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5.0 classic | retrodip | February 5th 13 | Not my favorite upon first listen, but afterwards it rivals Comatose as one of my favorite Skillet albums, and favorite albums in general. Definitely one of the best of the year.
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3.5 great | MrPunkRocker | March 16th 10 | Not a bad album in my opinion although a lot of people disagree. Here is the thing though, the two best songs are arguably "Monster" and "It's Not Me It's You" which both bare a striking resemblance to "Animal I Have Become" and "I Hate Everything About You" by Three Days Grace. Maybe I'm completely off and I'm just hearing things, but I think they sound very alike, maybe it's the lyric concepts or the sound or tone or something. If I feel compelled maybe I'll compare the songs side by side eventually, but I don't think that I care enough to try and back up my hypothesis.
All in all this isn't as good as Comatose, and I have the feeling that the band must have had a few Three Days Grace listening parties during the writing and recording process. I don't want this to sound negative because I really like this band and they put on a really good live show.
Key tracks:
Monster
It's Not Me It's You
Awake and Alive
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2.5 average | Dragonite Master | January 21st 22 | a rly weird album consisting mostly of rock ballads. 2 family friendly car ride songs in hero n monster followed by the only ballad where the melodies rly work in the ironically titled and poignant dont wake me. a mild snoozer rock in title and a not bad ballad in one day too late. then it starts to get fucked up. its not me is about the most retarded breakup song of all time followed by the ultimate incel anthem in shouldve. once u hear the retarded lyrics to believe you'll wish it actually was the religiously laced hymn it's title purports to be. forgiven is decent but sometimes is another dumb relationship song. never surrender is prob the next best track overall and lucy isnt bad as a sobering closer. rly the main problem is the dumbass lyrics making u wish they'd just stick to worshipping jesus
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3.5 great | davezillaMP3 | May 17th 20 | Honestly, looking back at this all these years later. I can defiantly see the appeal of this.
However I did make an improved version of the album (re arranging the track list and taking songs
out, that sorta thing. here is the track list for the redux if you wanna try it
1. Hero 2. Monster alt. radio version (awake deluxe ed.) 3.Would It Matter (awake deluxe ed.) 4.
Awake and Alive the quickening remix (Awake and Remixed) 5. Awake and Alive 6. Dead Inside 7. It's
Not Me It's You 8. Believe 9. Live Free Or Let Me Die (Comatose Comes Alive Bonus Track) 10.
Sometimes 11. Never Surrender 12. Lucy (if this version of the album was the official i would of
given this a 4 or higher)
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2.0 poor | Mrjohnsini | June 11th 15 | It feels like as Jon Cooper got older the more childish his lyrics have gotten. It's probably because most of Skillet's fans have become fifteen year old girls. Rawr. When I was a church kid, I loved Collide and Comatose but beware of anything else this band cranks out. This is some savagely overproduced tripe, man, I'm scared to even check out Rise.
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2.0 poor | Jared Floryan | March 14th 15 | While I wasn't expecting Uncle Noah's Ark to come crashing down on me as I decided to listen to Awake for myself, I still desired better material from Christian rock band Skillet. This album's mediocre quality can be at times very merciless, and not much here is helped by how forceful John Cooper's vocals are; for crying out loud, he might just be the spitting image of a less remarkable Adam Gontier. Awake, in spite of becoming a mess of inelegant cheesiness in the process, does boast some relatively good singing from drummer Jen Ledger and pretty neat tracks courtesy of "Hero," "Awake and Alive," and "Forgiven". Sadly, all of this isn't enough to justify whatever entertainment value the offering has; not to mention that wince-inducing cover to boot.
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0.0 | Nickdefiancebear | February 28th 15 | Skillet takes everything bland and boring from Comatose and crafts a generic and uniquely uncreative effort from it.
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1.5 very poor | HSThomas | November 11th 10 | Repeating songs from your previous albums in higher notes does not constitute songwriting. Want to hear this album? Listen to Comatose.
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0.0 | WvaSkittle | March 31st 10 | meh. its got a couple heavier songs that can get you somewhat pumped but the extent of this album is slow songs that just cause me to want to sleep
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2.0 poor | Abdiel | November 10th 09 | An album that could have been good, but instead sees a one-time risk-taking band capitulate to the ugly face of commercial production on a scale never seen before. Listening to a 35-year old sing lyrics that must have been culled from a 14 year old girl Bible Quizzer locker room just hurts.
