Some of y'all really, really need to take the stick out of your ass
edit: real score 75
72 Seasons is nothing but crunching, heavy riffs for its entire duration, with no ballads or clean guitars in sight (barring the final track). Many tracks share a similar tempo and vibe, with riffs that often feel derivative of their past works, resulting in a blend of their 90s records mixed with their more thrashier and heavier stuff. The album feels like a greatest-hits record if all the songs were remixed with the Hardwired guitar tone, with the worst it has to offer being couple songs on ... read more
Grungey, raw, and chuck full of bangers. One of Nickelback's best. No bad songs. Overhated.
The anger and unpleasant production are what make this an interesting listen, with Purify being one of the songs that best demonstrates these qualities. I don't mind the snare or guitar tone either, but James' singing is painful at points (especially on the title track). This album's biggest sin is how long and bloated these songs are. Shave a few minutes off a lot of these tracks and you have a pretty decent, angry metal record. As it stands though, it's not good... But there's nothing else ... read more
Load has higher highs, but Reload is consistent all the way through. There are more tracks with attitude and all of them are bangers. A lot of them are growers too, but no one listens to albums like these more than once unfortunately. It's an excellent hard rock/metal album that's overlooked, overhated, and underated. Like with Load, give it a chance.
Best tracks: Fuel, Devil's Dance, The Unforgiven II, Better Than You, Slither, Carpe Diem Baby, Where The Wild Things Are, Prince Charming, ... read more
A fantastic hard rock/metal album that only gets hated on because it's by Metallica. I genuinely believe every song here is good and the production is excellent. Give it a chance.
Best tracks: Ain't My Bitch, The House That Jack Built, Until It Sleeps, Hero of the Day, Bleeding Me, Mama Said, The Outlaw Torn
Not bad at all. It's one of the most Nickelback albums ever, so it's all pretty standard and safe. Because of this it was disappointing on first listen, but after multiple listens (which no one here has done), it's honestly hard to hate. All the songs are still really catchy even if the subject matter/lyrics leave a lot to be desired. Just don't go into this expecting Nickelback to evolve their sound.
Best tracks: San Quentin, Skinny Little Missy, Steel Still Rusts, Standing in the Dark, Just ... read more
One of Em's most interesting albums artistically. Rick Rubin's production is often criticized, but I think it works very well for the nostalgic themes this album touches upon. However, the tracklist is disappointing, as some of the best songs to come from this project were regulated to the bonus disc, like the incredible Groundhog Day. That along with So Far and Evil Twin are some of Eminem's greatest songs ever made. Not every song hits (Stronger Than I Was, Asshole), but all-in-all this is a ... read more
This is the type of album nobody wants to give the time day, because... Well, it's Nickelback. Regardless, the first half of this album is legitimately good. Breathe, Cowboy Hat, Leader of Men, and Worthy to Say are all great songs. The rest of the tracks are decent. An underrated album, and the band's best work to date.
Em's obsession with fast rapping and terrible wordplay/punchlines are all over the album and it just feels like a random collection of songs, which makes the underutilized Alfred Hitchcock theme that much more disappointing. There's also a good amount of weak/filler tracks too, like In Too Deep (corny), Those Kinda Nights (again), Stepdad (decent storytelling, lame hook), Marsh (just odd), and Little Engine (again). Godzilla has a great energy to it and Juice WRLD lays a solid hook, but I end ... read more
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On DadoSong's review of Metallica - Load
"The vocals are some of the best James have ever sounded on an album lol"
On TheIndomizer's review of Metallica - Reload
"I agree completely, every song is great. Production is immaculate. One of the most overhated albums ever."
On COUCHMONSTER's review of Eminem - The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
"This record is actually incredibly self-aware so I'm not sure what you mean when you say he isn't (also Lucifer is a total bop come on)"
On Klock's review of Eminem - The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
"He mentions gen z like 3 times then at GC2 he pokes fun at it, who really cares"
On ZuccJuice9's review of Eminem - The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
"idk why people here hate antichrist so much. the production is good and has some of em's most entertaining rapping on the album. bizarre verse also funny af.
