My Shame Is True

Alkaline Trio - My Shame Is True
Critic Score
Based on 8 reviews
2013 Ratings: #961 / 1115
User Score
Based on 58 ratings
2013 Rank: #400
Liked by 3 people
April 2, 2013 / Release Date
LP / Format
Epitaph / Label
Punk Rock / Genre
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
AllMusic

My Shame Is True brings together all of the band's most commercial and personal inclinations to bear on some of the best songs of its career. 

70
DIY

Across this LP's twelve tracks there is a barely a duff moment and the scary thing is it is hard to see the band ever losing that ability, so long is their streak of consistency.

60
Consequence of Sound

Although this isn’t a punk classic, My Shame Is True comes out swinging as Alkaline Trio’s strongest effort since 2008’s Agony & Irony

50
A.V. Club

The long-running Chicago trio has set an even lower bar for so-called darkness: basically, monochromatic, by-the-numbers pop-punk with the occasional hint of minor-key moodiness

PoserPunk
92

An incredible comeback!

This album is a breath of fresh air after what was Alkaline Trio's worst project, at least in my opinion. But even putting that album aside, this is a DAMN good record! To say that great albums come from personal tragedy may be a dangerous view to hold, however, if you wanted to make a case for it, I could definitely point you to this album. Firstly, the hooks are back! And they're as bulletproof as you can get from the Trio. Songs like "She Lied To The FBI", ... read more

loopy_walrus
65

Great energy and hooks sprinkled throughout the album, but nothing the band has never done before.

65

There are some fucking bangers on it, but there are too many forgettable cuts to really give it a high rating

Best: I'm Only Here To Dissapoint, I Pessimist

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Track List

  1. She Lied To The FBI
  2. I Wanna Be A Warhol
  3. I'm Only Here To Disappoint
  4. Kiss You To Death
  5. The Temptation Of St. Anthony
  6. I, Pessimist
  7. Only Love
  8. The Torture Doctor 
  9. Midnight Blue 
  10. One Last Dance
  11. Young Lovers
  12. Until Death Do Us Part
  13. Balanced On A Shelf
  14. Pocket Knife
  15. Broken Wing
  16. Sun Burns
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Added on: March 27, 2013