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3.0 good | endlessartix | August 24th 09 | Awake, while a solid album, is constantly dragged down by John's faltering, grating voice that has gotten worse with time. Though an almost carbon copy of Comatose, it still manages to please with songs like "Monster," "Believe," and "Awake and Alive."
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3.0 good | Piem | March 12th 24 |
3.5 great | Rick64 | March 11th 24 |
2.5 average | s0nicx | July 19th 23 |
2.5 average | Glovoc | May 8th 23 |
2.5 average | Halez | March 19th 23 |
4.0 excellent | gilly | December 12th 22 |
2.5 average | brian | June 21st 22 |
2.5 average | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | June 15th 22 |
4.0 excellent | camxv | June 6th 22 |
2.5 average | Oatus | May 18th 22 |
2.5 average | Get Low | February 26th 22 |
2.5 average | tinytim | February 4th 22 |
1.0 awful | Zeuzo | August 23rd 21 |
2.5 average | Shamus248 CONTRIBUTOR | August 3rd 21 |
2.5 average | teo | July 2nd 21 |
2.5 average | Luna | April 2nd 21 |
1.0 awful | Elynna | February 17th 21 |
1.0 awful | Polvo | January 13th 21 |
2.5 average | Shamzus | December 9th 20 |
2.5 average | MxL0 | November 26th 20 |
2.5 average | Sowing STAFF | October 15th 20 |
2.0 poor | alcnet | September 11th 20 |
2.5 average | Crayak | March 15th 20 |
3.0 good | kodama | December 21st 19 |
1.5 very poor | LamboGD | November 26th 19 |
2.5 average | mEyck07 | November 19th 19 |
3.5 great | T1mbro | August 13th 19 |
2.0 poor | doc23 | August 3rd 19 |
2.0 poor | josh | June 10th 19 |
1.0 awful | Skoop | May 8th 19 |
4.0 excellent | cam15 | March 22nd 19 |
2.5 average | Mathias STAFF | December 21st 18 |
2.5 average | deaad | November 3rd 18 |
1.5 very poor | farmer56 | September 30th 18 |
2.5 average | Cashew | September 28th 18 |
2.0 poor | Josh | September 22nd 18 |
3.0 good | MrNoob | September 19th 18 |
1.5 very poor | Casavir | September 19th 18 |
2.5 average | JoExo | September 5th 18 |
2.5 average | JTPlays | August 23rd 18 |
1.0 awful | GoAway | August 1st 18 |
1.5 very poor | BeeRyan | July 31st 18 |
3.5 great | Sarah | March 29th 18 |
2.5 average | Defiled | February 12th 18 |
2.5 average | BigT | November 6th 17 |
2.0 poor | Lucman | November 1st 17 |
2.5 average | Mikpol | August 7th 17 |
4.0 excellent | TheGuy | July 10th 17 |
3.0 good | Emo | June 25th 17 |
1.5 very poor | P0laris | March 29th 17 |
2.5 average | nope | February 26th 17 |
2.0 poor | Emim | December 12th 16 |
2.0 poor | Xav | December 12th 16 |
2.5 average | maxer | December 12th 16 |
2.0 poor | wwf | August 9th 16 |
2.0 poor | Atomz | June 2nd 16 |
2.0 poor | old | May 27th 16 |
3.5 great | Snide | May 14th 16 |
3.0 good | Kiwi | April 23rd 16 |
2.0 poor | Leymon | February 25th 16 |
3.0 good | 8genre | January 5th 16 |
3.0 good | NateMa | December 16th 15 |
5.0 classic | Ssb73 | November 10th 15 |
2.5 average | Sysk | October 9th 15 |
2.5 average | mEyck97 | September 30th 15 |
3.0 good | kevlier | September 30th 15 |
3.0 good | Aeri | August 14th 15 |
3.0 good | manu8a | August 11th 15 |
3.0 good | Froot | July 27th 15 |
3.0 good | ATTA | April 25th 15 |
2.5 average | Kbob95 | March 5th 15 |
2.5 average | djc208 | January 29th 15 |
2.5 average | Smeg | November 18th 14 |
3.5 great | Subho | June 25th 14 |
2.0 poor | hoox | May 28th 14 |
2.5 average | Sagax | May 21st 14 |
4.0 excellent | miyo | May 4th 14 |
