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| 1.0 awful | Snide | October 10th 16 |
I wonder if through all the "self-awareness" that this album supposedly promotes, if they ever
stopped to realize that the compositions themselves are about as entertaining as getting your
nards stomped on by a horse on crack.
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| 3.0 good | initforthelisten | May 16th 15 |
Best release since their debut. Although some of the songs "feel common", there's a self-awareness here that helps the band formulate their own rules within their sound - boundless as it might seem. It's terrific to hear some extra instrumentation on this thing as well.
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| 4.0 excellent | heyholetsgohome | June 20th 15 |
Oh boy, a relevant album to review. I want to start this review by saying I believe creating catchy songs is more of an art than some classic rock "purists" would have you believe. Artists like Taylor Swift, Paramore, and yes, twenty one pilots have managed to do this while still maintaining a semblance of great artistry with their lyrics and melodies. With their sophomore major-label album, Blurryface, twenty one pilots took this to the next level, combining some of the catchiest genres ever, (ska, electropop, and others) to create a new-sounding yet very familiar feel. To use an example, the song "Ride" draws heavily from the reggae and ska genres, with syncopated and bouncy piano chords, and sing-along Whoa-oh-oh-oh refrains, but also blends in some banging dance riffs, and Gorillaz-sounding verses. "We Don't Believe What's On TV" brings the ukulele back, creating a very poppy sound, but with the picked root note bass and anti-media lyrics, also presents itself as punk. For the most part, all this is executed well, from ska to 90's hip hop to rock to electronica, creating an unbelievably fun album, but there are a couple problems. To start, the lyrical themes on this albums prove inconsistent at times, which makes it feel more like a compilation and less seamless. My main problem, however, comes from what is also the best part: the instrumentation and production. Every genre brought into this album only feels new and exciting for one or two songs, then feels formulated. Because of this, a good number of songs on the second half of this album feel less exciting then what was intended. Songs like "Doubt" and "Message Man" exemplify this with their overuse of dubstep concepts. This album would be best delivered with 8-10 songs, not 14. I felt like there was a reversion to Calvin Harris-like beats on songs like "Hometown", and this album should deliver new pop. I can't keep from smiling, however, at least on the first half. Really, the best thing would be to get rid of "Doubt", "Message Man", "Hometown", and "Not Today", and this album could be a 4.5, but as it is, not quite.
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| 2.0 poor | SmileNerd | June 18th 15 |
Music for high school students that think they're lol xd random and different.
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| 1.0 awful | TheSpaceMan | August 12th 16 |
who: twenty one pilots has decided to manifest itself as two guys. / / / / / / / / / / / what: twenty one pilots is a band that does not want to be heard; they want to be listened to./ / / / / / / / / / / / why: basically,we are all responsible for the preservation of our personal joy; but happiness is different. joy is notcircumstantial,happiness is.you can be depressed andstill have joy. you can be suicidal and still have joy. we all stop thinkingand we all stoptalking and we all stop sharingand we all stop creating, because bydoing any of these things we quickly find outjust how unhappywe are. but that's ok. that's normal. don't letthe fear of unhappiness cripple your pursuitof finding what it isyou believe. since joy isfound in belief, we all have to push through unhappinessto find joy.basically. / / / / / / / / / / / / how: recording songs at our house and giving everything we have at shows. we are not good enough at our instruments tostandup there andhave you watch.since we will ask you to be involved at these shows, we will work to gain your respect andtrustfor the first half of the set; thesecond half is governed bythe whole room.
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| 2.0 poor | Alex C. | May 21st 16 |
Recognising that a music piece is bad at a first listen is actually pretty easy. A centrifuge of all the poppiest trends out there, a singer that is Mika on one song, a bad white rapper on another, while sometimes remembering that he once was a pop-punk listener or something. I don't know man, I don't know. Substance in music is everything and this disc holds none.
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| 2.5 average | xAshtrayux | January 16th 16 |
Emotional masterpiece? Um, NO. Jesus, is this disappointing.
