Instruct: Classify the given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: Great Sophmore Release

So many bands fall into the sophmore slump. However, A Perfect Circle take the "curse of the second record" and kick it into oblivion!! This album isn't better than Mer De Noms, it's a perfect progression from it. The band seems tighter, some guitar sounds have become signature (listen to the guitar at the beginning of "Crimes", then listen to "Brena" from the 1st one), and the vocals are just....listening to Maynard sing is like butter melting on a bagel...so smooth and absorbing...he really is probably the best singer in modern rock. Anyway, pick this album up, you won't regret it.