Group Therapy (Dope album)

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Group Therapy
Dope-grouptherapy.jpg
Studio album by
Dope
ReleasedOctober 21, 2003
Genre
Length39:25
Label
Producer Edsel Dope
Dope chronology
Life
(2001)		Group Therapy
(2003)		 American Apathy
(2005)
Singles from Group Therapy [1]
  1. "I Am"
    Released: September 22, 2003
  2. "Bitch"
    Released: 2003

Group Therapy is the third studio album by American industrial metal band Dope. The enhanced portion of the album contains a music video for each song. Group Therapy shows the band expanding on the more alternative metal style music the band had started on their previous album, Life , and most of the industrial style music has been toned down. The album contains some of the band's most heavy and aggressive songs while certain songs such as "Sing", "Another Day Goes By" and "Easier" show a softer, more melodic sound. In the second half of 2004 the album had already sold about 37,749 in United States. "Now is the Time" was used in an episode of Dog the Bounty Hunter, while "Today is the Day" was the theme for WWE's No Mercy event in October 2003

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
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Melodic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Group Therapy garnered mixed reviews from music critics. Magnus Altkula of Sputnikmusic praised the album's production quality and instrumentation work for being improvements over previous records with Dope's inspirational lyricism, saying that "[T]he band has matured a lot but still have room to grow and I hope that one day they land a real masterpiece." [4] Kaj Roth of Melodic commended the band's industrial direction with newfound musicianship but felt that it lacked memorable tracks that other bands like Orgy and Godhead had, calling it "An okay record, no more!" [3] Johnny Loftus of AllMusic found the album better than 2001's Life but felt that Edsel Dope's take on the nu-metal formula was too reminiscent of Korn and Linkin Park with insincere introspection, concluding that "Dope has focused its fiery attack on Group Therapy, and that should at least get the pit roiling at shows. But Edsel's agenda is still riddled with cliché, and this fact robs the record of any lasting spark." [2]

Track listing

All music is composed by Edsel Dope, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Falling Away"2:51
2."Bitch"3:06
3."I Am" (Dope, Virus)3:04
4."Motivation"2:53
5."Sing" (Dope, Virus)3:05
6."Now Is the Time" (Dope, Virus)2:50
7."Paranoia"2:41
8."Bring It On" (Dope, Virus)3:14
9."Another Day Goes By" (Dope, Virus)3:19
10."Today Is the Day"2:55
11."Burn" (Dope, Virus)3:06
12."Easier" (Dope, Virus)2:58
13."So Low"3:14

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic. [5]

Dope
Additional personnel
Production

Charts

Chart (2003)Peak
position
Top Heatseekers [6] 16
Top Independent Albums [6] 17

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  2. 1 2 Loftus, Johnny. "Group Therapy - Dope". AllMusic . Retrieved August 4, 2011.
  3. 1 2 Roth, Kaj. "Dope - Group Therapy". Melodic . Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  4. ↑ Altkula, Magnus (December 18, 2008). "Review: Dope - Group Therapy". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Group Therapy - Dope | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Group Therapy - Dope". Billboard .
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