LoMo

This album just goes for it at all times, and I respect that.
I did enjoy A Beautiful Lie more than this one, but that doesn't take away from the fact that I found this more interesting than any other album in their discography. This is a bold direction to go in for a debut album, and it just makes this band's descent into bland, radio-friendly pop music all the more disappointing. Not quite everything on this album works for me, and there's certainly some questionable lyrical ... read more

This was definitely the highlight of my marathon of this band, and easily my favorite album of theirs. I can understand the opinion that Attack and The Kill are the only notable parts of this album as they are easily the two best songs this band ever released. But I do think that as a whole, the song quality on this album is strong. It's a shame it was all downhill from here.
Best Song(s): Attack, The Kill (Bury Me)
Weakest Song: A Modern Myth

Love Lust Faith + Dreams really is just a weaker version of this album huh?
This albums attempts to feel big feel much more earned in my opinion, and the overall song quality is better than the album that follows this. I do think some songs go on for longer than they need to though. It's not a fantastic album by any means, but four albums in and I finally managed to get a good one from this band.
Best Track: This Is War
Weakest Track: Alibi

This wasn't great, but after listening to their two most recent albums, this was a breath of fresh air. I don't think any of the tracks were anything special, but nothing was particularly bad either. My biggest issue with the album doesn't even have to do with the songs, it's the intermissions. It really feels like they wanted the songs to feel bigger than they actually were, and while I think that worked fairly well on This Is War, it falls a bit flat here.
Not a fantastic ... read more