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| 1.5 very poor | bobafe6604 | November 15th 07 |
While everyone SHOULD make up their own mind about this album, the simple fact is Tom Delonge is a jackass. He plagiarizes himself and wrote two albums twice; not to mention he SUCKS live. Who forgets the lyrics to down? Tom Delonge, the guy who wrote it, does. Sorry, but Tom Delonge needs to shut up.
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| 3.0 good | olisz | October 13th 18 |
I used to love this when I was 15 years old! Now I don't, but it still has some good tunes.
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| 1.5 very poor | dub sean | November 29th 07 |
Tom Delonge's time is up. His teenage voice used to fascinate me, but now it's just annoying. How many times in I-Empire can he whine "I Love You" before it becomes unbearable? For me, the answer is once. Call to Arms is an interesting opener at least. And Secret Crowds, though it is a remake of We Don't Need to Whisper's 'The War,' is a nice break from the sappy, over-enthusiastic love ballads...Oh, and Breathe makes me physically ill.
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| 5.0 classic | Anthony MacDowell | November 8th 07 |
In my opinion this album is superb. Tom's songwriting is as good as ever and I think it fits perfectly with the genre AVA is aiming for.
The positive messages in the music are a welcome change from all these bands with a very 'F*** You' attitude in everything they do.
The songs are all epic and full of life. Love Like Rockets has to be one of the best songs I've heard in a long time.
I don't want to boast but all my brothers and I (5 in total) are very musical. We all play loads of instruments and have a very wide taste in music from Rap to Rock to Indie to Punk etc. and we all agree that this album is excellent.
I think it's one of those either you love it or you hate it things. Don't let what anyone says about it put you off. Give it a try and make up your own mind.
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| 0.0 | Mookid | January 16th 13 |
As much hate as this band gets (probably because of the vocalist), this is a really uplifting, fun album in my books. While the lyrics are still rather dimwitted and somewhat cheesy, the instrumentation and musicianship makes up for it. There are gallons of catchy songs to listen to here, much of what are all Tom's best. In fact, this is probably A&A's best, too.
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| 2.5 average | aemaeth | September 17th 10 |
I first went into this album hating it, completely and utterly. However, once i got passed Tom's atrocious vocals, I found it at least listen able. Still, there is nothing really worthwhile here, despite some good background music. Musically and lyrically the entire album goes in one ear and out the other.
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| 0.0 | bastard | December 19th 08 |
whiny vocals, uninspired chords, and poorly thought out space rock ideas, I-Empire is a failure, and the ultimate end of the Blink-182 era. If Blink's self-titled didn't do it already, this album surely did.
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| 2.5 average | AlexTM510 | November 9th 08 |
It has it's many obvious flaws, no doubt. But the album is a lot more focused than epic fail of WDNTW and it even has (in some sense surprisingly) decent songs. The album still suffers from ripping of much from the 80's/Edge from U2 guitar riffs. Though in and b/w there are some decent songs. (Breathe, Sirens, Secret Crowds) are examples of AVA controlling their cliche sound textures in some decency. And although Tom might never reach the peak he had with Blink, if the band progresses they might be able to pull out a bit and make a decent record even if the 80's sound/Edge guitar effect is overused/abused. Till then, AVA will remain the laughing stock or "greatest band ever" to many people. For all the reasons we hate (and love) Tom Delonge.
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| 0.0 | | April 27th 08 |
This album is a slumber party at best. Some of the most boring "atmospheric" rock music ever made, and puts me right to sleep during listening. Not a single track brings or new idea or something to keep me awake. Nothing. Something tells me that there isn't a single person from Blink 182 who should still be making music.
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| 4.0 excellent | Sweetness | February 29th 08 |
Well I think 'I-Empire''s first impression is better than that of 'We don't need to whisper'.
It is light and bouncy, with catchy hooks.
It took me a while to settle into 'We Don't need to whisper' and I've grown to love it...but I-Empire is a definite product of an ex-blink 182 member!
I love Tom DeLonge and people should stop hating.
