Came onto the scene and was interesting enough without bringing anything mind-blowing (or epic) with it. Is undoubtedly a very good album but that's about it.

One of the most creative, interesting and ambitious rock albums of the entire decade, this basically sticks a middle finger up at the conventions of both glossy glam rock and mopey indie college bands that were popular at the time. It doesn't really fit in with the metal genre either, nor the grunge sound popular a few years later. This is its own beast doing its own thing; incorporating piano and synth and finding unusual sounds to weave into each song with just the right amount of restraint.

This is so much fun to listen to that I'm not even mad at it for influencing the (mostly) garbage nu metal movement that hit about a decade later. And if titles like "Zombie Eaters" and "Woodpecker from Mars" don't automatically pique your interest then sorry, we can't be friends.

How the hell is The Real Thing not the best rated song on the album? Probably their best song all around. And a fantastic album, nearly as good as Angel Dust

Solid.

Its amazing how much Mike Patton's voice improves subsequent to this album. Having said that, this is an ambitious album - the first three tracks are excellent, and the others are diverse if inconsistent. The title track and Epiq both show the loud-quiet contrast that later became their trademark.

An eighties/nineties classic. I was completely enthralled with this album when it first came out. It was original, exciting, and, accessible. The first three tracks are stunning, although, epic, sounds a bit dated now. Surprise, you're dead, is a great thrash metal pastiche, and, zombie eaters, is a darkly humorous song about new born babies. There's humour all over this album, and Mike Patton, making his FNM debut here, takes the music to places vocally that previous singer Chuck Moseley never could have. Other highlights are the title track, the cool jazz of, edge of the world, and the bizarre instrumental, woodpecker from mars. As I said about, epic, the album does feel a little dated now but that doesn't take away from the brilliance of the music. Much better than, sol invictus.

If nothing else, this bass tone is great on the album. I really don't care for the singing. A little too butt rock for me. Although Epic is a solid rock song. I'd rather listen to RHCP early stuff. Surprise your dead was alright.

This was such a breath of fresh air when it first came out. Epic and The Real Thing really changed the way I looked at hard rock.

This was a great album, but Angel Dust blew it out of the water.

These are the supposed grandfathers of nu-metal, evidence you can hear on the aptly-titled "epic" as well as "the morning after" and the ambitious title track. However, outside of the colossal "epic" and the Sabbath cover, there isn't much else to hear here.