so bad

People's expectations for this record are so unrealistic it's mind boggling.

I bet this rules.

It's pretty good for a band 17 years removed from their last LP that also revolutionized a genre.

Judging from a lot of the comments around the web they didn't do The Shape of Punk to Come 2.0 which is good. I don't get how anyone would expect that after 17 years.

Only let me get to track three before trying to force me to sign up for pandora, nope.

Listen to it on youtube then.

I think this just lacks ENERGY. Not only are they physically old but they really sound it. From what I've heard this is by no means bad, just boring.

"I don't get how anyone would expect that after 17 years."

ugh it's not that we expected shape 2.0, it's that we expect something good and didn't get it.

Band that used to be an integral part of music culture comes back from the grave and sucks ass.

"Ugh, guys. What do you want, SOMETHING ENJOYABLE? Please control your expectations."

Most of the tracks I've heard are enjoyable.

^pretty much

this is pretty much like fall out boy's come back. band gave no fucks, did what they wanted, and ended up making boring overproduced stadium rock shite, with lyrics that makes a 17 year old feel clever.

My absurdly high expectations are for an album that's good. They didn't really deliver on those.

And so it begins....

It wasn't as good as The Shape of Punk to Come so I hate it!

It wasn't as good as literally anything I heard this year besides Muse and Blind Guardian. Stop projecting just because other people don't like an album that you like. Nobody was actually expecting TSOPTC Part 2

"It wasn't as good as The Shape of Punk to Come so I hate it!"
it wasn't good at all so I don't like it.

"Listen to it on youtube then."

Praise be to googly, until they eventually create skynet and get us all killed.

I actually thought this was pretty cool, but I'm seemingly in the minority on that one.

I loved how one of the comments was complaining that 366 sounds too much like TSoPtC when they've also been complaining about the singles sounding too different. Refused were never going to win but I think they've made a great album.

It's ok but it's not terrible either. Some good songs some average, was always going to sound different after this long.

Failure was gone for 18 years and their new album sounds just like good ol Failure; different bands approach comebacks very differently

THIS IS ALMOST AS FORWARD THINKING AS 'GROOVEHAMMER'. YOUR MATES WILL HATE THAT RECORD TOO WHICH MEANS IT IS VERY COOL TO SAY THAT YOU LOVE IT. FIRST COMMENT LOL ROFL LOL.

Dig it.

So this just might be... the truth?
Well, at least ratings are the same atm.

haven't heard the whole album yet but every song on this just might be... the truth is better than any of the songs they released off this before the stream

I like this album.

The second single was pretty bad, but I liked the other two a lot. I'm sure it'll be pretty good.

Has nobody said it yet...?

Okay then. Refused are fucking dead.

Is anything on this as good as Elektra because that was the one of the three released tracks I enjoyed.

The album is nothing compared to The Shape Of Punk To Come, but I don't really think that's a bad thing. It could have been copy-and-paste rehashed profit but instead it's a like they are a different band entirely; only using those moments when necessary. I think it's a solid album and even a pretty good follow up.

"Has nobody said it yet...?

Okay then. Refused are fucking dead."

That's cos it's retarded

"A band 17 years removed from their last LP that also revolutionized a genre."

Said absolutely nobody who was into music 17yrs ago

this is fucking trash

Remember people, Freedom doesn't suck because of unrealistic expectations; Freedom sucks because its a pretty boring ass album.

Refused please no, don't do this to your legacy. Remember when you sang about like not selling out and stuff?

'Selling out' is a purely human construct that doesn't exist outside of the the ideals of your small, very finite mind.

the only song that sounds like it's actually by them is 366 and that's because it's basically a carbon copy of tsoptc

So you're saying their sound has changed over 17 years? Are you the same you were 17 years ago?

Ahem. Going by your posts you might be.

go play in traffic

Traffic down here is a little more than a glorified moose crossing.

Moose are fucking terrifying tho

This will be on AOTY lists all over the place come December. Either cos people love it straight off the bat like I did, or cos it's a grower. But I bet anything you like that in the future this will be seen with a lot more positivity than it is right now.

It's a great album

lol at people defending this

It's exactly like the Sputnikmusic equivalent of Youtubers defending Muse for their last three albums.

sounds like letlive lmao

lol at people defending this [2]

new album is not as bad as i thought it would be but completely unnecessary nonetheless

366 can pass for a good song but the rest is like nahhhh

gonna wait until release date

Well, its not as bad as Black Flag's ...What The, so at least Refused has that going for them?

dw yall reich will set the record straight.

It's exactly like the Sputnikmusic equivalent of Youtubers defending Muse for their last three albums.

Of course, I was just using the most recent example that came to my head

I find the people overreacting to it like it's the worst thing ever done to be the most hilarious.

I fucking hate all of you. Just let people enjoy what they fucking enjoy. I don't fucking understand you. Why are you all so fucking negative?

I'm mad! (HE MAD!) But I ain't stressing. Wait, I am. Kendrick would be disappointed by me.

You use a lot of words I haven't used. Are you okay?

"I fucking hate all of you. Just let people enjoy what they fucking enjoy. I don't fucking understand you. Why are you all so fucking negative?"

Maybe it's not an elaborate evil conspiracy and a lot of people just don't like the album?

I think once people give up on the negative hyperbole the ratings will improve.

I liked elektra and literally none of the other singles. I probably won't like the album, but I may jam 366 if people say it's like tsoptc

Even if a lot of people don't like the album, still no reason to rip on people who do.

All of two people in this thread have ripped on anyone for liking it (and "lol at people defending this" as harmless as it gets).

yeah, i have this feeling that most of the hate is just anti-hype more than anything else
this album was just meh