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What Phantom Planet lack in stripped-down hooks they make up for with a full-bodied guitar attack and big, bloodletting choruses.
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This willfully noisy, messy album is ultimately just as contrived as the band's glossier sound was, and the shift from The Guest's winsome pop -- which was also a shift from their debut's heavily Weezer-influenced sound -- makes it difficult to get a grip on the band.
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Alternative PressPhantom Planet are shooting for something a bit less sunny here than their last outing. [Mar 2004, p.106]
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Blender[Several songs] sound way too much like Strokes castoffs, a situation little helped by... Fridmann's unusually heavy-handed production. [Mar 2004, p.125]
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MojoThe whole affair comes off like a desperate bit of trend trawling. [Feb 2004, p.99]
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Q MagazineThis is as cynical a mish-mash of popular trends as you can imagine. [May 2004, p.106]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 12 out of 14
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Mixed: 2 out of 14
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Negative: 0 out of 14
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SeamusSJan 25, 2006One of the few albums in recent years I can honestly call an inspired Masterpiece. No pretention, heavy, tight, brilliant
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amytSep 12, 2004i think its amazing. their albums are always always fantastic
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JebJApr 14, 2004