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    P.O.D.

    Payable on Death

    (2003)

    Reviewed by Len Nash

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    Label Atlantic RecordsThe Phantom Tollbooth2003
    alternative metalnu metalrap metalreggae

    P.O.D. one of the most successful bands out there. Payable on Death is P.O.D.'s third installment on Atlantic and it doesn't have the hit-making potential of Satellite. Payable on Death is an experimental project that cannot be fully understood unless listened to all the way through. With Marcos gone, the chemistry within this group isn't as solid but will get better and better the more time Truby is with them. The artwork could be better, although it's not that bad. It's not the best and it's not the worst CD. At times, it has a sell-out(er) type sound which P.O.D. didn't really have on previous releases. One thing though, P.O.D. should easily sell at least 2 million copies of this CD and that in its own is huge. The main thing is to keep an open mind when listening to this release.

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