Worlds Apart (Collectors Edition CD + DVD) [Collector's Edition]

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 25, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Collector's Edition
• Label: Interscope Records
• ASIN: B00075TZY0
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #213,267 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ode to Isis

2. Will You Smile Again

3. Worlds Apart

4. The Summer of '91

5. The Rest Will Follow

6. Caterwaul

7. A Classic Arts Showcase

8. Let it Dive

9. To Russia My Homeland

10. All White

11. The Best

12. The Lost City of Refuge

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Drift away into a sea of uncertainty, January 28, 2005

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D. Butcher "Davide" (East of the Mississippi) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Worlds Apart (Collectors Edition CD + DVD) (Audio CD)

Perhaps it's fitting that the first line Conrad Keely sings on the new album Worlds Apart is, "Close the door and drift away into a sea of uncertainty." Leading up to the release of this album, there was a considerably high degree of anticipation and, yes, uncertainty. Critics and fans alike were anxiously awaiting and wondering how the Trail of Dead would follow up their unanimously hailed masterpiece, Source Tags & Codes. And it's pretty safe to say that it's not what anyone expected.

From the small number of reviews on here and the larger number reviews in the press, it appears that two divergent trends are beginning to emerge. Everyone, it seems, is at first taken aback by and even apprehensive about the band's new sound and approach. Many are disappointed. Worlds Apart feels nothing like their previous three releases, which all seemed to reflect a progression toward the perfection of a particular sound and theme. Source Tags & Codes was, of course, the perfection of that progression. Here, I believe, lies the root of these two divergent reactions. Either a fan or critic adjusts their appreciation through further listening and focus, and they begin to love the album based on its own merits, or the fan or critic automatically rejects the band's new direction, and they hold the album up as a failure compared to their previous releases.

Worlds Apart is not a perfect album, though it's far from a failure also. Perhaps it's best to conceive of this new album as the beginning of a new progression with its own logic and motives - the perfection of which has yet to be realized. Based on the previous achievements of this remarkably talented and ambitious band, it's certain that a new object of musical perfection will be created again soon.

In the meantime we have this wonderful release to listen to and enjoy. As I'm not very good at actual criticism, I'll just say a few words about some of the new songs. Will You Smile Again? is, in my mind, the band's most epic and engaging song yet - and very nearly their best. And The Rest Will Follow is a fun and tender anthem, and it will probably serve as the album's first widely released single. You'll find yourself singing along to it almost immediately. Caterwaul exhibits Jason's usual beautifully aggressive songwriting, but the song's production gives it a more polished and focused intensity. The end of this song is so enjoyable and exciting that you just might end up accidentally jumping out your window. Finally, Let It Dive is such a sublimely timeless ode to the end of a relationship that you'll swear it's a song that's been with you forever. Perhaps it's fitting, again, that Conrad ends Let It Dive with the words, "What's done is done, no reason to apologize. Let it dive, let it die, let it fade...." Indeed, Worlds Apart marks the end of an era for the Trail of Dead, and there's no reason for anyone to apologize. Let it dive, let it die, let it fade. And let the new era begin.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What they're missing ..., April 11, 2005

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J. T. Pedelty - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Worlds Apart (Collectors Edition CD + DVD) (Audio CD)

I understand and even sort of agree with many of the above reviewers who complain that the album is more refined, more polished, more controlled, more mature. Sure, and so was Sgt. Pepper's, Wish You Were Here, OK Computer, Amused to Death and just about every other truly great, great album. This, hands down, is the best new album i've purchased since i bought Radiohead's OK Computer. Hands down. I think a lot of fans were expecting the moments of brilliance in certain songs that ToD displayed before. This is a complete album, not just a collection of songs. Nearly perfect.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars best band around, January 26, 2005

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David Collins - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Worlds Apart (Collectors Edition CD + DVD) (Audio CD)

This album is excellent. From what I have seen so far it has only received bad press, and I can't really figure that out given the quality here. The music is as gripping as ever. I dont know if this is some backlash against a band that has achieved critical acclaim and street cred, and is actually really really really good; regardless, don't be put off by the reviews.