The Airborne Toxic Event (studio album)
by The Airborne Toxic Event

The Airborne Toxic Event by The Airborne Toxic Event
Year: 2008
Release date: 2008-08-05
Overall rank: 6,156th   
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 92 votes)
     
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Award Top albums of 2008 (98th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (1,068th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,156th)

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Overall rank: 6,156th | 2000s rank: 1,068th | 2008 rank: 98th

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Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 92 votes)
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02/18/2025 09:46 Purplepash   4,74075/100
 
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From 01/23/2025 19:04 | #307159
A fantastic debut by a criminally underrated band. The songwriting is dynamic and hooky, and the lyrics are artful, swaggering, unapologetically poetic. Another commenter compared them to The Gaslight Anthem, and that's a valid comparison, but in my opinion The Airborne Toxic Event is the superior band, even catchier and more versatile. (And I say that as a New Jersey native!)
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From 12/20/2017 12:29 | #203604
Reading some good things about this album I thought I’d check it out
(1) In terms of reference points think Gaslight Anthem or Smith Street Band only not as good
(2) The Good: track 7 SOMETIME AROUND MIDNIGHT is a clear standout and the best thing here by that far it isn’t funny
(3) The Bad: every other track, bad isn’t quite correct, a closer description would be ordinary
(4) The Ugly: track 9 MISSY just doesn’t work
Apart from Sometime Around Midnight which I’ve add to a best ever song playlist I won’t be returning. Go listen to Gaslight Anthem instead
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Rating:  
80/100
From 06/05/2016 20:08 | #167967
Times when I like this and other times I feel it is empty one hit wonder stuff. Can't make up my mind on it, which I guess is a good thing.
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65/100
From 08/25/2015 17:55 | #148560
Bland.
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From 02/06/2015 06:41 | #134131
I like it. Even if you don't. I can dig it.
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95/100
From 11/22/2013 18:15 | #94108
The most underrated album of all time. The ten songs are some of the most impassioned of any I've ever heard. Key Tracks: Wishing Well, Something New, and of course, Sometime Around Midnight
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90/100
From 07/31/2013 21:24 | #82839
One of the best albums I've ever heard. Truly deep and interesting. There were moments I thought I was listening to a Smiths album, there were moments I thought I was listening to Blue October, and the product works incredibly.
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