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...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - The Century of Self Audio CD

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Title: The Century of Self
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Release Date: 2009-02-17
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Giants Causeway 2: Far Pavilions 3: Isis Unveiled 4: Halcyon Days 5: Bells of Creation 6: Fields of Coal 7: Inland Sea 8: Luna Park 9: Pictures of an Only Child 10: Insatiable (One) 11: Ascending 12: August Theme 13: Insatiable (Two)

A bit disapointed
It felt like they were holding back on allot of there songs. I'm pretty disappointed with this album. It felt like they were fighting the music through out. When you listen to it doesn't feel natural. At times you'll be waiting for the jam out that never ever happens. Love the last two albums. . . this one didn't live up to my expectations.


LOVE the dead!
Some familiar-ish types of songs along with some new more piano based stuff. Another terrific album from Trail of Dead. Looking forward to seeing them perform the new stuff live. .


Have some faith...
It's way better than So Divided, I'm tempted to say it's as good as Worlds Apart but you be the judge. I'm surprised more people haven't review this record.

Some of the power of S, T and C, with some of the beauty of Worlds Apart.

Halcyon Days is the hottest JOINT!.


"And if they taste the blood we'll let them drink."
I know I'm in the minority as far as liking what they've done in the last few years, but it's the unique touches they put on the songs that seem to be missing from their latest. The Century of Self is a pretty solid album, although I don't find myself enjoying it as much as Trail of Dead's last few efforts. It's pretty loud, competent rock music, it just doesn't grab me. It's a bit of a return to their former sound, as someone besides Conrad is allowed to sing for what seems like the first time in forever, and those songs sort of feel like a back to basics thing. This is most notable in "Far Pavilions", a pretty fast-paced song after the obligatory bombastic intro "The Giants Causeway", which is at least mostly cobbled from one of the tracks on the Festival Thyme EP, leaving the title track as the only unique part of that release.

The album is pretty neatly divided into halves, with the first being loud and heavy, and "Inland Sea" begins to mark the transition before "Luna Park" goes into the full-on slow and piano-centric mode. "Ascending" doesn't quite fit but does have a slower section to it. "Isis Unveiled" is probably my favorite song, with a nice driving sound most of the time and a cool chanting breakdown in the middle. "Insatiable" parts one and two seem to be just two halves of the same song, and I'm not sure why they're broken up with a few tracks in between. Together they make a decent closing track with a nice piano part, you just hear the first couple minutes before it actually gets around to ending. All in all I liked it, just not as much as I hoped.


Good but not the greatest
Fans will love it, because its more of the same. I have all of their releases. Be sure to buy this in CD form because of the amazing artwork Conrad Keely provides. The best songs are Isis Unveiled, Halcyon Days and Pictures of an Only Child. Ascending is a stange (experimental?) song, listen with headphones, both Conrad and Jason both sing at the same time, and they aren't singing the same lyrics, it is very awkward, but maybe this is where they need to take it, become more unpredictable. After all, the reason people love them is the wild reckless stage shows they used to provide. They don't break as much lately, but we still love them.
For people who never heard this band, I'm not sure this is the right place to start listening to them.


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