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100
A sprawling, 17-song, 64-minute monster that is without a doubt the finest music these three artists—vocalist Hayley Williams, guitarist Taylor York and bassist Jeremy Davis—have ever made.
91
At 17 tracks, Paramore’s self-titled release seems like it should also be a textbook victim of its creators’ self-indulgence — but in fact it comes off like the great Blondie-indebted 21st-century new-wave album that No Doubt were trying to make with 2012’s Push and Shove.
90
Paramore is an assured and confident record. For every contemplative minute of the LP, there's three more minutes spiralling in the eye of a rock storm.
10y
90
Paramore is a veritable pop opera about a band reborn, phoenix-like from the ashes of a broken lineup, better and stronger than any previous incarnation.
10y
83
Paramore is the rare record on which a band clearly wants to assert itself as a serious artistic force and actually succeeds.
10y
80
Paramore is both the band’s most polished and messiest album, which somehow pays off.
10y
80
It's daring and rarely less than dazzling.
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12mo
80
An hour long, with multiple track titles that start with the word "Interlude" and a song that's a sequel to a chiming ballad from two albums ago, Paramore is an ambitious album by necessity: It's the test that the band still exists.
10y
80
At 17 tracks, it's a little overlong, but Paramore's lively new incarnation suits them well.
70
The influence of new blood mixed with Paramore’s own distinct sound has created a vibrant, melodic record with sing-along choruses, and although it flirts with the softer side of the rock spectrum it’s still one ballsy album.
10y
70
Under the fiery willpower, Paramore’s guts are still intact, and they deliver post-emo pop metal with a verve that’s unmatched.
70
Paramore 2.0 maintain their signature post-emo pop-metal gusto and added a Stefani-Clarkson elasticity that at times make this feel like a solo debut.
70
This may not be what we were expecting, and it may not be the Paramore that we’ve come to know and love. But, at the same time, here are a band still discovering who they are, and this album may stand as an important step on that path.
10y
70
Paramore have always been more pop than their fans may like to admit, and this mainstream rebirth feels like a transitional step to something gigantic.
10y
60
The slightly disjointed nature of the 17 tracks and lyrics that could still stand to mature hopefully make this record a stepping stone for Paramore 2.0., leaving fans satisfied yet more intrigued for what might lie ahead.
10y
60
The commercial emo that has earned Tennessee's Paramore platinum sales is still present on their fourth album, as are the unremarkable ballads, but there's also a new willingness to try other genres.
60
Williams has a starring role in the vivacious Anklebiters and (One of Those) Crazy Girls, and her charisma almost encompasses the expansive 17 tracks.
60
The album’s incoherent sequencing means that it comes across a little like the work of a band that’s not sure where it’s going next - but on the strength of the individual songs, that “where” can be just about wherever it wants.
60
It hasn't got all the best tunes, but this bullishly self-titled album hits the target like a hair-dyed, tattooed William Tell.
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10mo
40
There’s no denying that it’s all delivered with equal measures of assurance and style, but Paramore might very well look back on this album and wonder, did they really write a pop song as woefully generic as Ain’t It Fun and get away with it?
30
This is some fucking foolishness right here.
10y
30
You’d think the remaining trio, led by singer Hayley Williams, would come back swinging. What we get instead, though, is a parade of beige pop by numbers that even Taylor Swift would turn down for being too generic.
Paramore shift gears with their fourth studio album release, self-titled. Gone are those anthem emo and punk aspects found in the bands previous entries, instead focusing on a blend of new wave, synth and pop rock to bring together a new identity and sound as the band enters the 2010s.
An album that really demonstrates just how a band can grow with their audience, Self-Titled experiments with sounds influenced from a variety rock and pop genres, throwing the band into new territory and ... read more
This album so far is pure bliss
Edit: and I definitely still agree, this thing is pretty great. It has a pretty mediocre ending and many tracks followed a pretty obvious formula but I still came out loving the vast majority of them.
PARAMORE RE-LISTENING #4:
Paramore's self-titled is the first album of the band as a trio, after the leaving of the Farro brothers in 2010 risking the band to disband (in fact the drummer is a session musician), they decided to continue and since it's not the 2000s anymore and the emo phase is over the band decided to change their sound completely. They abandoned the pop punk/alternative rock sound to approach a more poppier sound, in fact this is a fully 100% pop rock album.
This album is ... read more
Looking back it’s truly astonishing that this is as good and as optimistic as it is given the state the band was in. The wider instrumental paled is definitely the star if the show here. Songs like -crazy girls- and -fast in my car- benefit greatly from the synths and strings that are incorporated and provide a nice contrast to the songs more in line with the bands 'usual' sound. Everything the band would do after this is somewhere on this album and even though basically all of the ideas ... read more
My favorite Paramore album
You can feel every breath of passion and emotion in this album
Best tracks:
Part II(unexpected bop, angry anthem!!)
Ain’t it fun(Incredible)
Still into you(obviously)
Last hope(Emotional, healing, perfection)
Worst tracks:
Interludes
One of those(Crazy girls)
Be alone
After the band had a little change around, they find themselves transitioning to a more pop rock style. A style that was definitely the right way forward for them.
This record was great, I had a lot of fun listening from front to back. There’s a couple hits in here that are just too addicting. The chorus’s on here are stuck in my head just typing this review out.
It’s a fun and energetic record that is ambitious with lots of style. It’s the most mature album they ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Fast in My Car 3:42 | 85 |
| 2 | Now 4:10 | 82 |
| 3 | Grow Up 3:50 | 82 |
| 4 | Daydreaming 4:31 | 79 |
| 5 | Interlude: Moving On 1:30 | 75 |
| 6 | Ain't It Fun 4:56 | 92 |
| 7 | Part II 4:41 | 89 |
| 8 | Last Hope 5:09 | 86 |
| 9 | Still into You 3:36 | 92 |
| 10 | Anklebiters 2:17 | 82 |
| 11 | Interlude: Holiday 1:09 | 72 |
| 12 | Proof 3:15 | 81 |
| 13 | Hate to See Your Heart Break 5:09 | 82 |
| 14 | (One of Those) Crazy Girls 3:32 | 79 |
| 15 | Interlude: I'm Not Angry Anymore 0:52 | 74 |
| 16 | Be Alone 3:40 | 77 |
| 17 | Future 7:52 | 86 |
Total Length: 1 hour, 4 minutes
Year End Lists
| #2 | / | Alternative Press |
| #4 | / | Drowned in Sound |
| #6 | / | Entertainment Weekly |
| #10 | / | Red Bull |
| #15 | / | A.V. Club |
| #21 | / | The Guardian |
| #58 | / | PopMatters |
| #74 | / | eMusic |
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Added on: January 29, 2013