The Open Door
by Evanescence
  • Record Label: Wind-Up
  • Release Date: Oct 3, 2006
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 231 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 195 out of 231
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 231
  3. Negative: 20 out of 231

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  1. PolishGamer
    Jan 31, 2020
    8
    A great album. "The Open Door" with their first album "Fallen" are one of the best albums I've heard. My favorite songs from this one include: "Lithium", "Like You", "Call me When You're Sober" and "Good Enough".
  2. Randompersonn
    Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Their best album! This album is so much more creative and heavier than fallen. The Open Door shows that Evanescence can be versatile and does not have to use the same sound over and over again to make a beautiful record.
  3. DriaWoods
    Mar 29, 2022
    3
    I enjoy the album’s aesthetics but overall it’s very slow and boring. Of course, ‘Call Me When You’re Sober’ and ‘Lithium’ are great tracks, but the rest of the album just doesn’t hold up for me. I find myself zoning out and wanting to skip after the first chorus/second verse of each track. I can understand if other fans love this album but I certainly don’t. Fallen will forever be topI enjoy the album’s aesthetics but overall it’s very slow and boring. Of course, ‘Call Me When You’re Sober’ and ‘Lithium’ are great tracks, but the rest of the album just doesn’t hold up for me. I find myself zoning out and wanting to skip after the first chorus/second verse of each track. I can understand if other fans love this album but I certainly don’t. Fallen will forever be top tier.… Expand
  4. HighRoad17
    Mar 26, 2021
    10
    A perfect body of work with some of the best songs in their career, much more mature than their debut
  5. Cristophersaram
    Aug 27, 2020
    10
    Este álbum tiene un sonido exquisito y han salido grandes canciónes desde este álbum, grandes hit de Evanescence, amy le su voz ws fantastica, altos increíbles, instrumentales preciosas unos de los mejores álbumes.
  6. annazxhir
    Oct 3, 2020
    10
    epic, bold, dark melancholy in some moments, heavy in others, the album is full of ups and downs with songs ranging from lively and heavy like Call Me When You're Sober and Weight of The World to songs filled with amazing instrumentations, chorus and eye-catching orchestras like Lacrymosa and Your Star, there are also the beautiful ballads Lithium and Like You which find beauty in pain andepic, bold, dark melancholy in some moments, heavy in others, the album is full of ups and downs with songs ranging from lively and heavy like Call Me When You're Sober and Weight of The World to songs filled with amazing instrumentations, chorus and eye-catching orchestras like Lacrymosa and Your Star, there are also the beautiful ballads Lithium and Like You which find beauty in pain and sadness and Good Enough that exalts love and happiness. A complete album that brings all the best that Evanescence can offer, each song is unique and different and obviously Amy Lee's vocals are the greatest highlight of the record. An easy A for me, 10/10!… Expand
  7. MAX4D
    Nov 23, 2020
    9
    The album was good and audible. The best album of this group is Fallen in my opinion
  8. FluffyL
    Dec 25, 2020
    10
    As amazing as Fallen. Fallen was the introduction to they music, The Open Door is the confirmation that they are amazing!
  9. luizfelipe_crf
    Feb 25, 2022
    10
    I love Amy Lee and Evanescence
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Awards & Rankings

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#20 Most Discussed Album of 2006
46
#46 Most Shared Album of 2006

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Metascore
61

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. Blender
    70
    Denser and more scuzzed-up than Fallen, the album amps everything up to gloriously epic, over-the-top proportions. [Oct 2006, p.129]
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  2. Billboard
    70
    Those who embraced "Fallen" will doubtlessly fall even harder into "The Open Door."
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  3. The New York Times
    50
    Many of these theatrical, midtempo songs run together.
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