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Post by Ron57 on Jun 12, 2009 6:41:39 GMT -5
What if you're goth and emo, what then? Jelly. That is all.
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Post by pen on Jun 12, 2009 11:27:52 GMT -5
What, like KY Jelly? So big hungry dogs can fuck you in the ass?
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Post by pen on Jun 19, 2009 12:49:59 GMT -5
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Post by American Idiot on Jun 19, 2009 13:38:32 GMT -5
Yeah. It sounds pretty good just from the very small clip Amazon has up, but I really want to hear the full version before I become completely psyched for their new album.
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Post by American Idiot on Jun 30, 2009 13:25:46 GMT -5
This can be streamed on their site only today at theused.net/artwork/ After listening one time, I already think it's great. I'm definitely impressed :)
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Post by PHOBES on Jun 30, 2009 13:51:08 GMT -5
Or if you can't listen today...it's on iTunes lol.
Sounds great.
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Post by Ron57 on Jun 30, 2009 22:06:08 GMT -5
I really really like this. I dunno why.
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Post by PHOBES on Jul 1, 2009 0:09:20 GMT -5
^Cuz they're The Used? They do no wrong.
Then again, there was that Lies for the Liars album.
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Post by Ron57 on Jul 1, 2009 0:31:39 GMT -5
Haha, that is a possibility. I liked Lies for Liars for what it was. I like In Love in Death more though, and I feel like this could be more in that direction.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Jul 1, 2009 3:43:14 GMT -5
This left me with a better first impression than "The Bird and the Worm" did, I reckon. Should do at least as well on my personal chart.
I'm still proceeding with caution, though.
(And I don't even feel like I got burned too bad by Lies for the Liars; I guess it just didn't have a prayer of measuring up to In Love and Death for me.)
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Post by lockebox on Jul 6, 2009 14:38:53 GMT -5
This wipes the floor with "The Bird and the Worm"
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Post by Ron57 on Jul 6, 2009 14:48:31 GMT -5
I'm getting really excited for this album.
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Post by fran182 on Jul 14, 2009 17:39:35 GMT -5
Today, it reached top 50 on Mediabase Alternative:
60 50 THE USED Blood On My Hands 169 109 +60 0.704
30 stations playing.
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Post by Cody on Jul 14, 2009 17:44:42 GMT -5
not very convincing, I guess in terms of radio play they are beginning their decline with this album
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Post by pen on Jul 17, 2009 2:06:44 GMT -5
So I just listened to this album, and I really don't like it. It's very bland, generic, and uninteresting, and I speak as one of the few people who liked Lies For The Liars. But this is just paint by numbers, there's no soul to it.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Jul 17, 2009 2:24:54 GMT -5
So I just listened to this album, and I really don't like it. It's very bland, generic, and uninteresting, and I speak as one of the few people who liked Lies For The Liars. But this is just paint by numbers, there's no soul to it. That's disheartening. Of course, I'll still make my own judgments, though.
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Post by Ron57 on Jul 17, 2009 11:58:25 GMT -5
So I just listened to this album, and I really don't like it. It's very bland, generic, and uninteresting, and I speak as one of the few people who liked Lies For The Liars. But this is just paint by numbers, there's no soul to it. This leaked already???
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Post by pen on Jul 17, 2009 12:02:10 GMT -5
Yeah. I'm not sure it's really worth the search. Upon another listen, it's not as terrible as I made it sound before, but it is disappointing. I was expecting them to really step up their game and make an intricate work like their peers, and instead it's just another Used album, and it's not even as good as the others IMO. I dunno. It almost feels like a different band, really. I'm not sure why.
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Post by Ron57 on Jul 17, 2009 12:05:20 GMT -5
Yeah. I'm not sure it's really worth the search. Upon another listen, it's not as terrible as I made it sound before, but it is disappointing. I was expecting them to really step up their game and make an intricate work like their peers, and instead it's just another Used album, and it's not even as good as the others IMO. I dunno. It almost feels like a different band, really. I'm not sure why. I can't find it xD I'll still want to make my own judgment on it, but from how you make it sound, I'm worried.
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Post by pen on Jul 17, 2009 12:11:16 GMT -5
You might still like it. I think my taste is largely shifting which might be part of the problem. A lot of albums that came out this year that probably would've been in my favorites before are now not gelling for me while other bands like Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Silversun Pickups, Dredg, and Thursday are, so I think I'm just maybe not the best barometer on this anymore.
Or maybe the album really does suck in which case it sucks.
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Post by Ron57 on Jul 17, 2009 12:16:25 GMT -5
I'll be sure to post my judgement once I listen, I just found it.
I've actually been experiencing a lot of new music this year and last year, mostly because of the fact that before I would just rely on seeing new releases from bands that I already knew. Now, being on this site has introduced me to a crap ton of new music. I may have joined in November but I had been checking this site out for about a year until then ;P
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Post by Ron57 on Jul 17, 2009 14:10:47 GMT -5
Wow. I'm very very disappointed. Nothing on this album stands out to me. It feels like they're trying too hard. Or maybe not hard enough, who knows.
The only track I actually want to go back and listen to is Blood on My Hands.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Aug 2, 2009 14:30:18 GMT -5
Top 50 on Mediabase Active
57 49 USED Blood On My Hands 118 76 42 0.193
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Post by fran182 on Aug 3, 2009 17:28:38 GMT -5
Yesterday, it reached top 40 on Mediabase Alternative weekly published chart. Considering today it dropped from the top 40, I'll post yesterday's update:
44 40 THE USED Blood On My Hands 231 226 +5 0.762
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Aug 3, 2009 21:08:38 GMT -5
This song is moving up way too slowly.
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Post by Cody on Aug 3, 2009 21:18:14 GMT -5
Huh. I expected this to peak from 15-20
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Post by Ron57 on Aug 6, 2009 12:39:43 GMT -5
Well the released date for the album was moved up ONE day. God knows why.
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Post by PHOBES on Aug 6, 2009 13:15:45 GMT -5
^As was Chevelle's album, to the same day. This will be the first time I end up getting two new albums on a Monday.
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Post by pen on Aug 6, 2009 17:24:38 GMT -5
I thought at first it might be a way to increase their revenue for the month of August by allowing for the first day sales from two big releases to fall on the final day of the month, but I'm not sure why they would need to do that.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Aug 24, 2009 12:30:34 GMT -5
Top 40 on Active:
43 37 USED Blood On My Hands 222 186 36 0.430
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