Good album, but lyrics need work.
344281
I've been following Disturbed ever since they came out, and they've done nothing but improve upon their form with every successive album. Catchy riffs, great drums, and in Dave Draiman we have perhaps one of the most hair-raisingly awesome vocalists to come along in years. If you dig rock and don't get the chills when Draiman launches into a chorus, you have no soul, plain and simple.

  However, something needs to be done about the lyrics. Don't get me wrong, I could listen to Dave Draiman read the phone book, but I think they're capable of more. Just as "Believe" delved into religion, "10K Fists" attempts the same with politics, but they fail once again in transcending the incoherent narcissistic angst and self-loathing left over from the nu metal years.

  We've learned all the tricks already, it's not interesting anymore, get a box of tissues and thesaurus. I hate to sound rude, your voice is wicked, but I didn't pay twenty dollars so you could cry on my shoulder for an hour. That @$@! needs to go.

With that said, Ten Thousand Fists is still a worthy buy, thanks to Draimans vocals, some slick, gestalt solos, and some well composed (but occassionally overlong) tracks. Even the worst songs on the CD (like "Forgiven" and "Overburdened") are vivacious enough to conceal their flaws, and that alone is almost as commendable as producing a classic.
2254641
I enjoy this album, but only gave it 4 stars, because I feel it's a bit overproduced.  It lacks the organic, earthy feel of his earlier albums.

Still, mostly well-crafted songs ("Yeah yeah" would've been better if he'd left out the "yeah yeah" part and given it a real title), with strong lyrics conveying meaningful, relevant messages.
2456875
So this is Boyd's first solo album that he has said has taken him "years" to complete.  I am not sure if he was spending more time in those years writing music or lyrics. I would bet on the former because this album's weakest note is that its lyrics seem torn from the pages of a high school student's yearbook.  Track titles are as non-inspired as "It's Alright" and "So Glad," and the lyrics to songs such as "Perfect World" and "Run" are very cheesy and show a certain naivete.  The bright side to this album, however, and Boyd's true talents, lie in the music.  Songs that lack lyrical potency are validated with incredible music.  Songs like "Long Time To Wait," "It's Alright," "True Reflections," and The Neil Young "Cinnamon Girl" have really intense, well played accompaniment.  Boyd's violin stuff within the songs shows shades of DMB and really emphasizes the fiddlers amazing talents.  All in all, I would say that if you kept the music the way it is, but had someone like Dave write the lyrics, you would have a very impressive debut album.  But Boyd's lyrics just don't help realize the potential the album has.
4814388
again another great album beatwise, but as far as the lyrics, they are soo ooo ooo whack man... i wish they had  other people to rhyme on these old school themed beats.
4435610
I really like this album, I really want everyone to buy it, but I'll be objective in my review and have to put in a few downers.
Doves are the epitomy, maybe even pinacle of a long line of positive English musical  influences. I will hazard a guess that they were heavily influenced by  early Stone Roses, Primal Scream, Radiohead and maybe even early Oasis (not  their current dross) which is why I like this album so much. However, I  personally feel that poor production robbed this album of classic status.  Sometimes albums (Stone Roses) can carry this with grace but I feel that  Doves could have done with being tightened up a bit, perhaps a track or two  shorter and moved away from that sort of almost 8-track sound quality (try  listening to this through ear-phones, the volume ebbs & flows rather  annoyingly). Whilst Coldplay are a currently chart-topping, Doves are  playing second fiddle with an album that is for me, far superior.
Rant  Over! This is a musical treat - from power pop (a bit reminiscent or Ultra  Vivid Scene)of Here it Comes & Catch the Sun to the more slower and  more gratifying Sea Song and A House.
Enjoy this album and hopefully I  will be adding an extra star for their second if their production improves
4792574
Good riffs, but too much keyboard.  Some of the lyrics sounded silly, I think they should dial back the sci-fi angle.
3989456
Interesting album, lyrics are a little weak (perhaps too straight forward?), but I listen to the album often still and it's a good prog album.
3319141
I enjoyed the instrumentation and vocals on this album but I was expecting so much more out of the lyrics which ultimately prevented me from getting completely into this album.
3541567
I would give it 5 stars for musicianship Several of the songs sound the same. And they really need a better lyricist...how many times can you go "out of the dark and into the light"?
2886773
Good album that could have been a classic. The flaws in this album are due to some guests mc apperances, which include X hip hop legends (except Busta Rhymes and Rah Digga), who have become mainstream and releasing rubbish lately. The De La Soul and Kool G Rap guest apperances and the horrible track with that "Big Del from the Natti" "mc" completly destroyed all the possibilities this album had of becoming a classic. Rawkus wants to go mainstream and evidence of that is found in the albums they released recently with a load  of crappy guest apperances and the horrible Lyricist Lounge 2 complilation, all include wack mainstream mcs. Talib is an excellent lyricist that expreses himself in a very articulate, almost like Last Emperor, his solo songs are probably some of the best political hip hop songs after Rass Kass'. Talibs' flow and delivery is original and the production is above mediocre. If you can afford it buy Rass Kass' soul on ice as well.
Best Track "African Dream"
3018351
Huge Buckcherry fan, but disappointed that their lyrics are going south... Catch phrase after catch phrase after catch phrase is not how you write a song. "15" was by far their best effort, it's just been "meh" since then.
2420581
this band has A TON of potential. the music is already there. as for the lyrics, they're a bit..hmm...immature and detract from this good album.
2562063
Let me just say this is a good album, first off and one of the bright points of 04.  I just thought it was a tad overproduced and to me it gets tiresome after a while because alot of it sounds the same.

