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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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
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
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)
1 | Turning Away 3:50 | 84 |
2 | Out for Blood 3:36 | 86 |
3 | The New Sensation 3:50 | 81 |
4 | A Death in the Family 3:18 | 91 |
5 | Heads Will Roll 3:50 | 74 |
6 | 45 (A Matter of Time) 3:12 | 79 |
7 | Never There 4:20 | 89 |
8 | Eat You Alive 2:44 | 74 |
9 | The People Vs... 3:19 | 78 |
10 | Catching Fire 4:01 | 82 |
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