"the real slim shady would’ve fuckin straight up killed people or bombed an office, like mustache twirling evil shit."
the album's about trying to cancel eminem, not trying to get him thrown in prison. i think the worst thing shady does on the record is shoot two poodles and attack his therapist with a pair of scissors"
On B4sic's review of Eminem - The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
""How on earth has Eminem not figured out how to pick a decent beat for any of his songs. It’s kind of impressive how consistently terrible they are."
tf wrong with Lucifer's beat? Antichrist?
"The writing makes me think that em believes that just having shock value was what made his classic albums classics in the first place, rather than funny and clever lyricism and an interesting flow. He is wrong."
the album is about shady trying to cancel nem nem and make everyone angry by being immature/crass af, so how would the concept work if there wasn't a bunch of shock value?"
On ThatNoah's review of Eminem - The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
"Thank you for understanding the album unlike most people here"
On Juvee's review of Eminem - The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
"I agree with a lot of what you're saying but I personally enjoyed the record and find it entertaining"
On FlabbSnake's review of Eminem - The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
"what did you think of em's performance? thought it was some of his best flows and delivery in a long time. also the cancel culture/gen z bars are tongue-in-cheek and play into the abum's narrative"
On ridetilyoudie's review of Eminem - The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
"thanks for listening on mute, very intelligent"
On Eminem - The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
"@Imbalance Right. Gonna redo this "review" at some point, but score will be around the same"
On Imbalance's review of Eminem - The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
"Good review. Personally I thought Em's performances on here are some of his best in a long time"
On WhiteSlimShady's review of Eminem - The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
"1. em will make more albums even if he tones down the slim shady persona. rap is all he knows how to do
2. LMAO
3. eh, agree to disagree
4. 🤝
@WhiteSlimShady"
On Reecestarappe's review of Eminem - The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
"@Reecestarappe the whole "I'm getting canceled!!" shtick is just part of the story. like do you really think em believes people are gonna be protesting outside his restaurant because of his bars about little people? you think he believes he's gonna get banned from tiktok and twitter too? come on... Guilty Conscience 2 paints the picture pretty well"
On WhiteSlimShady's review of Eminem - The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
"1. not a retirement album
2. mtbmb has such a weak theme it's not even comparable to it
3. "Also all the trying to get cancelled shit is so fucking cringe" try listening to the album again but not on mute
4. why sky-high expectations for those features? don't listen to internet rumors"
On Reecestarappe's review of Eminem - The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
"tone deaf review, can tell you didn't listen"
On OlManWrinkles's review of Eminem - The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
""Forcing edgy lyrics for no reason" maybe listen to Guilty Conscience 2, the track you gave a 30 for some reason. em's rapping is pretty good on the album too imo"
On flayzomarie's review of Eminem - The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
"he doesn't lol, in fact he pokes fun at it in Guilty Conscience 2"
On Eye4i's review of Eminem - The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
""it's incredibly boring when I can't hear half the words because it sounds like someone's taking a wet shit into the microphone every 2 seconds. "
get better headphones
"you do know you can say trans rights without y'know, being a jackass or pointing out that you wouldn't have sex with one?"
he probably wouldn't have sex with a grandmother either, we all have our reasons/preferences. it's his music he's allowed to jot his thoughts into rhymes if he wants"
On cruptes's review of Eminem - The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
"I mean u know the "gen z is canceling me!!!" bars are tongue-in-cheek right? those bars more pertain to the story. like do you really believe he thinks people are gonna boycott outside his restaurant because of the 'offensive' things said on the album? Guilty Conscience 2 spells out everything clearly I think"
On Kieran_A's review of Eminem - The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
""Eminem Tries To Get Himself Canceled by Gen-Z But they Don’t Give a fuck." bro even I think he knows this, all those bars about gen z and little people and crap come across as tongue-in-cheek. Guilty Conscience 2 spells everything out pretty clearly"
On Schizoid man's review of Eminem - The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
"The first half of the album is all a dream of Shady trying to 'cancel' Em by putting out an 'offensive' album for 2024 standards. He pokes fun at all this in Guilty Conscience 2. You really think his intent was to offended people to the point of having a mob outside of his Mom's Spaghetti resturant? Sorry but I don't think you fully understood what the album was going for. I thought everything made more sense on a second listen, especially once you look past the "omg he says gen z and K jenner too much" critique"
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