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Focus on the artwork, as the Used are telling you via the title of their fourth album. It's an ugly beast of a picture of a man shoving a syringe labeled "ART" into an arm bearing "WORK" scrawled in blood on it. What it all means is unclear -- is art being injected into work, is art the drug -- but what is evident is that the Used still take all this emotional bloodletting very, very seriously indeed. Four albums in, they're also taking the business of being in a band very seriously too, demonstrating a greater command of dynamics and a certain measure of professional panache, something adolescent, an adenoidal rush of their early screamo. This, of course, isn't quite the same thing as a considerable uptick in songcraft, but hooks never mattered to the Used anyway, so having a higher grade of execution helps underscore the Used's point. [This Limited Edition includes a bonus DVD.]
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Matt Squire, Producer, Engineer - Neal Avron, MixingEngineer - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - The Used, Writer, MainArtist - Bert McCracken, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer - JOHN FELDMANN, Writer - BILL APPLEBERRY, Engineer - Nicolas Fournier, AssistantEngineer - Quinn Allman, Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Jeph Howard, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Dan Whitesides, Drums, Writer, Background Vocals - "Killer" Dayton Killian, Guest Vocals - Jed Bleeker, Guest Vocals - Joseph McCracken, Guest Vocals
© 2009 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S. ℗ 2009 Reprise Records
Matt Squire, Producer, Engineer - Neal Avron, MixingEngineer - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - The Used, Writer, MainArtist - Bert McCracken, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer - BILL APPLEBERRY, Engineer - Nicolas Fournier, AssistantEngineer - Quinn Allman, Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Jeph Howard, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Dan Whitesides, Drums, Writer, Background Vocals
© 2009 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S. ℗ 2009 Reprise Records
Matt Squire, Producer, Engineer - Neal Avron, MixingEngineer - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - The Used, Writer, MainArtist - Bert McCracken, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer - JOHN FELDMANN, Writer - BILL APPLEBERRY, Engineer - Nicolas Fournier, AssistantEngineer - Quinn Allman, Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Jeph Howard, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Dan Whitesides, Drums, Writer, Background Vocals
© 2009 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S. ℗ 2009 Reprise Records
Matt Squire, Producer, Engineer - Neal Avron, MixingEngineer - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - The Used, Writer, MainArtist - Bert McCracken, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer - BILL APPLEBERRY, Engineer - Nicolas Fournier, AssistantEngineer - Quinn Allman, Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Jeph Howard, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Dan Whitesides, Drums, Writer, Background Vocals
© 2009 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S. ℗ 2009 Reprise Records
Matt Squire, Producer, Engineer - Neal Avron, MixingEngineer - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - The Used, Writer, MainArtist - Bert McCracken, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer - BILL APPLEBERRY, Engineer - Nicolas Fournier, AssistantEngineer - Quinn Allman, Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Jeph Howard, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Dan Whitesides, Drums, Writer, Background Vocals
© 2009 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S. ℗ 2009 Reprise Records
Matt Squire, Producer, Engineer - Neal Avron, MixingEngineer - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - The Used, Writer, MainArtist - Bert McCracken, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer - BILL APPLEBERRY, Engineer - Nicolas Fournier, AssistantEngineer - Quinn Allman, Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Jeph Howard, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Dan Whitesides, Drums, Writer, Background Vocals
© 2009 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S. ℗ 2009 Reprise Records
Matt Squire, Producer, Engineer - Neal Avron, MixingEngineer - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - The Used, Writer, MainArtist - Bert McCracken, Piano, Lead Vocals - BILL APPLEBERRY, Engineer - Nicolas Fournier, AssistantEngineer - Quinn Allman, Guitar, Background Vocals - Jeph Howard, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - Dan Whitesides, Drums, Writer, Background Vocals
© 2009 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S. ℗ 2009 Reprise Records
Matt Squire, Producer, Engineer - Neal Avron, MixingEngineer - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - The Used, Writer, MainArtist - Bert McCracken, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer - JOHN FELDMANN, Writer - BILL APPLEBERRY, Engineer - Nicolas Fournier, AssistantEngineer - Quinn Allman, Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Jeph Howard, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Dan Whitesides, Drums, Writer, Background Vocals
© 2009 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S. ℗ 2009 Reprise Records
Matt Squire, Producer, Engineer - Neal Avron, MixingEngineer - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - The Used, Writer, MainArtist - Bert McCracken, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer - BILL APPLEBERRY, Engineer - Nicolas Fournier, AssistantEngineer - Quinn Allman, Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Jeph Howard, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Dan Whitesides, Drums, Writer, Background Vocals - Joseph McCracken, Shouts
© 2009 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S. ℗ 2009 Reprise Records
Matt Squire, Producer, Engineer - Neal Avron, MixingEngineer - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - The Used, Writer, MainArtist - Bert McCracken, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer - BILL APPLEBERRY, Engineer - Nicolas Fournier, AssistantEngineer - Quinn Allman, Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Jeph Howard, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Dan Whitesides, Drums, Writer, Background Vocals
© 2009 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S. ℗ 2009 Reprise Records
Matt Squire, Producer, Engineer - Neal Avron, MixingEngineer - Ted Jensen, MasteringEngineer - The Used, Writer, MainArtist - Bert McCracken, Piano, Lead Vocals, Writer - BILL APPLEBERRY, Engineer - Nicolas Fournier, AssistantEngineer - Quinn Allman, Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Jeph Howard, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Dan Whitesides, Drums, Writer, Background Vocals
© 2009 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S. ℗ 2009 Reprise Records
Album review
Focus on the artwork, as the Used are telling you via the title of their fourth album. It's an ugly beast of a picture of a man shoving a syringe labeled "ART" into an arm bearing "WORK" scrawled in blood on it. What it all means is unclear -- is art being injected into work, is art the drug -- but what is evident is that the Used still take all this emotional bloodletting very, very seriously indeed. Four albums in, they're also taking the business of being in a band very seriously too, demonstrating a greater command of dynamics and a certain measure of professional panache, something adolescent, an adenoidal rush of their early screamo. This, of course, isn't quite the same thing as a considerable uptick in songcraft, but hooks never mattered to the Used anyway, so having a higher grade of execution helps underscore the Used's point. [This Limited Edition includes a bonus DVD.]
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:43:08
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: The Used
- Label: Reprise
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 2009 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S. ℗ 2009 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S.
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