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List Price: $18.98 | | Label: Dreamworks
Salesrank: 15406
Released: June 18, 2002 |
| Our Price: $7.25 |
| Used Price: $4.72 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Lovehatetragedy Track Listing:
1. M-80 (Explosive Energy Movement)
2. Life Is A Bullet
3. Time And Time Again
4. Walking Thru Barbed Wire
5. Decompression Period
6. Born With Nothing, Die With Everything
7. She Loves Me Not
8. Singular Indestructible Droid
9. Black Clouds
10. Code Of Energy
11. Lovehatetragedy
Editorial Review:
For their second major-label release, Northern California's Papa Roach follow the same recipe of other rap-metal crossovers: aggressive, thick-chugging riffs, angst-driven lyrics, and touches of good ol' classic rock. Tracks "Time and Time Again," "Born with Nothing, Die with Everything," and "She Loves Me Not" have big, fat, clever choruses, which would fit with ease on harder mainstream radio. Elsewhere, they are far more engaging: "M-80 (Explosive Energy Movement)" bashes away with punk stylings, and the sweeping "lovehatetragedy" includes interesting chord and tempo changes. Jacoby Shaddix (the vocalist formerly known as Coby Dick) gives an impressive performance, and while he might not have the power of most of his contemporaries, he makes up for it with his more melodic approach, even within his raps. The only thing that's lacking is a distinction factor that sets them apart from everyone else, but at least they didn't steal any Iron Maiden riffs this time. --Gail Flug
Lovehatetragedy Reviews:
Papa Roach fan 
2009-08-31 - There's nothing wrong with a band showing how talented they are in an album, is there?
I dont love it or hate it, but it's not a tragedy. 
2009-04-18 - "Lovehatetragedy" is Papa Roach's sophomore album and it was released in 2002 on DreamWorks Records. "Infest" came out in 2000 and it was a ball of nu metal, complete with razor wire riffs, DJ scratching, and screamed misanthropic and angry lyrics. Papa Roach, this time around, decide to write a more serious and dark album with hardly any rapping or screams.
Does the transformation work?
Here's my take...
1. M-80 (Explosive Energy Movement) (2:27) 8/10
2. Life Is A Bullet (4:05) 8/10
3. Time And Time Again (2:59) 6.5/10
4. Walking Through Barbed Wire (3:05) 8/10
5. Decompression Period (3:59) 8/10
6. Born With Nothing, Die With Everything (3:50) 8/10
7. She Loves Me Not (3:30) 7/10
8. S.I.D. (Singular Indestructible Droid) (3:49) 8/10
9. Black Clouds (4:02) 8/10
10. Code Of Energy (4:04) 7/10
11. Lovehatetragedy (3:13) 7/10
Overall: 11 tracks, 38:56 7/10
This album doesn't have one bad track, the problem with it is that is doesn't have any stand out tracks. The songs lack strong chorues and are boring. Fans of "Infest" will love "She Loves Me Not." Papa Roach wrote a darker record with more personal lyrics but that doesn't automatically equal better quality. These songs just don't go anywhere and are rather boring.
If you absolutely love this bands other stuff I would still recommend this album, just don't expect an explosive CD like "Infest" was. What you do get is a more mature album that has good and bad moments. "S.I.D." is a metallic thrasher, "Decompression Period" is a depressing, moody song, and "She Loves Me Not" is nu metal all the way. "Time And Time Again" has a punk beat and is very annoying song overall.
If I had to make a list of favorite Papa Roach songs not one would come from this album but it is not terrible, it is just a mediocre album that I do give the boys props on. They could of wrote a copycat album of their debut but they didn't, instead they wanted to write dark, rock songs.
Bottom line for me is that it's just not that memorable or fun to listen to as an album. The choruses kill most songs and the riffs don't stand out song to song. If a song comes on random, I can dig it, but it is not an album that gets steady rotation.
Thank you, Papa Roach.
2007-08-17 - lovehatetragedy is completely amazing! For me, the dynamic guitar work really stands out in this album. It feels like it takes each song by the hair and throws them against a wall. It's just pure, fierce power. born with nothing, die with everything is my favorite. The melodies are mysterious and entrancing. Jacoby is brilliant as always on vocals and the lyrics are thought-provoking. Papa Roach just keeps getting more and more awesome.
DON'T BUY 
2007-02-12 - Bought it rite after infest, and my god this is their worse. Buy gettting away with murder or the paramour sessions...this cd is awful except she loves me not. a few others are OK but thats it. don't bother-download them
bye
a true clasic
2006-07-28 - This album is great. I love the last album, and hate the new album. I like this album alot. Don't take it from me im only 23 with 2000 or more CD's . Buy this album.