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| 3.0 good | fromnitemare11 | February 29th 08 |
Many of my friends enjoy this Second Release as its a continuation of the first. It's obvious that Musically its more Sound and Intresting. The Lyrics are a bit more in-Depth and easier to like. The long keyboard Intros are a hard thing to handle when a few Tracks switch to overdrive they fail Horribly It doesn't push You over the Edge. Halfway through the CD gets weak and almost Boring. " Lifeline" and "jumping Rooftops" dont do it for me. Annyoing Intros " Distraction" is a good example of a big Build up for Dissapointment. Tom's Voice on " It Hurts" is not in any way Appealing he often holds Notes to long and he Sounds the same Throughout this 50 Minute trip. On the Track "Rite Of Spring" you expect him to sound more energetic and to feel more Emotion but no its the same drawn out Whine and Cries. I believe we've seen the best Tom can do on both of these Albums if He gets better I will call it luck unless Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker help him with Lack of Direction, Lyrics,Hooks, ect. Their first single The Adventure lacks any real layout or chorus. It works because of the speed and the Guitar throughout. My List of songs to check out- Call to arms*,GoodDay, Do it for me now,Breathe*, True Love*, HEAVEN,* SecretCrowds,** Sirens* ( Everthing's Magic) is a complete joke yes kids that Guitar part that first comes in is Anthem Part2 from " take off your pants and jacket. Tom did succeed in lowering my heart rate for 50 minutes yes for the better lol this Album isn't for everyone it makes you think alot if you aren't a young GC,Avril,MCR, Fan. Whatever you do dont pretend you like this album because its Tom from Blink.. that means nothing whatsoever and that wagon has turned over and torched itself. This is decent music at best tom was the producer and it shows it could have been done alot better but thats Tom for ya
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| 4.0 excellent | AmericnZero02 | December 14th 07 |
Stated to be ?the second half? of We Don?t Need to Whisper, I-Empire wasn?t much of a step in a new direction. However Angels and Airwaves managed to cut out nearly everything that made their previous album seem to drag on. I-Empire saw more subtle changes as well such as improved lyrics, catchier hooks, and a couple interludes. The arrival of new bassist Matt Watcher is surely welcome as the bass lines are clearly better than before. One of the main downfalls of the album is the lack of dominating drum parts from Atom Willard who single handedly kept We Don?t Need to Whisper interesting whenever it was needed.
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| 3.0 good | chodekan21 | November 20th 07 |
I kind of liked We Don't Need To Whisper, A&A's last album, but mostly because people told me i should. Don't get me wrong, both these albums are great chill out music, but if you really want to listen to something interesting and exciting then this isn't the cd for you. Does anybody else notice that every song by A&A sounds exactly the same? How many times can you use the line "here I am" in an album? The synthetic effects on this album are the same as on We Don't Need To Whisper, and the music itself just doesn't make me feel anything. I honestly don't like all the inspirational lyrics because they make me pity Tom. In Blink-182, and even Box Car Racer he seemed like a fun guy. Now he seems like he wants everyone to believe that he's grown up, when he hasn't. Box Car Racer was the best music he ever made, with the exception of a few Blink songs, he should go back to that. Plus im pissed off that Atom Willard gave up The Offspring for A&A!!!! The Offspring are legends man, get it together!!!
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| 2.5 average | Timmy | January 12th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | blubbo | December 23rd 22 |
| 3.5 great | Habarug | September 29th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | camxv | June 6th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Gordman | February 12th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Shamus248 CONTRIBUTOR | November 11th 21 |
| 5.0 classic | Golias | September 24th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Watch | September 5th 21 |
| 3.5 great | ariich | November 29th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Skiiddz | October 8th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Artreta | July 26th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Tooey | June 11th 20 |
| 2.0 poor | Sowing STAFF | May 11th 20 |
| 3.0 good | Mac | April 6th 20 |
| 3.0 good | john | November 6th 19 |
| 1.0 awful | 182M | September 22nd 19 |
| 3.5 great | JNeu | July 3rd 19 |
| 3.5 great | josh | June 24th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Adamn | May 9th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Sarah | April 30th 19 |
| 3.5 great | cam15 | March 22nd 19 |
| 2.5 average | Tdunn99 | December 22nd 17 |
| 3.5 great | nbats | December 15th 17 |
| 2.5 average | tlatla | August 25th 17 |
| 1.5 very poor | Acole9 | June 30th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sebe | June 5th 17 |
| 3.0 good | Xurxo | January 19th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Verix | January 7th 17 |
| 2.5 average | El Olam | December 11th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Gozpot | October 20th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | gotham8 | September 26th 16 |
| 3.5 great | maxer | September 17th 16 |
| 3.3 great | Simon K. STAFF | August 29th 16 |
| 3.0 good | tadeoc | August 18th 16 |
| 3.5 great | SB129 | May 16th 16 |
| 3.0 good | tidal | May 7th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | arh3399 | November 11th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Baehr52 | July 29th 15 |
| 3.5 great | TBH717 | December 11th 14 |
| 2.0 poor | Veldin | December 10th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Faraudo | December 9th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Bokonon | October 19th 14 |
