an influential album for the way it blended the sounds that were going around at the time, resulting in something unique and full of personality even today.
overall a potent but ultimately derivative pop record that prioritizes relatability over originality.
an honest and melancholic album sustained by an more organic and simple production, in which legião urbana seemed to abandon any concern with commercial appeal or approval in order to capture a raw, almost exhausted and deeply introspective emotional state — all of this as a central part of the experience.
where titãs break with any idea of conciliation and fully embrace confrontation, both in the lyrics and in the arrangements and mix. jack endino’s production decisively pushes the band toward a more aggressive sound, with heavier distortion, less polish, and a constant sense of tension throughout the album. all of this speaks directly to the moment the band was living through and to the context of the time, making the album a rough, divisive work and precisely because of that, an ... read more
every good moment on this record is thanks to jonny buckland. the bad ones? that’s on chris martin. sorry, i don't make the rules.
john petrucci and jordan rudess matching each other's freak in real time
there are parts of this record that i really love but oh man…the mix really ruins things.
it gives the feeling of a five-hour loop of the same song — a bad one. exhausting to sit through and the mix doesn’t help either