STANDARD 1. Shots - 9.5/10 2. Gold - 8/10 3. Smoke and Mirrors - 9/10 4. I'm So Sorry - 10/10 5. I Bet My Life - 9.5/10 6. Polaroid - 10/10 7. Friction - 10/10 8. It Comes Back to You - 9.5/10 9. Dream - 9.5/10 10. Trouble - 9/10 11. Summer - 7.5/10 12. Hopeless Opus - 9.5/10 13. The Fall - 9.5/10
DELUXE / SUPER DELUXE 14. Thief - 10/10 15. The Unknown - 8/10 16. Second Chances - 6/10 17. Release - 7.5/10 18. Warriors - 8.5/10 19. Battle Cry - 9/10 20. Monster - 8/10 21. Who We Are - 7/10
Standard
120.5 / 130 92.6%, A-
Deluxe/Super Deluxe
184.5 / 210 87.8%, B+
Mini Review
Imagine Dragons steps up to the plate after their 2012 debut Night Visions, which spawned one of the best selling singles of all time, Radioactive. For that album, I loved the singles, but felt most of the rest of the album to be kind of forgettable. As for their new release, Smoke + Mirrors, they make it hard to forget a lot of these tracks. The production and vocals have all improved, there's heavier lyrics and more intense instrumental, overall it definitely eclipses its predecessor. The only issue I find is that the deluxe tracks, 8 of them in all, kind of pale in comparison to the main disc. Hopefully a few of these can grow on me, especially the likes of Second Chances and Who We Are (my bottom two rated songs,) but the first 14 are very impressive and add to the great releases of quarter one.
So I live in the US. Can I only get the standard or the Target deluxe then? I mean, I guess I could fake the super deluxe and buy the two songs I don't already have to complement the Target deluxe...
9. I Bet My Life Sleeper hit!
47. Shots Slay!!! This better be the Demons of the album!
78. Demons how the hell did this happened?
96. I'm So Sorry (The next Radioactive )
98. Radioactive The longevity!
150. Dream (I'm surprised!)
188. Polaroid (this better be performed at next years Grammy's! The slayage )
190. On Top of the World (I'm so glad this held well!)
195. Gold
9. I Bet My Life Sleeper hit!
47. Shots Slay!!! This better be the Demons of the album!
78. Demons how the hell did this happened?
96. I'm So Sorry (The next Radioactive )
98. Radioactive The longevity! 150. Dream (I'm surprised!)
188. Polaroid (this better be performed at next years Grammy's! The slayage )
190. On Top of the World (I'm so glad this held well!)
195. Gold
Kings of Alternative Rock
Dream being one of the highest charting album tracks, where it belongs.
Just listened to it, I thoroughly enjoyed it, I'll give it a few more listens before I can pick out my favourites, but there's one that stands out to me already, Polaroid
Just listened to it, I thoroughly enjoyed it, I'll give it a few more listens before I can pick out my favourites, but there's one that stands out to me already, Polaroid
Same thing I thought on my first listen! stan!
I wouldn't mind Dream/Trouble being the next single after I'm So Sorry and Polaroid!
Sleeper hit!
Slay!!! This better be the Demons of the album!
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stan!