well, i gave this sometime before i was going to review it, because i thought it might grow on me, and i would appericate it for the masterpiece that so many people claim it to be....and yet i still have the same opinon as my intial reaction....boring...very boring. hey, im all about atmospheric, spaced out records...but this is not like that at all....its simple guitar riffs, that arent very good, repeated over and over into a sludgy unmoving climax...this is the only thing i have by this band, and i dont plan on getting anything else.if your looking for what the record is trying to do, get Cave In's "Until Your Heart Stops"...

eh..not as good as i thought...i cant listen to it all the way through...haven't watched the cd rom...decent...alot better bands from this time still have stuff in print..get you and i, or the instil split with gray before my eyes...

very good. alot more rock sounding than i thought...i thought i was instore for some grooving tough guy hardcore, but its very rock/heavy alternative sounding...with some really catchy riffs...really good record..they are releasing a full length on century media records soon. it should be good.

not very good...i first got into nine lives years ago when they first put out their demo. it was really good. they re did most of the songs on a CD EP a few years later, and the recording was much better, well i thought id give this a try because it does have many of the demo songs on here with some cover's i thought i'd might find enjoyable..well the recording for the demo songs are horrible...its like they dubbed the tape onto a cd...and the cover's are ok... bad release from a good band.

i lived in jersey during this bands prime..saw them countless times, although never really bought any of their records, couple 7 inches, thats it...so i bought this to maybe bring back some memories of when HC was true. well i dunno what happned, but this sucks, maybe i have just matured more than i thought musically, or the shittiness of the hardcore music world today as dulled my senses..either way it sucks..

a lot better than "shut your mouth" just a tad bit worse than anything previous..if you are really into frenzal you wouldnt even be reading this review...if you just getting into them, this is prolly a good place to start. one of the best bands ever. there i said it.

horse "the band" is awesome..the vocals are terrible..if this album had a better vocalist or even done as an instrumental it would be golden. the keys are awesome, the guitar work it simple, but at times surprsingly catchy. goes perfect with the keys...its just the damn vocals, i hope that in time that they will grow on me, its just at parts its so hard to focus on how awesome the band is when you have this friutcake on the mic. think system of a down vocals, but worse..and thats hard to do...its still worth it though..i would give it a 5..

this is a classic. try to find this at a better price anywhere-- you will not ., this cd is getting harder and harder to find...i had in back in the day and and trashed it through the years...for anyone who has any of COF's later albums and dosent have this you should be ashamed, there best work, except for "crulety and the beast". this is just as good as cruelty, but without all the high end production..this is before all the crappy kids at the mall where "misunderstood"... roll deep son.

i really dont know why there are 10000000 reviews for this album with 5 stars....its really not that great, granted its alot better than the shit that passes for posthardcore, emo, screamo, whatever they call it now....but for its genre and time it was recorded it doesnt stand close to other bands of that era...if your new to this type of hardcore, or hardcore in general you prolly love it, if you've been around a while you wont be impressed...

one of the best comps ever made old stuff from alot of bands that are overlooked for what they did..these were golden days...