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| 2.5 average | Naseki | March 24th 17 |
Today's mainstream music is pretty bad and too commercial, so Top is right about that, but... I feel they were conflicted in this album. You had Fueled probably shitting somewhere, but Top wanting to keep straying away from mainstream music at the same time. This all made Blurryface a big miss, and some people could see it as them being pretentious. And well, it is that in quite some songs. In too many songs. Top manages to keep the album pretty entertaining, despite it having quite some downs. It's quite a shame that this is the album they got known by. FAV TRACKS: Heavydirtysoul (it's an amazing song if you lower the pitch a bit), Goner
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| 1.0 awful | BarrelOBees | February 14th 17 |
Fucking great record if you're the type of person who thinks that the total number of genders is greater than or equal to the sixth root of 729
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| 2.5 average | RobLikesMusic | November 9th 16 |
There are a lot of other problems with this album, like the pretentious writing or Tyler Joseph's bad vocals, but what hurts even the good songs is producer Ricky Reed (who I don't know why is still working in the industry after making so many garbage songs like "Wiggle" and "Me Too".)rThe album has a lot of disadvantages: annoyingness and overproduction ("Heavydirtysoul"), pretentiousness and obnoxiousness (Fairly Local), filler ("Message Man"), mediocrity ("Lane Boy"), stuttered hooks ("Doubt"), Ukulele ballads ("The Judge"), and straight up garbage ("Ride").rBut there are some redeeming factors: "Stressed Out" is a pretty relatable piece about growing up and contemplating on your youth, "Polarize" is a pretty catchy song, "We Don't Believe What's on T.V." is also fun, "Goner" is a nice piano ballad that ends pretty bombastically, "Hometown" is a very beautiful sounding electronically hinged track, and then there are the albums two centerpieces, "Not Today" and "Tear in My Heart", both of which show how good twenty one pilots can actually be at crafting hooks and melodies. rIf only the rest of the album was as good.
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| 2.5 average | Jared Floryan | October 27th 15 |
My name is Angel and I honestly don't care what you think, Blurryface. Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun, the people who comprise the Schizoid pop duo called Twenty One Pilots, have dished out an overall passable LP that could've been much more if it weren't for the excessive amount of filler and inconsistency. Blurryface has a solid first half whilst also possessing a comparatively lackluster second batch of songs, and the authenticity of the general concept here is pretty worthless. This record has its share of enjoyable tracks (e.g. "Heavydirtysoul," "Stressed Out," and "Goner") and downright avoidable numbers ("Fairly Local," "Doubt," and "Message Man" are especially heinous). Bystanders will certainly be in for quite a chore.
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| 4.0 excellent | dombull | April 4th 21 |
This is a very good album, with incredible lyrics and a great range of vocals and music types .
Best songs: Goner, Lane Boy, Heavydirtysoul
Worst song: No song in particular, only a few things can be improved, but overall great album.
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| 0.0 | Jeffery J. Bigglestein | July 2nd 20 |
My ex girlfriend made me listen to this and it was kinda fuckin gabrage. I was tricked by the first few songs into thinking this project wouldn't be ass, but the second half the album is so disjointed and sleepy that I cant rember a single thing from this album besides " my my my my names blurryface and i, carewhatyouthink" which is annoying and gets stuck in my head. I wish I could turn back time to before I heard this album.
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| 2.6 average | Erwann S. STAFF | July 23rd 19 |
Ok pop rock with some reggae affinities. The songs truly shine live tho, they feel tepid on record.
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| 1.5 very poor | Sam C. | October 24th 18 |
Uninspired, boring, and lengthy pop, rap, or whatever genre twenty one pilots was doing at the time. Drawn out, bland, and boring songs throughout, one chord choruses with basic 4/4 beats gets incredibly boring after so long.
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| 3.5 great | GoldenGuy444 | September 3rd 18 |
Some of the most mesmerizing production I've ever heard on a pop album.
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| 4.0 excellent | MichaelBozas | July 19th 18 |
While from all the songs Stressed Out is by far the best one in my opinion, I can say that the rest of the album is pretty solid as well. My favourites probably are: Stressed Out, Ride, Heavydirty Soul, Tear in my Heart, Hometown and We don't believe what's on tv and my least favourites are: Doubt, Polarize and Fairly Local. The sound in most of them is really good with the best being the drum beats in Stressed Out and some of the guitar work in Tear in my Heart was pretty interesting and a nice change of pace. As negatives, I didn't like the that much the dubstep featured in Lane Boy, despite the fact that the song was decent overall, and the over-the-top beats in songs such as Polarize was pretty annoying. But thankfully Twenty One Pilots have well written songs to elevate some of the mediocre sound. I'm thinking a light 8/10, which I could give simply because of Stressed Out which is one of my favourite songs of theirs (up there with Car Radio), but because I can say that I enjoyed the album overall is worth a listen or two, if that music is your type
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| 3.0 good | transgoggle | March 5th 17 |
Y'all know this is gonna be the most classic release of our time, c'mon.
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| 3.0 good | LethalPaintball | December 22nd 16 |
is it just me or did the average on this drop rhard in between october and when im typing rthis
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| 4.0 excellent | 3waycrash | June 24th 16 |
Album was so overplayed to death from the for a long while, but it's nice to revisit this after all of that.
