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 Review by: nocigar See others by this writer Only registered users can post comments 
 
Published on March 6th 2007
After the very first moments of The Power of Failing, I knew that Mineral was special. This album pushes them past that spectrum into unbelievable. EndSerenading is one of the most brilliant and moving albums ever and I say that with confidence. You want real emotion? Real passion? Get this album, now.
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what up '98. nice to see people acting positive again! remember when everyone was excited and not jaded. I'm a Power of Failing kinda guy too. But c'mon guys. Power of Failing still rules too. just sayin dude I cannot speak highly enough of this record. im glad youre in love with them. branden, i'm not talking shit to you, like i said i appreciate criticism, and i know these two reviews are very much a like..vut they were my 2nd and 3rd reviews...i just didnt know what else to write due to the fact that they are both by the same band within the short amount of time they were around and in my opinion were very close in the same "score" range Right on, nocigar. I often wonder what the kids these days think of the music I grew up listening to. This has to be one of my favorite albums of all time, and I can still throw it in and enjoy it. Thanks. ok. maybe that was kind of a shitty post. I always felt Mineral were the B team. They're like the NUFAN of emo. I come back to the two mineral records every now and then, and I've always been disappointed. I still keep trying. I don't hold it against anybody who likes them, they seem like they have it together, but besides the most accessible of songs, 'parking lot', I've never been able to get into it but there is always this year I suppose. branden, mineralreviews.org I don't care how good this record is, there's probably someone out there who has a pretty good taste in music who doesn't like it. After all the positive praise I heard a year or two ago, I decided to pick this up, and it was pretty disappointing. Musically a little too flat, and the way the singer strains to hit those high notes is painful to hear. I mean, it's still pretty good, but not as perfect as a lot of you claim it to be. "Okay, so I'm generally pretty big on mid-`90s emo in this sense of the style (SDRE circa Diary, that old Mock Orange song on the new Lobster comp), but I owned The Power of Failing for a few years and was kinda bored by it. Is this worth checking out?" simply excellent. Okay, so I'm generally pretty big on mid-`90s emo in this sense of the style (SDRE circa Diary, that old Mock Orange song on the new Lobster comp), but I owned The Power of Failing for a few years and was kinda bored by it. Is this worth checking out? totally impeccable. an unimpeachable record that should be heard by everyone ever. Great band. Excellent album. Dude, you think Cedric's bad? Omar is the Mars Volta. It's his band; Cedric just sings for them. (He's said egotistical shit like this in interviews before -- he even has referred to ATDI as "his" band and that he decided when they should break up.) For ATDI to get back together Cedric has to stop fellating his own ego. I see that happening as soon as the Mars Volta writes a song that clocks in under 3 minutes that isn't an intro/ambiance track. Top notch record. What I wouldn't give to see a reunion show by this band. I think they're next on the mid-'90s emo band reunion list, anyway, since Braid and Texas Is The Reason already did theirs (and it's not like At The Drive-In is mending any fences soon). Yes! Fucking amazing album! I like "The Power Of Failing" more, but this is right up there. Fucking classic! |
