Average Rating: 3.91 Rating Variance: 1.11 Objectivity Score: 67% (Fairly Balanced)
Sort by: Rating | Release Date | Rating Date | Name5.0 classicCursive The Ugly OrganThe Ugly Organ is Cursive's greatest work to date. I just feel that some of the most creative songwriting comes from this album. I show this album to a lot of people, along with Domestica, and most people find that The Ugly Organ is more enjoyable, and they can appreciate it more as a whole album. This was one of the easiest albums to listen to, that I have ever listened to... So much ingenuity, and creative control in writing, not only music, but lyrics. A band that truly understands how to structure and perform a song that keeps one captivated, and eager for the next track to begin. There isn't a playlist of mine that doesn't feature this album, which goes to show that the music is fitting, accompanied by any other band that I listen to. There is no mood or mental state required when listening to this album, it is just a matter of hitting play, and letting the music empower and inspire you.Right Away, Great Captain! The Eventually HomeThe Chariot Everything Is Alive, Everything Is...The Fall of Troy Doppelganger4.5 superb...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Festival ThymeAlpinist Minus.MenschAs Cities Burn Hell or High WaterCirca Survive On Letting GoThe Blood Brothers This Adultery Is RipeThe Chariot UnsungThe Chariot The FianceeThe Number Twelve Looks Like You Worse Than Alone4.0 excellentCirca Survive JuturnaMF DOOM Born Like ThisTaking Back Sunday Louder NowTaking Back Sunday New AgainThe Chariot Wars And Rumors Of WarsStill churning out the chaotic hardcore that we all know and love. Scogan and his ever-changing team, have never let me down... I can't imagine that they ever will. 3.5 greatCutting Pink With Knives PopuluxxePoison the Well I/III / II/III / III/IIIQueens of the Stone Age Rated R3.0 goodMadina Lake Attics To EdenJust easy to listen to, I guess... Nothing spectacular. Background music at it's best? Still enjoyed it though.2.0 poorCirca Survive The Inuit Sessions1.5 very poorNorma Jean The Anti MotherWhat happened??? There is no easy way of saying this, but this is possibly the biggest let down album I have heard in a while... It hurts to say that, it really does. The Anti Mother, is a perfect example of an album that would have been perfect, if Norma Jean hadn't written it (some would argue that Redeemer had the same problem). There are some average, and some very good tracks on this album, but I would have loved to have heard more Norma Jean on the album. Obviously, with a new vocalist comes change, progression even... but I like to think that with progression would come an album that the old fans would be blown away by. Perhaps the change from Redeemer to The Anti Mother was so radical, that I am just struggling to grasp the new sound, but when compared to the levels of technicality and structural genius of O' God, none of Norma Jean's latest releases have met the mark. It is impossible for an avid Norma Jean listener to appreciate this album, and it is that which has lead me to believe that what made Norma Jean work was Scogan. Since the departure of Scogan, there has never again been the sweet hacking up of guitars and vocals, that is expected from the style of Hardcore that Norma Jean have produced in former releases... I shudder to think what lies in wait, as this is obviously not Norma Jean's end, but more of a "re-birth". I may have to bump the title "Norma Jean" from my list of favorites... Fail... [The .5 is just because it says Norma Jean on the cover...]1.0 awfulTool Salival
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