2.5 average | Joejk3 | April 12th 14 |
2.5 average | sth550 | April 7th 14 |
3.0 good | djc20 | April 1st 14 |
2.5 average | Adam | March 4th 14 |
3.5 great | Tusason | February 17th 14 |
2.5 average | Rice303 | January 22nd 14 |
3.5 great | Digis | January 13th 14 |
2.5 average | hudso | November 18th 13 |
2.5 average | Leferia | November 16th 13 |
1.5 very poor | adr | November 12th 13 |
2.0 poor | Kazem | October 18th 13 |
3.5 great | wy3r5 | October 1st 13 |
3.0 good | Nerot | August 8th 13 |
1.5 very poor | heck | June 25th 13 |
2.5 average | vali28 | June 16th 13 |
1.0 awful | Zeg | April 5th 13 |
2.5 average | chayka | April 4th 13 |
1.5 very poor | NeoSpaz | March 25th 13 |
1.5 very poor | Zantera | March 1st 13 |
2.5 average | RE58 | January 24th 13 |
4.0 excellent | Eddy | December 25th 12 |
3.0 good | setton | December 23rd 12 |
1.5 very poor | Minus. | December 16th 12 |
2.0 poor | Zikana | November 16th 12 |
1.5 very poor | Mad. | October 30th 12 |
4.0 excellent | spittis | October 27th 12 |
3.0 good | fyffe | October 21st 12 |
3.5 great | Raizen | October 21st 12 |
3.0 good | cm7com | October 1st 12 |
5.0 classic | Jody78 | September 8th 12 |
2.5 average | Kaz64 | July 9th 12 |
1.0 awful | Crawl | June 29th 12 |
1.5 very poor | Acorn | April 30th 12 |
3.0 good | DylanP | March 30th 12 |
2.0 poor | RobotE | March 19th 12 |
3.0 good | Xyrnos | March 18th 12 |
3.5 great | bain89 | March 10th 12 |
2.5 average | iSkane | February 2nd 12 |
1.5 very poor | ILJ | December 4th 11 |
2.0 poor | ANJ45 | November 15th 11 |
4.0 excellent | Haou | November 6th 11 |
2.0 poor | xevman | October 30th 11 |
2.5 average | AdamK | October 29th 11 |
3.5 great | the666 | September 21st 11 |
4.5 superb | BN03 | September 18th 11 |
1.5 very poor | ZKG777 | September 13th 11 |
3.5 great | Jumaos | September 12th 11 |
2.5 average | Shukal | July 17th 11 |
4.0 excellent | Xeltos | June 6th 11 |
1.5 very poor | BroFro | April 15th 11 |
2.0 poor | Bog91 | March 9th 11 |
3.0 good | Dirk32 | February 19th 11 |
2.5 average | JRay18 | February 13th 11 |
2.0 poor | kojpl | January 30th 11 |
1.5 very poor | iGuter | January 25th 11 |
2.0 poor | Rowdy | January 3rd 11 |
3.5 great | Rtecho | November 4th 10 |
3.5 great | Hook | September 16th 10 |
3.0 good | Kimm | September 16th 10 |
1.0 awful | noisy | September 5th 10 |
2.0 poor | tom960 | August 31st 10 |
2.5 average | Moses77 | August 22nd 10 |
2.5 average | pboitel | August 20th 10 |
2.5 average | mcdaid | August 6th 10 |
3.0 good | ZuZo | July 30th 10 |
1.5 very poor | Ginsu | June 21st 10 |
2.5 average | Manon | June 20th 10 |
2.5 average | Mace | June 16th 10 |
4.5 superb | tttsb | May 21st 10 |
2.5 average | musick | May 1st 10 |
2.0 poor | Eko | April 30th 10 |
4.0 excellent | pattyy | April 20th 10 |
4.0 excellent | shOnA | April 18th 10 |
5.0 classic | A7X444 | April 14th 10 |
2.0 poor | CutMan | February 22nd 10 |
3.5 great | Jericho | February 15th 10 |
2.0 poor | Hewitt | January 30th 10 |
2.0 poor | quik40 | January 14th 10 |
1.5 very poor | DinoX | January 3rd 10 |
2.0 poor | toxin. | December 25th 09 |
2.5 average | Lakes. | October 22nd 09 |
4.5 superb | toyour | October 20th 09 |
2.5 average | Aesir | October 15th 09 |
1.0 awful | arlowf | September 13th 09 |
3.0 good | Vanwarp | September 10th 09 |
4.5 superb | AlexQ | August 28th 09 |
1.5 very poor | redfan | August 22nd 09 |
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