Music Review

Title of Record (1999)

Filter
Reviewed by Steven Mirkin | Aug 20, 1999
EW's GRADE
B

Details Lead Performance: Filter

Strange, but compared with the pumped-up frat metal of Limp Bizkit and Korn, Filter seem, well, subtle. While they still crash and thrash through ''Sand,'' songs like ''Take a Picture'' find the Chicago-based quartet reaching for the yearning grandeur of Joshua Tree-era U2. Make no mistake, Filter are still derivative, but their attention to melody and craft is refreshing.

Originally posted Aug 20, 1999 Published in issue #499-500 Aug 20, 1999 Order article reprints

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