Editing Break the Cycle (section)

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| MC = 55/100<ref name="metacritic"/>
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{AllMusic |first=Michael |last=Gallucci |class=album |id=break-the-cycle-mw0000587620 |accessdate=July 17, 2011}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>Unfortunately, the production smoothes down the band's sharp edges to an overly polished finish. [Jun/Jul 2001, p.116]</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[E! Online|E!]]''
| rev3score = B<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010611015303/http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,2316,00.html|title=Staind - Break the Cycle|website=[[E! Online]]|date=22 May 2001|access-date=28 March 2025}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev4Score = C<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,281207,00.html |title=Break the Cycle Review |last=Morgan |first=Laura |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=May 11, 2001 |access-date=March 23, 2012 |archive-date=April 21, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421132746/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,281207,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Dotmusic]]''
| rev5score = 7/10<ref name="Yahoo">{{cite web |publisher=[[Yahoo! Music|Yahoo! Music UK]] |title=Staind - 'Staind - Break The Cycle (EastWest)' |first=Lisa |last=Oliver|date=August 20, 2001 |url=http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/l_reviews_a/21545.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041103000729/http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/l_reviews_a/21545.html |archive-date=November 3, 2004 |access-date=September 28, 2012}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Drowned in Sound]]''
| rev6score = 4/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drownedinsound.com/releases/2693/reviews/2080-|title=Staind - Break the Cycle|website=[[Drowned in Sound]]|last=Bezer |first=Terry|date=22 May 2001|access-date=28 March 2025}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Kerrang!]]''
| rev7Score = {{nowrap|{{Rating|2|5}} {{small|(2001)}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Shiels |first=Liam |date=May 19, 2001 |title=Dirty Deeds {{!}} Albums |magazine=[[Kerrang!]] |issue=853 |publisher=[[EMAP]] |page=46}}</ref>}}<br />{{nowrap|
{{Rating|4|5}} {{small|(2011)}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Garner |first=George |date=November 2011 |title=Staind: Break the Cycle |journal=[[Kerrang!]]: 666 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die! |publisher=[[Bauer Media Group]] |page=109}}</ref>}}
| rev8 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev8Score = 2/10<ref name=NME>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/staind/5560|title=Album Reviews - Staind : Break The Cycle|last=Pattison|first=Louis|magazine=[[NME]]|date=August 10, 2001|access-date=September 28, 2012}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev9Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>All this introspection wouldn't be so bad if Stained put a bit of oomph behind it, but the musical changes lack dynamism and frame the groaning vocals almost reverentially. [#180, p.111]</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev10Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |title=Staind: Break The Cycle: Music Review|first=Barry|last=Walters|issue=RS 870|date=June 7, 2001|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/staind/albums/album/259150/rid/6067362/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416123253/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/staind/albums/album/259150/review/6067362 |archive-date=April 16, 2008|url-status=dead |access-date=July 17, 2011}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}
Initial critical response ranged from mixed to average. At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[standard score|normalized]] rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 55, based on nine reviews.<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/break-the-cycle/staind/critic-reviews | title=Break the Cycle (2001): Reviews |work=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=CNET Networks, Inc |access-date=March 13, 2009}}</ref> Michael Gallucci of [[AllMusic]] gave ''Break the Cycle'' three out of five stars, saying, "Cycle is ultimately no more than 50 minutes of standard-issue desolation" and "Staind wraps up all this pain in deceivingly melodic packages, sort of like [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]'s "[[All Apologies]]" without the depth."<ref name="AllMusic" />