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█║╠█═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════█╣║█ █║║█▀ source : CD ▀█║║█ █║╠█═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════█╣║█ █║║█▀ type : Album ▀█║║█ █║╠█══════════════════════════════════╗╔═══════════════════════════════════█╣║█ █║║█▀ rls date : 2018-03-07 ║║ st date : 2003-07-22 ▀█║║█ █║╠█══════════════════════════════════╣╠═══════════════════════════════════█╣║█ █║║█▀ size : 76.46 MB ║║ tracks : 11 ▀█║║█ █║╠█══════════════════════════════════╣╠═══════════════════════════════════█╣║█ █║║█▀ encoder : Lame 3.98 ║║ label : Volcano ▀█║║█ █║╠█══════════════════════════════════╝╚═══════════════════════════════════█╣║█ █║║█▀ quality : avg. 255kbps / 44.1kHz / Joint Stereo ▀█║║█ █║╠█═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════█╣║█ █║║█▀ website : http://www.311.com ▀█║║█ █║╠█═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════█╣║█ █║║█▀ subgenre : Alternative, Reggae, Alternative Rock, Rock, Ska, 90S ▀█║║█ █║╠█═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════█╣║█ █║║█▀ similar artist : The Dirty Heads, Slightly Stoopid, Pepper, Sublime ▀█║║█ █║╠█═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════█╣║█ █║║█████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████║║█ █║╠█═════------ ┌─┐ ┌── ┌ ┌── ┌┐ ┌──┐┌── ─ ┌┐ ┌ ┌──┐─┬─┌──┌──┐ ---══════█╣║█ █║╠█══════──--- │─└┐├─ │ ├─ ┌├└┐└──┐├─ ── │└┐│ │ │ │ ├─ └──┐ ----═════█╣║█ █║╠█══════───── └ └└── └── └───┘ └───┘└── ─ ─ └┘ └──┘ └ └─────┘ ─────════█╣║█ █║║█▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█║║█ █║║█ AllMusic Review by Johnny Loftus █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ 311 are the grizzled graybeards of alternative music. For nearly █║║█ █║║█ ten years their funkified, left-field take on the rap-metal █║║█ █║║█ zeitgeist has been soundtracking dormitory keg parties -- that's a █║║█ █║║█ thousand lifetimes for some of these fly-by-night alt combos. In █║║█ █║║█ that stretch they've had their ups (1994's Grassroots) and their █║║█ █║║█ relative downs (the clunky Transistor), but they've always stayed █║║█ █║║█ creative, quietly building a reputation for consistency. In keeping █║║█ █║║█ with the band's creational verve and veteran status, Evolver at █║║█ █║║█ first seems to be their Statement Album, complete with a █║║█ █║║█ hilariously overwrought cover painting, and that snarky referential █║║█ █║║█ title. But it's a bit misleading because musically, the album turns █║║█ █║║█ out to be built from the usual 311 components. It's not their █║║█ █║║█ best work, but fans will enjoy it and there's little of the filler █║║█ █║║█ that's plagued the past few offerings. Creatures [For a While] is █║║█ █║║█ Evolver's Come Original, its inescapable riff wrapped around █║║█ █║║█ stinging snare hits and S.A.'s endearing/annoying drop-ins. Crack █║║█ █║║█ the Code and Sometimes Jacks Rule the Realm account for the █║║█ █║║█ stylistic departure portion of the album, the former drifting █║║█ █║║█ lightly between dubby electronica and an S.A.-sung rasta rock lilt, █║║█ █║║█ the latter weaving acoustic guitar and echo around co-vocalist Nick █║║█ █║║█ Hexum's earnest lyricisms. Feel free to get a refill during these █║║█ █║║█ songs. However, with Same Mistake Twice, an explosive standout, █║║█ █║║█ Evolver hits its best stretch, followed by Still Dreaming and Give █║║█ █║║█ Me a Call. The tracks embody each tenet of 311's sound, from █║║█ █║║█ synth-based atmospherics through thick guitar chording, unique █║║█ █║║█ vocal phrasing, and bleary eyed reggae interpretation. Though it █║║█ █║║█ looks like a statement album, the prog masterpiece that the █║║█ █║║█ fizzling Transistor never was, Evolver is actually a rephrasing of █║║█ █║║█ what 311's always been saying. In a word, it's reliable. And isn't █║║█ █║║█ that what veterans are for? █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ /team FKK █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ █║║█████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████║║█ █║╠█═════──────────────── ─┬─ ┌─┐ ┌┐ ┌── ┐┌ ┌──┐ ──────────────────══════█╣║█ █║╠█══════─────────────── │ │─└┐┌├└┐│ ├─┐ └──┐ ───────────────────═════█╣║█ █║╠█══════─────────────── └ └ └┘ └└──── └────┘ ────────────────────════█╣║█ █║║█▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█║║█ █║║█ 01 Creatures (For A While) 04:26 █║║█ █║║█ 02 Reconsider Everything 02:50 █║║█ █║║█ 03 Crack The Code 03:55 █║║█ █║║█ 04 Same Mistake Twice 03:21 █║║█ █║║█ 05 Beyond The Gray Sky 04:18 █║║█ █║║█ 06 Seems Uncertain 03:35 █║║█ █║║█ 07 Still Dreaming 03:41 █║║█ █║║█ 08 Give Me A Call 03:21 █║║█ █║║█ 09 Don't Dwell 02:39 █║║█ █║║█ 10 Other Side Of Things 03:08 █║║█ █║║█ 11 Sometimes Jacks Rule The Realm 06:35 █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ 41:49 █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ █║║█████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████║║█ █║╠█═════------------- ┌── ┌─┐ ┌──┌── ─┬─ ─ ┌┐ ┌┌── ┌──┐ ------------══════█╣║█ █║╠█══════──---------- │ ─┐│─└┐├─ ├─ │ │ │└┐││ ─┐└──┐ -------------═════█╣║█ █║╠█══════─────────--- └──┘└ └└──└─── └ └ ─ └┘└──┘───┘ ──────────────════█╣║█ █║║█▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█║║█ █║║█▀ greetings to everyone supporting us ▀█║║█ █║║█▀ since 2002 ▀█║║█ █║║█▀ ▀█║║█ █╚╚█══════╗╔════════╗╔═════════╗╔══════════╗╔═════════╗╔══════════╗╔═══════█╝╝█ ███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ ▀▀▀██▀███▀║║▀██████▀║║▀███████▀║║▀████████▀║║▀███████▀║║▀████████▀║║▀█████▀█▀▀▀ ██▄▄▄▄▄║║▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄║║▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄║║▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄║║▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄║║▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄║║▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ ▀▀▀▀▀██║║▀▀████▀▀║║▀▀█████▀▀║║▀▀██████▀▀║║▀▀█████▀▀║║▀▀██████▀▀║║██▀▀▀▀▀▀ ██╚║════════╣╚═════════╠╚══════════╠╚═════════╠╚══════════║╝██ ██ │ ▀▀ │ ▀▀ │ ▀▀▀▀ │ ▀▀▀ │ ▀▀▀▀ │ ██ █ ▀ ▀ ▀▀ ▀ ▀▀ █