Just Like You | ||||
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Studio album by Falling in Reverse | ||||
Released | February 24, 2015 | |||
Recorded | 2014-2015 | |||
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Length | 45:00 | |||
Label | Epitaph | |||
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Singles from Just Like You | ||||
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Metacritic | 72/100 |
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Alternative Press | 90/100 |
Revolver (magazine) | |
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Sputnikmusic | |
Rock Sound | (positive) |
Just Like You is the third studio album by American rock band Falling in Reverse. The album was released through Epitaph Records on February 24, 2015. However, on February 17, the full album stream was uploaded to fallinginreverse.com. It is the last album to feature lead guitarist Jacky Vincent who announced his departure in late 2015. The album featured the return of the bands former sound, after their previous album, Fashionably Late, featured more of a crunk and rap sound. The album is the first to be recorded without an official bassist, with Charles Kallaghan Massabo playing bass on the record.
Overall, the album received generally favorable reviews, and was much more well-received then the band's previous album, Fashionably Late. It received an overall review of 72/100 on Metacritic. Some critics labelled it as the band's best album, others also adding that it is the best work that Ronnie Radke has written. The album was widely hyped up to be "Dying is Your Latest Fashion" (Ronnie Radke's first album with the band Escape the Fate) Part 2 and Alternative Press said that "Falling In Reverse have given fans the rare gift of an artist stepping back to the sound they originally fell in love with." Giving it a rating of 90/100. Revolver Magazine also gave it a great review of 90/100 saying "Post-hardcore fans will certainly enjoy what is Falling in Reverse’s strongest record to date."Others agreed as well,but not as strongly, with Sputnik Music saying that it was "the best Falling in Reverse songs" but with "a few exceptions", giving it the rather average score of 66/100.
Multiple critics did not look so kindly upon the album with the "Kerrang!" rock magazine giving the back-handed compliment of that "Just Like You is a good album, in that it contains many more good songs than bad ones." With the magazine giving the unsatisfactory score of 60/100. One critic from Punknews.com was rather more straight forward in their review giving the spiteful line that it "Seems like a deliberate maintenance to cash in on the Warped Tour crowd because there's no substance, nor any style, to this record, as has been the case for FIR for years now." Giving it the very low score of 10/100.
The album was included at number 50 on Rock Sound's top 50 releases of 2015 list.