Order In Decline

Sum 41 - Order In Decline
Critic Score
Based on 10 reviews
2019 Ratings: #716 / 805
User Score
Based on 204 ratings
2019 Rank: #614
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CRITIC REVIEWS

80
AllMusic
There's little ambiguity here and, compared to their earlier work, it's a refreshing evolution and maturation. That a group of Canadian punks would be the voices of reason in 2019 is a wonder in itself; that they've delivered one of the most accomplished albums in their catalog this late in their careers is another.
80
Slant Magazine

Order in Decline mercifully sheds the filler that bogged down the band’s previous releases. Ten amped-up tracks provide just the right amount of time to savor but not tire of its focused intensity.

80
Kerrang!

The edges are softened by those pop-punk melodies that still lurk deep in Sum 41’s DNA, but this is certainly not a pop-punk album. The evolution continues, and it remains an impressive thing indeed.

80
The Young Folks
After years of touring and partying, hospitalization and recovery, as well as band members leaving and returning, Sum 41 delivers youthful vigor along with mature riffs for the political problems of today.
80
Distorted Sound

Although it bloats in places where some of the songs do not quite hit the mark, Order In Decline is a fine new effort from Sum 41.

76
Sputnikmusic

There’s no delusion going on that Sum 41 have reinvigorated pop-punk, but Order In Decline certainly qualifies as a pleasant surprise. This is a band that we all left for dead – because they were, well, basically dead – but they’ve proven that there’s still something left in the tank.

60
The Independent

Order in Decline marks a further departure from the hip hop-inflected pop-punk of the band’s early years. But whereas 2016’s winning 13 Voices explored themes of survival, recovery and atonement, Order in Decline is all-together angrier.

60
Upset
Unafraid to switch things up stylistically too, there are new shapes and forms for Sum 41 to try out - though, in truth, not all of it lands.
40
Exclaim!
There's nothing here we haven't heard done better somewhere else. Sum 41 can and have done better.
20
The Arts Desk
Big guitars and high drama from the punk-ish Canadians but no soul.
notbuzzzila
73

GOOD

I've said this many times before, but my relationship with Sum 41 is...interesting. For the longest time, they were one of those bands that I wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole. I was just totally grossed out by their music, and I had no desire to ever listen to them. However, I'm always one for giving second chances to bands and albums that didn't click, and after a while, some of their albums started to grow on me. Chuck and 13 Voices were legitimately good albums that sort of changed ... read more

MAN
60

Not bad. For some reason expected worse, but this surprised me positively.

spaceashes
87

while i eagerly await their double album, i decided to revisit this album as i just remembered it as "pretty good" but never really returned to it
this is G O O D S H I T
everyone in the band is on their A game, much unlike their contemparies which mostly kinda suck now
the riffs go hard, deryck lays down some of the best vocals hes done in their entire career and the lyrics are just as striking as they were on DTLI?. my personal favorite lyrically is Catching Fire, hits right in the ... read more

ARIDOTJPEG
83

13 Voices but a bit more refined and with a bit more flair. 'A Death In the Family' is probably their best song 'Screaming Bloody Murder'
Favourite Tracks: Turning Away, A death in the family, 45 (A matter of time)

gcolbyp
95

Their best album since Chuck. A Death in the Family is a Top 5 track from them.

SwaggyFlan
80

I like this but it should probably only be done once.

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Added on: April 25, 2019