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| 2.5 average | sugarcubes | May 3rd 16 |
This album is way too deep and it's so deep that I drowned while listening to it but Ride and Not Today are good
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| 3.5 great | dihstyle69 | January 31st 16 |
the album is a bit all over the place, at least sonically speaking, but most of these songs are so emotional, so relatable, so uplifting, so gratifying to listen to that i honestly don't care. for people who relate to what they're saying, you'll feel like you're watching them live. 3.5-
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| 3.5 great | BRAman22 | August 17th 15 |
An album that defies one specific genre classification with a good number of verses rapped and poppy choruses .Lyrically it is quite interesting too because it seems that somebody poured their soul into it and also made it very self aware, which is somewhat entertaining.
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| 4.0 excellent | TheSupernatural | June 25th 15 |
I wasn't expecting this to be so good. It has all the energy that an alternative pop album should have.
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| 0.0 | VaxXi | May 10th 15 |
BEST: Heavydirtysoul, Stressed out, Lane Boy, The Judge, Not Today, Goner
WORST: Doubt, Polarize, Hometown
SCORE: 3.7/5
While the concept of Blurryface is bold and ambitious; and twenty one pilots manage to deliver in most regards
there is a disturbing amount of filler in this album that makes the overall message disjointed and ultimately sours
out the experience.
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| 5.0 classic | Ebull9559 | May 9th 15 |
My name is Blurryface and I care what you think. There is SO much emotion behind these two. I saw them live, and it was incredible to see only two people make a stadium of 10,000 go freaking nuts. Cannot wait for the rest of this album to be released.
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| 1.5 very poor | Gumboot | October 16th 24 |
| 3.0 good | Halez | June 1st 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | TeUz | February 27th 23 |
| 2.0 poor | Timmy | January 23rd 23 |
| 3.0 good | aroge | January 1st 23 |
| 3.0 good | altmjw | October 8th 22 |
| 2.5 average | olmedou | September 8th 22 |
| 3.5 great | NyxArc | August 17th 22 |
| 2.5 average | brian | June 21st 22 |
| 3.0 good | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | June 13th 22 |
| 3.0 good | Tim64T | March 20th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Peddy29 | November 18th 21 |
| 3.5 great | amy4947 | September 17th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Luna | June 24th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Brad | May 24th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Watch | May 23rd 21 |
| 2.5 average | ian b | April 19th 21 |
| 2.5 average | Wj2006 | February 16th 21 |
| 2.5 average | RobiM | February 6th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Ronike | October 24th 20 |
| 1.0 awful | RedBol | September 27th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | alcnet | September 17th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Fathm | September 5th 20 |
| 5.0 classic | ACosta | August 31st 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | ilia | August 20th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Tooey | June 11th 20 |
| 2.5 average | AlBo | May 17th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Sowing STAFF | May 11th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Eva | May 7th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Mac | April 6th 20 |
| 3.5 great | bsker1 | April 2nd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Scryxer | March 28th 20 |
| 3.0 good | rob23 | January 1st 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | LloydTao | December 29th 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | kodama | December 21st 19 |
| 1.0 awful | casey | December 15th 19 |
| 3.0 good | mann28 | November 13th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | cruzz17 | October 29th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | babb | July 22nd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | grello | July 21st 19 |
| 2.5 average | furpa | June 14th 19 |
| 1.0 awful | josh | June 10th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | djrm | March 20th 19 |
| 3.5 great | JoExo | March 15th 19 |
| 2.5 average | mcvilli | December 31st 18 |
| 4.5 superb | jdub74 | December 28th 18 |
| 3.0 good | woxdy | November 30th 18 |
| 3.5 great | xenox | November 26th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Bog91 | November 20th 18 |
| 3.5 great | MAN0 | November 18th 18 |
| 1.5 very poor | WilliamJ | November 13th 18 |
| 1.0 awful | Josh | October 31st 18 |
| 1.0 awful | stevep | October 23rd 18 |
| 3.0 good | shem | October 14th 18 |
| 2.5 average | GCSSB | October 12th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Maximo | October 8th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Diachy | October 6th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Raqinq | September 25th 18 |
| 1.0 awful | dunnope | September 24th 18 |
| 1.5 very poor | mommypig | September 12th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | FTM1234 | August 31st 18 |
| 3.0 good | hipo88 | August 8th 18 |
| 3.0 good | iglu | August 7th 18 |
| 3.0 good | A.R.O. STAFF | July 27th 18 |
| 1.5 very poor | Tranqyl | July 22nd 18 |
| 1.5 very poor | JanK | July 9th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Krpa | April 30th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Trez | April 23rd 18 |
| 2.0 poor | aew100 | April 18th 18 |
| 2.0 poor | JS19 | April 12th 18 |
| 2.0 poor | Sarah | April 12th 18 |
