zachlistens

I definitely don't like this as much as the original but I don't think it deserves the massive outpour of hatred I've been seeing. This is by no means a Kidz Bop version or a Bible thumper vanity project. Here's what works and doesn't work for me.

Most of the lyric changes aren't all that egregious aside from the initial shock factor of it being different. I will say, "what happened is I killed his brother..." fundamentally changes the entire meaning of ... read more

Hell yeah

I really wrestled with what to rate this but knew it had to be done. No other album has given me this reaction.

This was one of very few albums that forced me to sit in stunned silence for minutes after it ended. At times this was stomach churning-ly difficult to sit through, which I would normally count against an album. But of course that was the intention, to give a character study of a man descending into depravity. You listen in terror as he turns his back on everyone and everything, ... read more

80-->90

Huge grower album