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I never expected to see another Living Colour album after the breakup. The contractual obligation greatest hits collection just seemed to solidify that. Surprise surprise surprise, they have hit the ground with an album that reminds bands like Korn and Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park who blazed the trail that they are following. The tightest rhythm section this side of serious jazz? Check. Powerhouse vocals? Check. Strong social commentary? Check. Insane guitar? Check. The flat out cover of Back in Black is as forgetable as the stunning cover of Tomorrow Never Knows is possibly better than the original. From raging funk-rock (there's a term I haven't heard in a decade) to droning marches about the mechanisation of society to quiet odes to true humanity, the album makes up for the delay very nicely.

Hot Spots: Song Without Sin, A Question of When, Nightmare City, Great Expectations, Tomorrow Never Knows.