It's been just over a year since I first listened to No World For Tomorrow, and I've had plenty of time to enjoy both the overall feel of the work and the subtleties of the tracks. That being said, when you consider Coheed's earlier releases, this album is somewhat mediocre. Highlight songs include the title track, as well as "Mother Superior" and "The End Complete III" & "V" (not to mention, being a sort of guilty pleasure, the super-poppy "Feathers"). However, between these highlights there feels to be a drain and lag; even listening to some songs intently you get the impression in structure that said songs are begging to be finished ("The Hound" is an excellent example of this).

No doubt, this is a consequence of how overproduced the whole venture is--even listening through Sony MDR-7506's, which are used almost ubiquitously in recording and engineering and the like, failed to rid the muddy feeling of every track. This basically destroys the energy of certain songs, particularly "Mother Superior," which by the last minute of the song begins to feel like a headache layering of Claudio's beefed-up vocals (and speaking of last minute, something about the track makes it feel about a minute too long to begin with).

Many fans will of course automatically compare this album to Coheed's prior releases, no doubt reiterating something I completely disagree with--that the band's first release is their greatest. That title I give to Good Apollo, Vol. 1; the prior releases, while notable for their "rawness," and "energy," just can't compare when we consider how structurally superior later tracks are (the "Willing Wells," in my opinion, highlight Coheed's peak). And while I will not say that Coheed's sound has swayed towards "pop-rock mainstream," when you consider how ferocious a song like "The Telling Truth" is, the feeling of let-down is not far away. Not to mention the jarring, inevitable moment of "What am I listening to?" when you hear "The Road and the Damned."

Overall, I don't know whether the overproduction of this release has colored my perception of its merit to an awful extent. But I do know that No World For Tomorrow blends fairly well with the rest of the band's discography, and the tracks are--ultimately--very enjoyable.

Don't get me wrong - I like C&C. The problem is that this album is obviously rushed, the singer's vocals are mixed way too low in most of the songs, and half of them sound the same.

There are 3 or 4 good songs on this album, but you've probably heard 2 of those on the radio. Albums like these are the reason people started using Napster 10 years ago. It's like the band did the singles, then gave up.

C&C are a telented band, but this isn't one of their better albums.

i wasn't sure about purchasing this album at first since i heard Cladio has damaged his voice. but a close friend of mine had one of the new songs up on her myspace and i had to listen for more. once i heard the samples i immediately put it into my cart. the songs "no world for tomorrow" and "mother superior" are two of my favorites, along with "feathers". this one is definitely worth buying for coheed fans.

I haven't listened to any other Coheed and Cambria, so this is not about how they measure up to their previous work, this is just about this album. I think it's good from beginning to end. The lyrics have lost the cheese in favor of poetic suave and the music is anything but horrible. It's definitely more creative than most emo bands give these days.

Buzz Osboune?

This band's music is about original as their singers hair (not so much). But you wouldn't know that because you are a robot.
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