I didn't hate it. Hate is such a strong word, but I didn't like it at all. I thought the lyrics, on the whole, were very juvenile and amateur. The music itself was no where near as developed and intense as it was on Fallen. It seemed like much of the guitar-based music took a huge backseat to Amy's vision. I also felt like many of the songs were repetitive; the same concepts/wording were repeated in lots of the songs.

I also didn't care for all the effects on her voice, it seemed like the album was overproduced in the sense that it wasn't raw enough. I can hear her soul in her voice on Fallen and Origin, but there is no soul in TOD. The main thing that just really bugged me about the album was the amateur lyrics. We all know she's a better songwriter than that, but I also feel like Terry was no where near the musical partner that Ben was. I understand she was moving away from metaphors and trying to just use straightforward language, but you can do that without sounding like a 13-year-old.

Generally, I also found timing on some of the songs awkward. I couldn't come to terms with musical choices in why she would sing things a certain way, why they chose to have certain instrumentals, it just didn't make sense to me and didn't come together the way I feel an album should come together.

That's what I remember from when I first listened to it. I listened to it when I got it the first day it came out and then for a couple weeks after I had it in my car, but I definitely stopped listening to it before October was through, and I haven't touched the album since. I just didn't care for it; it was okay, but I only listen to music that has an impact on me, and TOD was not that kind of music. But I'm sure my first post in this thread about it was much more specific... I can only remember the after-effects now.

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