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if
and
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as
freshas
they.did
when
they
were
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first,
released.;?TheV
second
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...
And
You
Will
Know
Us
By
the
Trail
of
Dead
-
Worlds
Apart
(Interscope
Records)
...And
You
Will
Know
Us
By
the
Trail
of
Dead
have,
through
inter
-.
views,
and
press
releases,;
been
pegged
-:
as"
pretentious
art-fbckers;
"Worlds
Apart,"
tKe
sf-proclaimed
"art-fags'
"
Xsecond
album
fbrxmajqr
label,
is
more
faccessible
and
enjoyable,
than
their
pre-vious;
release
"Source,-Jags
and
Codes,"
'
-but.achieyjts'ibility'atthe-
iHNHHMMMMBBHMHIiBHHMaaBH
reminds
,,
us
!bf
:why"
it
is
better
to
leave
gracefully!
cthan"".,
to
drago'uta
band's
death
into
a
decade-long
';
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--i-'--.
ordeal;
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cuts:
Jfr'omithe,
band's
90's
and
rpqst-mi
jlenniai
'
"'output'and
'trie:?
results
"-are
"
grim:1
-Such
.
'insipid
songs
as
"Pjant
Boom"
(a
rap
rock--:
er
with
the
'amazing'
chorus
of
"boom
over
herey
boom
over
thereboom'
everywhere''
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CRUE
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&
CRUE
v
and
''Hell
on,
High
Heelsonlyservetoter-VJ'J"11'!,11
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nish
the
band's
legacy.;
Oithe
songs
on
the
second
disk,1-
the
best'One'jsHbpligan'siHoIiday,'';
which
was
recorded
with
a
hew
lead
singer
afteroriginalfrontman
Vince
Nei!
left
the
band
expense
of
some
of
the
punkish
rage
that
helped
fuel
the
previous
album:
"Worlds
Apart"
in
itself
is
,a-':?.
strangelyback-loaded
album;!The
first
five
tracksareieally
nothing
to
write,
0
home
about
(despite
the
cool
jntro
to
the
title
track)
and
the
album
only
kicks
in
around
tracK
six,
"Caterwaul
It
is
not
that
the
first
five
tracks
are
bad;
but
they
just
aren
t
as
good
as
the
rest
of
the
i5
album.
Trail
of
Dead
seem
to
borrow"
from
many
bands
on
Worlds'
Apart;",
from
Pink'
:
;Rbyd-ian
choirs,
on
"All
White"
;
"to
Used-like
cathartic
screeches
;
'during
the
chorus
of
"A
Classic
"
::;Arts
Showcase.",
The
band
also'
"
rdelves
into
Oasis
territory
on
,
,,
February
2005
Arts
&
Entertainment
11
;;;
requisite
fhew'itracks
to
entice
collectors
to
:
buy,
the
.
;
album!;
Of
;theVe,
three
fresri
tracks;(one;of
which,
"If
f
"'
SDie'
Tomorrow",
was
"co-written"
by
Simple
Plan;
what
;
"I'the
hei!?)i
only
"Sick
;
Love
Song"
captures
any
of,
the
'
band's
former
glory-;-,
,,
;,:,x
.;
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v
:fJ.
i.-y
I,.
vfiif
you
already:
have
'
one'bf
'.
the
othergreatest
ihits
packages
from1
Motley
Crue
this
is
an
'unnecessary
;;:
purchase,"
But
if
you
"don't,'
then
you
can
do
far,
worse
ffor
$16.99.::glus
you
get
a
free
coaster
with
the
inclu-,
-"v1
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5Jvsibinr6f
the
second
disk.;
Swanky!,
-Rating:
35
y,
;;--"'',
:
.;'.
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;1f
you
like
this
try:
.Van
Halen
-The;
BesU'of
-,
Both
Worlds
"'(Warner
Brothers
Records)
'
,--
By
Nathan
Kelly
tracks
such
as
"Let
it
Dive'and
'The
Rest
Will
Follow,";
j;
and
this
dallying
ihtqBrit:ppp
brings
with
it
'the'
one
"major;;;-S
flaw
of
the
album:
the
vocals
of
Conrad
Keeiy;,';;;
V';
There
is
nothing
more
annoying
than
a
singer
that;;;;;,''
uses
a
fake
accent
when
you
know
damn,
weirthatthe
?;,;;
:
cadence
of
their,
voice
is'tptally.unnaturaland
forced;
;
;
Keely's
vocals
fit
this
description
to'
a
tee;
Often
during
the
j'
album
he
lapses
into"
a
fatix-British
accent
and
it
becomes
"?;
quite
annoying
oyer,
the
course
of
a!
few
track.,
We
kriow
that
;,
'
T
you
are
from
Texas,
Conradi,
There,
is
no
need
to
be
ashamed;
hell,
at
least
you
aren'tfrom
the
Ozarksor
some-g
,,
thing;
This,
however
truly
is
the
one
flaw
in
the
musicianship
;of
the
band,
So
barring
this,"
if
you
enjoyed
their
last
album,
,'
rest
assured
that
-."Worlds
Apart',
will
not
disappoint
you.;
'fi
Rating:
$5ip'
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;
If
you
like
this
try:;
Muse
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-
Absolution
(Warner
Brothers