk perfection by less than a millimetre (yes, I'm British). Buy it!Sum 41 ChuckSum 41 Does This Look Infected?System of a Down ToxicityThe Pharcyde Bizarre Ride II the PharcydeThrice VheissuUzbeks Goggles and FlipflopsWeezer WeezerWeezer PinkertonWu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)3.5 greatAgoraphobic Nosebleed AgorapocalypseAmerican Hi-Fi Fight The FrequencyApoptygma Berzerk You and Me Against the WorldAudioslave Out of ExileAutumn Leaves As Night Conquers DayBad Religion New Maps of HellBeastie Boys To The 5 BoroughsBeck GueroBeck Midnite VulturesBehemoth DemigodBilly Talent Billy Talent IIBloodhound Gang Hooray For BoobiesBloodhound Gang Use Your FingersBotch American NervosoCannibal Corpse The BleedingCatamenia Winternight TragediesChildren of Bodom Halo of BloodChimaira ResurrectionDel Tha Funkee Homosapien No Need For AlarmElvenking The Winter WakeEnsiferum Victory SongsEquilibrium RekreaturThe new album is, quite honestly, a bit disappointing. Basically it sounds like Sagas part 2 minus anything new. Needless to say it's still a thoroughly enjoyable album with plenty of frantic instrumental passages, though it feels a bit vapid at times, with fewer quiet moments than Sagas. Overall a decent release, but Equilibrium set the bar too high with their last album. I just hope this doesn't mean they're stuck in a rut.Fall Out Boy Take This to Your GraveFall Out Boy From Under the Cork TreeFeeder Echo ParkIce Cube The PredatorIn Flames Reroute to RemainJimmy Eat World Bleed AmericanJurassic 5 Power in NumbersLostprophets The BetrayedMayhem De Mysteriis Dom SathanasNapalm Death ScumOPM California PoppyOPM Golden State of MindRancid ...And Out Come the WolvesScar Symmetry Dark Matter DimensionsShinedown The Sound of MadnessSick of It All Death to TyrantsSum 41 Half Hour Of PowerThe Dillinger Escape Plan Miss MachineThe Dillinger Escape Plan One of Us Is the KillerThe Offspring Ixnay on the HombreTribulation The HorrorUnderoath Define The Great Line3.0 goodAlkaline Trio From Here to InfirmaryAlkaline Trio CrimsonAmerican Hi-Fi Blood & LemonadeArch Enemy Anthems of RebellionAudioslave AudioslaveAvenged Sevenfold City Of EvilAvril Lavigne Under My SkinBeastie Boys Solid Gold HitsBeastie Boys Hello NastyBeck Sea ChangeBetween the Buried and Me The Great Misdirectblink-182 Blink-182Bloodhound Gang Hefty FineBrown Brigade In the Mouth of Badd(d)nessCannibal Corpse The Wretched SpawnCannibal Corpse Gore ObsessedCelldweller CelldwellerChildren of Bodom Are You Dead Yet?Cryptopsy And Then You'll BegDaft Punk Random Access MemoriesDiablo EterniumDiablo Swing Orchestra Sing-Along Songs for the Damned & DeliriousFall Out Boy Infinity on HighFeeder Comfort In SoundFort Minor The Rising TiedGreen Day DookieGreen Day WarningKillswitch Engage The End of HeartacheLinkin Park ReanimationLinkin Park Hybrid TheoryLit AtomicLostprophets WeaponsRage Against the Machine RenegadesRage Against the Machine Evil EmpireSaliva Every Six SecondsSum 41 Underclass HeroBeing a Sum 41 fan from the very beginning, I awaited their new album with great anticipation. I had actually heard Underclass Hero and March Of The Dogs weeks before the album was released and loved them, which raised my expectations even further. When I finallly went and bought the album and listened to it, I was slightly disappointed. I got the faint feeling that I'd heard similar stuff somewhere before. After listening to it a couple more times, I decided that the similarity to previous tracks was unimportant, and that ultimately, this is a pretty decent pop-punk album that doesn't try to be anything more than it is. Highlights include the singles Underclass Hero and Walking Disaster, but Count Your Last Blessings, Speak Of The Devil and King of Condratiction are also excellent tracks, delivering exactly what people have come to love about Sum 41. I think Chuck and All Killer No Filler are both slightly better, but this is still a more-than-welcome addition to their repetoire of pop-punk.The Riverboat Gamblers To the Confusion of Our EnemiesWeezer The Red AlbumWeezer The Red Album (Deluxe Edition)2.5 averageAlkaline Trio This AddictionAngels and Airwaves We Don't Need to WhisperAt the Gates Suicidal Final ArtAudioslave RevelationsAvril Lavigne The Best Damn Thingblink-182 Dude RanchCannibal Corpse Evisceration PlagueFall Out Boy Folie a DeuxGreen Day American IdiotHard-Fi Stars Of CCTVIn Flames Soundtrack to Your EscapeLinkin Park MeteoraLinkin Park The Hunting PartyPanic! at the Disco A Fever You Can't Sweat OutRequiem (US) Always and ForeverSoilwork Natural Born ChaosSum 41 Screaming Bloody MurderFrom what I've heard so far this has a chance of being Sum 41's best album to date. Seriously intrigued as to how this will turn out!Weezer The Green Album2.0 poorApoptygma Berzerk Rocket ScienceAvril Lavigne Let GoBilly Talent Billy Talent IIIBusted BustedDisturbed The SicknessGood Charlotte The Chronicles of Life and DeathGood Charlotte Good CharlotteGreen Day 21st Century BreakdownIn Flames A Sense of PurposeLinkin Park Minutes to MidnightLinkin Park A Thousand SunsTruly "average" at best. A catchy but hugely pretentious album whose watered-down pop/arena rock sound has been manufactured for one purpose: Singles, singles, singles. Still, not quite as dismal as MtM.Linkin Park Living ThingsNickelback All the Right ReasonsNickelback Silver Side UpParamore Riot!Towers of London Blood, Sweat and Towers1.5 very poorGreen Day ¡UNO!Nickelback The Long RoadSimple Plan Simple Plan1.0 awfulbrokeNCYDE I'm Not a Fan, but the Kids Like It!Busted A Present For EveryoneJedward Planet JedwardNickelback Dark HorseTokio Hotel ScreamHaving lived in Germany for some time, I have had the opportunity to experience a plethora of European bands, and I must say, this attempt at an international release is one of the most horrendous atrocities I have ever had the misfortune to hear. Their alleged army of ghost writers and producers have done an even poorer job adapting and translating the songs into English than the talentless 3 boys (and girl) have done performing them (which is saying something). All in all, this "album" is a laughable adolescent farce from start to finish, focusing on today's unhealthy modern ideals of borderline androgeny and glamour rather than anything remotely musical. And to think they come from the same country as Equilibrium...Tokio Hotel SchreiWeezer Christmas with Weezer
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