Approaching Normal

Critic Score
Based on 5 reviews
2009 Ratings: #943 / 961
User Score
Based on 23 ratings
March 24, 2009 / Release Date
LP / Format
Universal / Label
Steve LillywhiteProducer
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Critic Reviews

Socialloner
71

It definitely has some good songs but for the most part, it all sounds a little overproduced. And while Blue October has always been vulnerable and emotional, this feels a bit more generic and corny.

HalfsourDyl
60

EDIT: God, every time I listen to this album, I end up feeling completely different. IDK what is up with this one. Sometimes the melodrama makes me cringe, but sometimes I like it. 38 -> 60

This is where the writing got really fucky. Like, this shit is way too much. I would say this was a trainwreckord, but it did just fine commercially.

Killer_Drax
90

used to be a top album but grew off

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