| 1.5 very poor | kylerez | April 10th 18 |
| 3.0 good | jhaigh | March 27th 18 |
| 2.5 average | Benman | February 24th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Votex | February 10th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Nakkun | January 3rd 18 |
| 2.0 poor | Rdv | December 12th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Lucman | October 24th 17 |
| 1.0 awful | Lakes | October 6th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | geo21 | August 17th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Panuda | July 27th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | darya | July 21st 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | P003htb | July 11th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Galby | June 27th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | bordje | June 19th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Plonek | June 9th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Drageri | April 19th 17 |
| 2.0 poor | etK | April 5th 17 |
| 3.0 good | chris. | February 22nd 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | Corney | February 16th 17 |
| 1.0 awful | Pasts | February 14th 17 |
| 2.5 average | Emmeggi | February 14th 17 |
| 2.0 poor | Fujay | January 19th 17 |
| 2.0 poor | jsaf7 | January 17th 17 |
| 2.0 poor | hep | January 2nd 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | Brandon | December 30th 16 |
| 1.0 awful | Damus | December 26th 16 |
| 2.0 poor | Dmitri | December 26th 16 |
| 2.5 average | ian b. | December 20th 16 |
| 2.5 average | Quarl4 | December 19th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Eminor | December 5th 16 |
| 2.0 poor | elioto | December 3rd 16 |
| 2.0 poor | Xav | November 22nd 16 |
| 3.0 good | Acole9 | November 6th 16 |
| 1.0 awful | VikkiH | November 2nd 16 |
| 1.0 awful | Spec | October 27th 16 |
| 3.0 good | kahbs | October 13th 16 |
| 1.0 awful | dust | October 5th 16 |
| 1.5 very poor | tadeoc | September 7th 16 |
| 3.0 good | old | September 1st 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tykuo | August 21st 16 |
| 1.0 awful | Illume | August 8th 16 |
| 2.0 poor | IVIII | August 4th 16 |
| 1.5 very poor | Cormano | July 30th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Skoj | July 4th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Faraudo | June 19th 16 |
| 2.0 poor | BHAR | April 24th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Shamus248 CONTRIBUTOR | April 18th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | jahhitz | April 9th 16 |
| 1.5 very poor | jesper STAFF | March 16th 16 |
| 3.5 great | maxer | March 12th 16 |
| 2.5 average | bnest | February 29th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | jaspvr | February 14th 16 |
| 3.5 great | JNavs | February 9th 16 |
| 1.0 awful | 081301 | February 7th 16 |
| 3.0 good | Mojito | January 22nd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | McJesus | January 8th 16 |
| 3.0 good | slaps | January 5th 16 |
| 1.5 very poor | N2B3J | January 3rd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | musixxx | December 22nd 15 |
| 3.5 great | Or220 | December 9th 15 |
| 1.5 very poor | Archael | December 6th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | lutonan | December 6th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | branm25 | December 3rd 15 |
| 5.0 classic | cabz | December 1st 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Purpose | November 18th 15 |
| 2.5 average | JWT155 | November 17th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Djang0 | November 9th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Sysk | November 3rd 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Silas | October 22nd 15 |
| 2.0 poor | torts | October 12th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | mac8936 | October 12th 15 |
| 1.5 very poor | Jots EMERITUS | October 6th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Myles7 | October 4th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | JODA | October 1st 15 |
| 2.5 average | Yay | September 22nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sl3igHer | September 17th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | RayVA | September 13th 15 |
| 2.5 average | expy | September 10th 15 |
| 3.4 great | DaveyBoy EMERITUS | September 5th 15 |
| 2.5 average | dmoz47 | August 29th 15 |
| 2.0 poor | Tom R. CONTRIBUTOR | August 24th 15 |
| 2.0 poor | psandy | August 16th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | jpolf | August 16th 15 |
| 1.5 very poor | Prole | June 13th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | alexjd | June 13th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Irving EMERITUS | June 11th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | ciemrys | June 11th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | zanx | June 3rd 15 |
| 2.5 average | Kbob95 | May 30th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | skulka | May 30th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | CutMan | May 28th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | mtom42 | May 28th 15 |
| 3.5 great | ABabs | May 25th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Yurq | May 24th 15 |
| 2.5 average | Matski | May 24th 15 |
| 3.5 great | po0ty | May 24th 15 |
| 2.0 poor | sheep | May 21st 15 |
| 2.5 average | NBA | May 21st 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Adam | May 19th 15 |
| 1.5 very poor | Nrap | May 19th 15 |
| 3.0 good | Ebola | May 18th 15 |
| 2.5 average | narunn | May 17th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Nuhead | May 15th 15 |
| 2.5 average | cm7com | May 14th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Furik | May 13th 15 |
| 2.5 average | iGuter | May 11th 15 |
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