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Astbury's voice is just as deep and earnest as it ever was and comes through like gangbusters on opener Born Into This, while Billy Duffy's guitar work is still as raw and dirty as it should be--clear indicators that the whole album doesn't give itself time for ego or pointless filler.
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SpinThey return to what made them one of the '80s most reliable rift-heavy outfits. [Oct 2007, p.99]
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With few real rockers, Born is more disappointing than it had to be.
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Despite always titanic levels of rock-star delusion must at some level be aware that this time they have turned in a truly half-assed piece of work.
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Overall, the disc’s major flaw lies within its cloudy production values.
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Its all-too-mechanical new album fails to meet the band's genre-melting potential.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 18 out of 21
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Mixed: 3 out of 21
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Negative: 0 out of 21
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SeanMFeb 1, 2008Fantastic music. More melodic than the riff crunching heavy metal of Beyond Good and Evil, the album is dynamic and rocks solid.
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CliveLJan 23, 2008
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AluizioWJan 4, 2008Great record, with great work of bass, drums and vocals. I only don't give it a 10 because Billy Duffy (usually a genius) seems very lazy.