Unauthorized, terrible album
342274
This is an unauthorized album, created without Adam's permission or input. The people who perpetrated it are now suing Lambert, who was not amused at seeing his name on this godawful mess, and tried to stop its distribution. I can't blame Adam; this album is an embarrassment to all.

Anyhoo...Lambert co-wrote these songs some years ago, and left a slew of demos, which were used to create this album. I've no idea what the legal situation is; I gather both sides will have their say in January. I think the songs COULD have worked if they'd been handled by competent people. Sadly, that's a wild guess, as whoever produced them for this album is far from competent. Perhaps the greatest problem is that Lambert's voice is unrecognizable; I've heard Vocaloids that sound warmer and more human. Many of the songs, like "Pop Goes the Camera," which started out as fun, poppy fluff, are now repetitive and without musical interest. That, added to the mutilated vocals, makes the whole thing an insult added to injury for Lambert. We're not talking rock, technopop, or even mediocre club remix here. This stuff is BAD.

The people responsible for bfm supposedly spent $200,000 on the album, which is one reason why they are suing Lambert for trying to stop distribution. Given that the album sounds like it was compiled by a preteen for a middle school project, they would have done better to sue their own producers.
2859760
They are now forcing you to use their crappy "Amazon MP3 Download software"  It doesn't work on my computer, so now I 1) don't have my music, 2) am out the cost of the album, 3) find out they won't let you buy the album any other way for some silly reason.

Try a different website.
2334862
This is their debut album, NOT a new release, and boy does it sound like it.  It sounds as if they were just playing around in the studio.  This is not music.  Period.

I bought it thinking it was their latest release, having waited with baited breath since I simply loved their last two releases.  I was sorely dissapointed.  I will most likely ignore this on my iPod from now on.
2062274
This is my favorite album of all time and I got it and it was warped and it didn't even work. every single song sounds different and doesn't sound right.
4452461
I bought this CD here on Amazon thinking it was a CD from the semi-Mogwai-related (they are on their label in Europe) Japanese band Envy.  What I got was a truly awful goth-emo-whine album.  Please avoid at all costs if you are looking for the Japanese band.  Somehow, this record has received great reviews from others, but I smell a rat.  The album is truly abysmal.
2204833
I wanted to like this new album, I really did.  However, after several sessions on the stereo, it just sounded worse each time.  Is AFI trying to play some horrible joke on their fan base?  Do they really think this is a good release?  This is nothing but silly pop music for the pre-teen MTV set.  It's seriously bad stuff, folks.  Very painful to see a band like AFI stumble so badly and hit the wall.  It's not just different.  It's poorly constructed music being performed by a group of soul-less "pod-people" (formerly known as AFI).
920462
The songs available on the MP3 download are completely different from the album!  Someone needs to address this.  Very poor.
3221079
My album was totally warped. ..both of the double lp..are unfixable...very unsatisfied
3351326
This album is shockingly bad. It sounds like these jokers just recorded a band practice and published it. The end result is sub-amateur garbage. If only I could award zero stars.
1753555
What did they turn Country-alternative? Man, some of these songs sound like old 70's stuff your mom and papa used to listen to. Over all this is very disappointing for a band that had so much potential. Dont buy this album, or for that matter save your ears some pain and don't download it for free online.
189980
I listened to the preview on Itunes and fell in love the album, it's great (the album itself I would give 5 stars).  I had purchased a different CD through Amazon and got an MP3 promotion. So I tried it out on this MP3.  WOW, what a mistake!  It sounds like crap!!!!!!!!!!!!  It is really tinny and flat with much of the fluctuation in the music watered down, including the deep richness of her voice.  I didn't know there would be so much difference from one recording to another.  There is.  Buyer beware, buy this one from iTunes.  Download Amazon's MP3 of Handmade and be prepared to be EXTREMELY disappointed.  In the end, pay the extra dollar to get it from iTunes in the first place. Unfortunately I had to learn the hard way and will dump this copy and purchase it from iTunes.
612464
Sullying a name these ladies spent years nurturing, this album walks away from the charm, wit, and musicality of their earlier records for a new "pop" aesthetic they clumsily wear like an ill-fitted suit. Exactly what not to do if you're jumping ship for the mainstream, this album can't even supply the grooves or hooks that make dumb music accessible. This album is tepid at its best, cringe-inducing at its worst. Albums like this are so embarrassing for the listener not because we, as the audience, were somehow betrayed (though we were) but because you can hear in every song that the writers betrayed themselves.
4755747
Overproduced album of the year.

A waste of my money.
1287545
Please don't buy this album. I read some of the reviews and thought "how bad can it be?" Yes, it is that bad. Cheap cover, and all the clear plastic pages are permanently crinkled, probably because they cut corners and used the thinnest, cheapest plastic they could find to make the pages. Wish I could give negative stars.
1472859
album seems ok ?  free down load will not work . stay away ----- this is a do  not buy!.....
3315224
Terrible,  not authorized,  should be noted as such , no deftones music is on this set , completely let down
4624585
Remember when grunge was the escape, when your parents didn't understand, when it wasn't a kind of music, but a state of mind, and when you could smell the teen spirit? Well, I certainly do. However, bands such as Incubus, Creed, and Puddle of Mudd have taken that image and scewed it so much that it's embarrasing to listen to. Creed has no original music, they are a song-for-song copy of Pearl Jam except for that they include christian lyrics in their music. Incubus and Nikelback are Nirvana wannabes, with worse lyrics, ideas, and music in general. And then there is Puddle of Mudd, who have one of the stupidest names I have ever heard, not to mention songs. This album starts off with an unoriginal song called "Control", and it's got Nirvana written all over it with one exception; the lyrics are terrible. It is followed with a sorry excuse for a copy of the song "Come as you are" called drift and die. Next we see a song called Blurry that is one of the only songs the album that doesn't completely copy a Nirvana song, but the feeling is not at all original, we've all heard it from Soundgarden and the Stone Temple Pilots before. Without a doubt the worst song on the album is She hates me, which follows the tune base of Nirvana's timeless song "Lithium" except for that the lyrics to Lithium, which are probably the best ever, are changed to sort of satiric  break-up words, a disgrace to grunge. Go and buy Nirvana's "Nevermind" if you want really, original music, real, original lyrics, real grunge.