A City By The Light Divided
by Thursday
  • Record Label: Island
  • Release Date: May 2, 2006
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14
  1. NOW Magazine
    60
    While the rest of the band have proven they can write solid music, it's singer Geoff Rickly who presents the biggest problem, and that's mostly because the man simply cannot tone down his over-emoting.
  2. Uncut
    60
    A sprinkle of Flaming Lips fairy-dust may be just what the genre needs to slip its genre straitjacket. [Jul 2006, p.114]
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  3. Village Voice (Consumer Guide)
    58
    Working on the humane assumption that all screamo records can't be equally horrible, the reviewerati have singled out this big-ticket effort... Unburdened by theory, however, I find that its distinction boils down to slightly subtler tunecraft and dynamic range.

Awards & Rankings

90
#90 Most Shared Album of 2006

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User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 36 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 36
  3. Negative: 3 out of 36
  1. JClS
    Jun 26, 2007
    8
    This album is PERFECT!
  2. JackG.
    Dec 6, 2006
    9
    I think Rolling Stone magazine gives music bad reviews for the attention. I dip into punk and emo from time to time and am usually I think Rolling Stone magazine gives music bad reviews for the attention. I dip into punk and emo from time to time and am usually disappointed. I liked full collapse forever ago and I heard this disc woudl be good so i picked it up. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED. It isn't going to win best album of the century, but any douche bag that gives it a 30 is doing so for shock value only. Any review in the red has been made by a reviewer with a gross misunderstanding of punk music. A few more albums with this trend of maturation and they could very well make one of the best albums of the century.… Full Review »
  3. JosephF
    Oct 23, 2006
    9
    This is a great album...not the best album of thursday(war all the time) but simply very good..keep up the good work..
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