The Great Misdirect

The Great Misdirect
Studio album by
Between the Buried and Me
ReleasedOctober 27, 2009
RecordedJune 1 – July 2, 2009
StudioBasement Studios in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Genre
Length59:35
LabelVictory
Producer
  • Between the Buried and Me
  • Jamie King
Between the Buried and Me chronology
Colors Live
(2008) 		The Great Misdirect
(2009) 		Best Of
(2011)
Singles from The Great Misdirect
  1. "Obfuscation"
    Released: September 29, 2009
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic64/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Alternative Press[3]
Exclaim!(favorable)[4]
Fangoria[5]
Rock on Request(favorable)[6]
Slant Magazine[7]
Sputnikmusic(4/5)[8]

The Great Misdirect is the fifth studio album by American progressive metalcore band Between the Buried and Me. It was released on October 27, 2009 through Victory Records and was produced by Jamie King.[9] Despite containing only six tracks, the album reaches nearly an hour in total time length. The album contains their longest song, "Swim to the Moon", which surpasses 17 minutes. Frontman Tommy Giles Rogers described The Great Misdirect as "some of the best material we've ever created."[10]

  1. ^ "The Great Misdirect - Between the Buried and Me". Metacritic. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  2. ^ Lymangrover, Jason. The Great Misdirect review Allmusic. Retrieved on 2009-10-30.
  3. ^ Freeman, Phil (December 2009). "File Under: Progressive Excess". Alternative Press. No. 257. Cleveland, Ohio: Alternative Magazines, Inc. p. 108. ISSN 1065-1667.
  4. ^ Deneau, Max (December 2010). "The Great Misdirect review". Exclaim!. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  5. ^ Van Horn, Jr., Ray. Between the Buried and Me – The Great Misdirect (Musick Review). 2009-11-09. Retrieved on 2009-12-03.
  6. ^ Avina, Anthony. "Between the Buried and Me – The Great Misdirect". Rock on Request. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
  7. ^ Cole, Matthew. Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect Slant November 3, 2009. Retrieved on November 3, 2009.
  8. ^ Munro, Tyler The Great Misdirect review Sputnikmusic. 2009-10-26. Retrieved on 2009-10-27.
  9. ^ [1] myspace.com. 2009-10-26. Retrieved on 2009-10-27.
  10. ^ Between the Buried and Me: New Album Title, Track Listing, Release Date Revealed - July 6, 2009