Diffuser - Making the Grade

Wish I could give it more!!! 8-)

WOW! When I heard a few of the songs from a friend I absolutley fell in love with this cd!! I ran out & got it ASAP!...

Some people say pop-punk is dumb and cry about genres...but if you like hardcore and listen to it then why the heck are you even rating this...go home and break your guitar or something...

Anyways, this cd is great...I would say it's punk...The music sounds like old-school Goo Goo Dolls, the singer Sugarcultish...this is DEF NOT Blink 182 punk, don't worry...

The lyrics are very awesome the music is good, and each song is different...I hate punk and rock bands that have the same heavy loud obnoxious beat for 60 minutes...blech...this cd is great!

When your done listening you'll be wonderin' where the time went and will want more of these guys! ~peace January 20, 2005

You've got to be kidding me.

I have no idea how such utterly archetypical pop-slush is getting such glowing reviews. Sorry to say, but this music is unoriginal. I would go so far as to say that if one of their songs were playing on the radio I would not be able to identify it as they don't have a trademark ANYTHING. The album doesn't deserve 1 star exactly, but I had to rate it so low to balance the profusion of undeserved fives. January 6, 2005

highly recommended

Ditching the 80's glam rock meets emocore style of "injury loves melody" in favor of pop-punk, Diffuser has retured with an album sure to bring them lots of success. This 12 cut sophmore effort is filled with tons of hooks and anthemic lyrics, layered nicely over soaring vocals and catchy melodies. And while it's true that "making the grade" was produced by Mark Trombino (the genius who brought blink 182's music to life), thats hardly the ONLY reason to check this band out. So do yourself a favor and pick up "making the grade", you'll be glad you did.

P.s. alotta the "core" kids have a problem with this album cuz its energetic and catchy (core kids don't like catchy). They'll write reviews telling you that "injury loves melody" is better, but its not even close. Trust me on this one, if you're only going to buy one diffuser album, make it Making the grade... December 30, 2004

look at it this way

ok tha only song i have heard from this album is I Wonder and i thought it was good, so if tha rest of tha cd is like that i would highly recommend it. but i jus read a review of this cd where tha person put these guys in tha same catagory as good charlotte, simple plan, and blink-182. ok first of all, blink-182 is god and there is no way that they should b in tha same catagory as good charlotte and simple plan cause they suck. plus, like another reveiwer mentioned, diffuser is now produced by Mark Trombino, who gave us tha gods that r blink-182. i am now going 2 buy this cd for that simple fact. but seriously, if you r a blink fan or a the starting line fan or ne thin like that, buy this cd, it will b worth it. (o yeah, and im really 16, i was jus 2 lazy to sign up lol) June 12, 2004

Great CD!

The best cd-- Diffuser is great! I saw them in concert, and rushed to buy this cd, and was completely satisfied with what I got. December 25, 2003

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