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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Listen Again, May 13, 2009
Sure, Divided By Night is something different from TCM, however that being said it is still good. I bought the MP3 version this morning and have been listening to it all day since. This is not Vegas, Tweekend, or Legion of Boom, but it has brought together elements from all 3 previous albums and added some new flare. Many of the tracks have guest appearances and don't sound like TCM right away but they will grow on you including Dirty Thirty, Drown in the Now, Black Rainbows, and Kling to the Wreckage all of which are very enjoyable. Most of the guest tracks are much more vocal then previous albums, and that may throw off some people.
Beyond guest appearances this album has many other gems including the title track Divided By Night, Smile?, Double Down Under, and Blunts and Rainbows. There was only one track I was not a fan of and that was Come Back Clean, a little too poppy for me. Other than that TCM delivers from beginning to end. Don't judge this album on a 30 second preview or even you first listen through, it is a good album and deserves at least a second listen. I know I will definitely be listening to this album for years to come, and will gladly await for more new material from TCM.
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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
CM - Please never do this again, June 4, 2009
When Amazon offered me a pre-sale on Divided By Night, I ordered it without hearing a single track. Crystal Method is my favorite band and I like every CD they've ever made. Until this one.
If I may be so bold as to document what I think is wrong with it....
Crystal Method has always used vocals. Usually, they use vocals much like instruments, weaving them seamlessly into the fabric of the music. The music comes out as a whole, holistic entity, pure Crystal Method all the way.
But this cd.... Oh my god! Crystal Method has taken the role of backup band or studio musicians to a bunch of unknown rappers and aspiring song birds!
Make no mistake about it, there are maybe two traditional Crystal Method songs on this cd (that's what the two stars are for). The rest of the songs are totally different and from different genre's.
You'll not be playing this CD at any Frat Parties, not if you want to have any friends left.
I'm not saying that all these songs are bad, they are just all over the place. No one person listens to this many different types of music, especially in one sitting. I've never used my Next-Track button so much on a Crystal Method CD before.
Disappointed guys. So sorry.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not the TCM you're used to..., June 13, 2009
This is nothing like TCM's previous albums except for a few select songs. If I would have rated it after the first couple times through I probably would have given it 2 stars, but after about 15 times through it deserves a 4.
I was hoping Divided By Night would be like Tweekend (my favorite album of all time) and I'm sure others were hoping it would be like Vegas (the most popular of all the TCM albums) but it's not. This is TCM trying to reach a new crowd, and you can't blame them, all artists do this. Look at The Prodigy. Before Invaders Must Die, they went away from their original style and produced two okay albums, but with Invaders they went right back to their old school stuff and it's an unbelievable album. I just hope Ken and Scott do the same in the future.
My favorite tracks on Divided are Drown in the Now, Blunts and Robots, Black Rainbows, Falling Hard and Sine Language. Out of the whole album, I think that Blunts is the closest to their old stuff; few lyrics and some ridiculous beats. But the most TCM-ish part of the album is 3:29 in Drown in the Now. Every time I hear that breakdown it gives me goosebumps, just insane...
Either way, just don't judge this album before you've given it 10 runs through. If you don't at least enjoy it a bit, you aren't a true Method fan.
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