| 3.5 great | KaNe00 | October 16th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | tybo25 | August 9th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Zuh | February 18th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Kualie | January 6th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Thatch | December 28th 13 |
| 3.0 good | vai90 | November 10th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | djbytes | June 23rd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bab | June 7th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | zinzuke | April 24th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Vojtino | April 10th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Streams | December 10th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | rit3sh | November 26th 12 |
| 2.0 poor | Snuron | November 23rd 12 |
| 3.0 good | Happy | November 21st 12 |
| 3.0 good | Zikana | November 14th 12 |
| 3.0 good | doncah | November 6th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Noteros | November 3rd 12 |
| 3.0 good | iSkane | October 19th 12 |
| 2.0 poor | Curse. | October 16th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | Ada | October 12th 12 |
| 3.2 good | Trey STAFF | September 29th 12 |
| 2.5 average | Dunpeal | September 25th 12 |
| 3.5 great | mcjor | September 24th 12 |
| 3.0 good | NBA | September 12th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Huybie | September 6th 12 |
| 2.0 poor | Aids | August 15th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Bog91 | June 19th 12 |
| 3.5 great | TH3FU | June 3rd 12 |
| 2.5 average | Sirob | May 15th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Crawl | March 10th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | bain89 | March 10th 12 |
| 2.0 poor | Damon | February 1st 12 |
| 2.5 average | Titan50 | December 28th 11 |
| 2.5 average | Dogaldo | December 26th 11 |
| 2.0 poor | KILL | November 28th 11 |
| 2.5 average | muehlum | November 4th 11 |
| 2.5 average | ervoca | October 21st 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | ra1nb0wz | September 29th 11 |
| 1.5 very poor | TheAshes | September 20th 11 |
| 2.5 average | DeskmaN | August 18th 11 |
| 3.0 good | NateT | July 29th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Rowdy | July 16th 11 |
| 2.5 average | Yozzy | July 4th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Undead | June 25th 11 |
| 3.0 good | AdamK | May 30th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | NoFace | April 1st 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jere581 | February 26th 11 |
| 2.5 average | iGuter | February 20th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | tisjames | February 13th 11 |
| 3.0 good | mrnic3 | January 21st 11 |
| 3.5 great | Karii | January 18th 11 |
| 2.0 poor | sidjmt | January 18th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | BroFro | January 12th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | TanMan | December 30th 10 |
| 1.5 very poor | Comj | December 16th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Spec | December 7th 10 |
| 2.0 poor | dgrona | October 21st 10 |
| 3.0 good | IN64 | September 30th 10 |
| 2.0 poor | cvlts | September 30th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Kimm | September 29th 10 |
| 3.5 great | BigHans | September 16th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Texture | September 12th 10 |
| 3.5 great | AlBo | August 10th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Mace | June 14th 10 |
| 2.5 average | IzzyG | May 20th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Slum | May 17th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Fobeus | May 15th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Valle | April 15th 10 |
| 2.0 poor | Yay | February 18th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | latervol | February 13th 10 |
| 3.5 great | JWT155 | January 2nd 10 |
| 3.0 good | mjr20 | November 29th 09 |
| 1.5 very poor | chaos17 | November 29th 09 |
| 3.0 good | Writer | November 18th 09 |
| 2.0 poor | qwe3 | November 16th 09 |
| 3.0 good | Xelis | November 8th 09 |
| 3.5 great | quik40 | November 6th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | gafel | October 17th 09 |
| 3.0 good | mar1s | October 1st 09 |
| 2.5 average | DiceMan | September 29th 09 |
| 3.0 good | cia | September 26th 09 |
| 2.5 average | DoOrDie | September 24th 09 |
| 1.5 very poor | Thef | September 10th 09 |
| 3.0 good | Faint7 | August 16th 09 |
| 2.0 poor | Skyler | August 15th 09 |
| 1.5 very poor | cam | August 11th 09 |
| 1.5 very poor | Mumps33 | July 17th 09 |
| 2.5 average | ebay | July 13th 09 |
| 4.5 superb | ruukie | June 19th 09 |
| 2.5 average | Jamdbz | June 18th 09 |
| 2.5 average | Mach | May 31st 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Icky | May 22nd 09 |
| 2.0 poor | zuzek | May 18th 09 |
| 2.0 poor | roofi | March 23rd 09 |
| 3.0 good | CxLTxN | January 2nd 09 |
| 1.5 very poor | Yotimi | December 24th 08 |
| 2.5 average | Ricven | November 4th 08 |
| 1.5 very poor | Warborn | October 26th 08 |
| 2.0 poor | pettri | October 4th 08 |
| 3.0 good | runner | September 6th 08 |
| 3.5 great | Sconza | September 5th 08 |
| 3.5 great | fritz | September 1st 08 |
| 3.0 good | natey | August 17th 08 |
| 5.0 classic | AVAtion | August 12th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | iganja | April 29th 08 |
| 1.5 very poor | corb | March 20th 08 |
| 2.0 poor | astrel | March 20th 08 |
| 1.0 awful | McP3000 | February 28th 08 |
| 3.0 good | Goku | February 21st 08 |
| 4.5 superb | EcoRed | January 24th 08 |
| 2.5 average | schorni | December 18th 07 |
| 2.5 average | donovr | December 12th 07 |
| 2.0 poor | AB89 | December 6th 07 |
| 1.5 very poor | k182hy | November 25th 07 |
| 3.0 good | Tom | November 13th 07 |
| 5.0 classic | ghomer | November 11th 07 |
| 4.5 superb | Brudes | November 9th 07 |
| 5.0 classic | modlife | November 9th 07 |
| 2.5 average | Rawrz | November 6th 07 |
| 5.0 classic | pikapal | November 6th 07 |
| 1.0 awful | Mikesn EMERITUS | November 6th 07 |
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