Good album though I wish they would have done a few things differently.  Though this is my oppinion, I think these guys do great work and I have no MAJOR complaints.  Bend the Bracket was by far the best song they did in my oppinion, very good and a bit moving.
4916272
Lyrics on every track, ruining a perfectly good, perhaps even great, work of art, with the ill-gotten gains of EGO.  This album would be SO much better with no lyrics, just great music.  As it is, it stinks.
2378758
I love the beat and the sound of the song as a whole.  I just have a problem with the overall message behind the song.
Check out the lyrics and see whether or not you have a problem with them...if you do not, then BUY the song, it is catchy for sure.

LYRICS
Oh yeah yeah
Oh yeah yeah yeah
Ooh!
Oh yeah yeah
Oh yeah yeah yeah
Ooh!

Never had much faith in love or miracles
Never wanna put my heart on the line
But swimming in your waters is something spiritual
I'm gonna get every time you spend the night
Cause your sex takes me to paradise
Yeah your sex takes me to paradise
And it shows, yeah, yeah, yeah

Cause you make feel like, I've been locked out of heaven
For too long, for too long
Yeah you make feel like, I've been locked out of heaven
For too long, for too long
Oh yeah yeah yeah
Ooh!
Oh yeah yeah
Oh yeah yeah yeah
Ooh!

You bring me to my knees
You make me testify
You can make sinner change his ways
Open up your gates cause I can't wait to see the light
And right there is where I wanna stay
Cause your sex takes me to paradise
Yeah your sex takes me to paradise
And it shows, yeah, yeah, yeah

Cause you make feel like, I've been locked out of heaven
For too long, for too long
Yeah you make feel like, I've been locked out of heaven
For too long, for too long
Oh oh oh oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can't I just stay here
Spend the rest of my days here
Oh oh oh oh, yeah, yeah, yeah
Can't I just stay here
Spend the rest of my days here
Cause you make feel like, I've been locked out of heaven
For too long, for too long
Yeah you make feel like, I've been locked out of heaven
For too long, for too long

Oh yeah yeah yeah
Ooh!
Oh yeah yeah
Oh yeah yeah yeah
Ooh
3500498
I bought this album on a whim, and I have to say that many of the tracks are good.  The melodies and arrangements are enjoyable and original, although some of the lyrics can be a bit corny.  The one thing that I disliked about the album was the overusage of synthetic sounds, especially in "Try" and in "Island of Wonder", it tarnishes what otherwise are very good tracks.  Overall, I congratulate Nelly for her effort, and I hope that she continues to produce records.
988243
Overall, this is a very good album, with some nice beats, and some good rapping by 50, but it is not what we expected from him after hearing "Get Rich or Die Tryin'". On "Get Rich..." almost every one of 50's songs was a hit. With "The Massacre" he has some hot songs, but not as many. This album lacks some of the enthusiastum that 50 put into "Get Rich...." Other reviews on the album I've read all seemed to trash this album, but it's not really that bad. Just a "new sound" for 50. Very different from his last album, but different isn't always a bad thing. Here's my opinion on each song:

1. Intro - Not much to say about that...

2. In My Hood - 3/5 A good song, but probably just an album filler.

3.  This is 50 - 3/5 Also, a good song, with some better rapping from 50, but again, I don't think it's all that great.

4.  I'm Suppost to Die tonight - 4/5 This is where the album starts to get good. Lyrics are pretty good, and the beat is HOT.

5.  Piggy Bank - 5/5 Many people already know this song, in where 50 trashes a lot of rival rappers, like Fat Joe, Nas, Jada etc.

6.  Gatman and Robbin' ft. Eminem - 2/5 Enough said. This song has a weak beat and weak rapping. Not one of his better songs.

7.  Candy Shop ft. Olivia - 5/5 I'm sure every 50 fan has heard this song. A hot song, with hot lyrics, and some nice help from Olivia.

8.  Outta Control - 5/5 This song has one of the best beats on the album. It will get you up and moving. One of my favorites.

9.  Get in My Car - 4/5 The lyrics could have been slightly better, but the beat has a catchy beat and this song is pretty good.

10.  Ski Mask Way - 2/5 I don't know which is worse. The beat or the lyrics.

11.  A Baltimore Love Thing - 4/5 This is a really nice song by 50. The lyrics are EXCELLENT, but the beat could use some work.

12.  Ryder Music - 5/5 Excellent all the way around. The beat is definetly one of the best on the album.

13.  Disco Inferno - 3/5 Only because this song is getting played out, but it is the song that started this whole album.

14.  Just a Lil Bit - 5/5 This is a great song with the best beat on the album. It will be in your head all day long.

15.  Gunz Come Out - 4/5 Decent song, and I think it's in the top 5 of the album.

16.  My Toy Soldier ft. Tony Yayo - 3/5 The title sounds like 50 is just taking Eminem's song and "changing" it a little, but really, it's totally different. An OK song.

17.  Position of Power - 5/5 This is my FAVORITE song on the album. It's great ALL the way around. Good rapping, sound, beat. It's just a great song.

18.  Build You Up ft. Jamie Foxx - 2/5 This song just makes no sense to have Jamie Foxx in it. It's just a horrible song to begin with, but I think 50 could of handled it himself.

19.  God Gave me Style -4/5 This sounds like one of 50's old song from "Get Rich..." which makes it to me, one of the best.

20.  So Amazing ft. Olivia - Finally a love song by 50 that sounds good. This song may be a little fast for a love song, but it's has a hot beat.

21.  I Don't Need 'Em - 3/5 An OK song. Not the best to pick to end the album, but it's good.

BONUS TRACK - Hate It or Love It remix ft. G~Unit - 5/5 This is even better than the original!! It has all of G~Unit in it, and souds hott.

Overall, this album is a really good album and worth the money. Some songs may be rushed, but the ones that aren't are DEFINETLY worth it.