You are the youngest old fart I know LOL. No way I have that kind of control when it comes to a new album.

Death to my hometown is like an explosion of fury. Its awesome.

The intro to Land Of Hopes And Dreams is breath taking.

So many moments of beauty on this album.

I am not particularly a fan of the drum loops on this song - I prefer Max's drums.

However your point is well taken - so many moments of beauty. In my case I was expecting nothing special and this has been the high point of the last month :D

It's a holiday here in the US and my husband has had it blasting out of his office all day on repeat :)

Same here.

I work at HMV, so I'll just pick it up on the way out from work. There has already been a few pre-orders for the album.

No music and slower than a week in jail internet in Saudi = having to twiddle my thumbs until I got to the civilised world to get new music.

I had to wait over 2 months till I got back home to get American Slang which was delivered on the release date. That was tough.

Yeah, I agree on the drum loop. It's a bit out of place. It's the vocal at the beginning that blows me away.

I like it that we have a studioversion of LOHAD now but when I want to hear a good version I'll probably stick to listening the only version I already listened, the one on the Live in Barcalona-DVD. I also had preferred if the song would have an ending and not just be faded out as in my believe songs should always have an ending on album ;)
I must say the sound of the CD sounds fresh to me. WOAD was a big letdown for me but this one just might turn it around again :)

I salute you,
TS

I'll be buying, not downloading methinks!