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Even better than Troublegum
According to most fans Therapy? will never be able to top Troublegum, an album of sheer genius. I think they did, when they released Semi-Detached. Semi-Detached is a crossover between Troublegum and Infernal Love, being more poppy than the first and less slick than the latter, and creating an atmosphere which is a mixture of Troublegum's anger and IL's melancholy. Songs like "Church of Noise", "Lonely Cryin' Only", "Straight Life" and "Don't Expect Roses" are great uptempo rocksongs comparable to "Screamager", "Stop It Your Killing Me" and "Loose". More dynamic songs are "Tightrope Walker", "Black Eye Purple Sky", "Born Too Soon" and "Tramline"- they may take some time getting used to, but in my case these songs made me really really like the album. It's hard to explain why, but if you like Nurse's "Zipless", Troublegum's "Brainsaw" and Infernal Love's "Jude The Obscene" my guess is you'll like these songs as well. If you really want to know whether you'll share my opinion, just listen to "Safe". If you also think that is one of the best rocksongs ever, yoú just have to get "Semi-Detached", because you'll dig it.

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Therapy?'s weakest...
This is the first time that I'm slightly dissappointed with a Therapy? Album. The Band doesn't like this effort either, and it's pretty obvious why : The Therapy? trademarks become a soap opera on this album and the songs that could have been great are ruined by the "poppy" melodies : "Stay Happy" is a prime example for this problem. They just take the pop too far on this record. On "Infernal Love" they managed to keep the parce between the genius Therapy? sound and some poppy experiments. Here, the nice melodies drain the edgyness and agression which is not good. Most of the record seems too overladen with radio-friendly melodies ( of course they get all disorted but they are there ) which are cool on some moments but very annyoing on others. To me, this isn't half as deep as "Infernal Love" and a far cry from the milestone "Troublegum" was ( which is one of the best records ever, period! ). But Therapy? wouldn't be Therapy? if they hadn't something big going for them, even on a weak effort like this : "Tightrope Walker", "Straight Life" and "Safe" are examples of this group's abilities. Especially "safe" is very haunting and beautiful, the line "I'm clean and I'm clinging, like I've never held on to anything in my life" sends shivers down my spine. "Straight Life" is certainly the best song on the record, bringing back the spirit of the "real" Therapy?. "Tightrope Walker" is what all of this album should have been : a mixture between a poppy chorus and a truly disturbing basic idea. All in all, stay away from this record if you are new to the band. Get "Infernal Love", "Suicide pact", "Troublegum", "Nurse" and "Caucasian Psychosis" first. These albums never stay too far from my CD player and for good reason : Therapy? are on of the best bands ever. Sadly, this albums mostely disappoints.

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Great!
Fist of all, let me say that people who are looking for Troublegum II will be disappointed, since this isn't a Troublegum II, and there will probably never be one. Therapy?'s 7 albums (Born in a crash not counted) are all different. Although this album comes closer to Troublegum than the other albums, this album should not be compared with T? greatest album yet, beuse it wouldn't be fair. Now, let's talk about this album. Unlike their latest release Suicide Pact, this album is pretty mainstream and 'radio-friendly'. The album starts with Church Of Noise, a perfect opener for this album. Then there are some more or less 'similar' songs Tightrope Walker and Black Eye, Purple Sky. Then one of T? best songs comes: Lonely, Cryin' Only, which is a perfect song in every sense. It's loud, but not too loud, and Andy's lyrics complete the song. Other great songs are Stay Happy, Safe (which starts out pretty slow, but turns out to be a great rock song, with emotional content), and the best track of the album: Straight Life, which kicks in immediately as it starts. The guitars are great, and Andy's almost screaming lyrics fit the music perfectly. The only weak track is Tramline, which is just too edgy and too loud. On the whole, this album is one of T?'s finest yet. Although many T? fans claim that it's the weakest yet, I think this album would be perfect to start your T? collection with, but be sure to get Troublegum and Infernal Love too!