seX-Power
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After getting used to BNE, I'd rate AWKIF slightly higher but it's still a great album. The only reason it's not the best is Misguided Ghosts, which severely dissappointed me.
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noumenon
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Misguided Ghosts is an incredible track. That song summed up the evolution of Paramore as musicians and Hayley as a lyricist/vocalist perfectly. Probably one of my favorites on the album.
seX-Power
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Compared to the rest of the album, and the rest of Paramore's songs, it bores me. I get that it has great melodies and Hayley's vocals are great as always, it just doesn't fit right in the album. It just seems underwhelming as a whole, with no real climax or sense of elevation. It doesn't make me feel anything when I listen to it.
Hometown Kid
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Are you trying to claim that Misery Business and CrushCrushCrush were great songs? I actually agree with your rankings on the albums, but those are not very good at all, even before the overplaying. At least you didn't say Fences. >_>
I honestly thought bne was pretty disappointing. Very average album, to say the least.
seX-Power
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Misery Business and crushcrushcrush are great POP songs.
And you would think it's dissappointing, you like shit like Fences.
Hometown Kid
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No they're not.
I have always said Fences is by far their worst song. Pretty much everyone agrees. (hence, "those songs are bad but at least you didn't say Fences." >_>) bne is only disappointing compared to AWKIF and Riot, is what I should of said, it's still better than most other things from most other bands. I really don't think there is a "great" song on the album. I like Where The Lines Overlap and Hayley has some of her best moments vocally on other say, but as songs on the whole, not exactly perfect.seX-Power
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Oops, I meant shit like Miracle. The 'Braden Walker' of Paramore, in it's genericness.
And Misery Business and crushcrushcrush are great pop songs. They got Paramore most of their fans, are catchy and fun to listen to- what great pop songs are.
btw Dylan- I'll check out DWA soon, but only if you check out my coming-soon BTB.
And Misery Business and crushcrushcrush are great pop songs. They got Paramore most of their fans, are catchy and fun to listen to- what great pop songs are.
btw Dylan- I'll check out DWA soon, but only if you check out my coming-soon BTB.
Hometown Kid
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Yeah, that was the only song they didn't sell out for on Riot. How is it generic? I guess every song of theirs is generic then...it's the subtle things that makes songs great, there are a billion songs that sound the same as every other song. That goes for any song by any band in a genre.
I don't really care how many fans they have, those were not good songs. No fun for me. D:
Kay.
Misery Business and Crushx3 are songs that make you want to sing and sideways headbang. (as I eluded to before) That was a Paramore anthem, I don't know if you can mention them without Misery.
On to a review for...
Boys Like Girls is a band I've always had mixed emotions towards. Honestly, Boys Like Girls is a pop band. They're more akin to The Jonas Brothers than to let's say There for Tomorrow. They have some really good pop songs, and occasionally put in some scene-rock. Like lots of bands, I guess I found them out before they got big. Their first album was pretty good at mixing rock and pop with "5 Minutes To Midnight" and "Dance Hall Drug" as upbeat songs and "Thunder" as a nice emo-ballad. Their songs had "radio-friendly" written all over. I had pretty big expectations towards LoveDrunk as a pop album, with such a strong debut.
The album starts off with 2 pretty good pop-rock songs. "Heart Heart Heartbreak" and "LoveDrunk" are obviously singles. But it feels as if I've heard these songs before. The pre-chorus to "Heartbreak" sounds like Bon Jovi's "It's My Life." And the chorus seems like something I've heard before, I'm thinking Head Automatica with the vocals. Nobody will notice anyway. As for LoveDrunk, that's obviously a song every teenage girl would love, good pop. But again, the chorus is comparable to "Somebody Told Me" by the Killers...
"I Used To Be lovedrunk, but now I'm hungover" = "Somebody told me that you had a boyfriend, that looked like a girlfriend"?
The next 3 songs, "Contagious", "Two Is Better Than one" and "She's Got A Boyfriend Now" show why they're a pop band. "She's Got a Boyfriend" is a Boys Like Girls song, quick breakdown, and sing a long chorus. The Taylor Swift ballad "Two Is Better Than One" is a pretty standard ballad, honestly. I legit thought it was the Jonas Brothers on first listen, but it's going to be a hit anyway, because anything Taylor touches turns to gold. "Contagious" is an attempt at a more rock song, but they end up sounding like Bowling for Soup. You'll hear that at Hollister eventually.
"Real Thing" is another song that's great for the radio, one of my favorites from the entire album. It would've fit perfectly on the last album. "Someone Like You" is where my expectations began to dwindle. It was another try at a ballad, but it didn't even seem like BLG. "Shot Heard Round The World" sounds like a scene Bon Jovi song again, not that's a bad thing. They go hard with that one, and that's the rock-est song on the entire album.
"The First One" is another slower song. Not anything special, but it does give a good message - "The First One is the worst one." "Chemicals Collide" is a good pop song, super catchy, nice lyrics. "Go" is the finale, another slow acoustic-ballad type song. It's weird, after the first 3 songs, the order is slow-fast-slow-fast on the listing. "Go" is the best acoustic song of them all. It's the breakup song every scene boy and girl will be listening to. Nice ending to the album.
Overall, this was a pretty good pop album. If you want a pop-rock, scene-pop band, listen to Relient K. This album was more ballad oriented than their debut record. The lyricism was simple at times, even for a pop song. Boys Like Girls is different because they're not afraid of being a pop band and make songs radio-friendly and often sounding like other pop acts. Would I have wanted a better follow up to their debut? Of course. But this band knows what they're doing, and that's not bad at all.
Favorite - Real Thing, She's Got a Boyfriend
Worst - The First One, Someone Like You
Next...
Relient K - Forget and Not Slow Down
On to a review for...
Boys Like Girls is a band I've always had mixed emotions towards. Honestly, Boys Like Girls is a pop band. They're more akin to The Jonas Brothers than to let's say There for Tomorrow. They have some really good pop songs, and occasionally put in some scene-rock. Like lots of bands, I guess I found them out before they got big. Their first album was pretty good at mixing rock and pop with "5 Minutes To Midnight" and "Dance Hall Drug" as upbeat songs and "Thunder" as a nice emo-ballad. Their songs had "radio-friendly" written all over. I had pretty big expectations towards LoveDrunk as a pop album, with such a strong debut.
The album starts off with 2 pretty good pop-rock songs. "Heart Heart Heartbreak" and "LoveDrunk" are obviously singles. But it feels as if I've heard these songs before. The pre-chorus to "Heartbreak" sounds like Bon Jovi's "It's My Life." And the chorus seems like something I've heard before, I'm thinking Head Automatica with the vocals. Nobody will notice anyway. As for LoveDrunk, that's obviously a song every teenage girl would love, good pop. But again, the chorus is comparable to "Somebody Told Me" by the Killers...
"I Used To Be lovedrunk, but now I'm hungover" = "Somebody told me that you had a boyfriend, that looked like a girlfriend"?
The next 3 songs, "Contagious", "Two Is Better Than one" and "She's Got A Boyfriend Now" show why they're a pop band. "She's Got a Boyfriend" is a Boys Like Girls song, quick breakdown, and sing a long chorus. The Taylor Swift ballad "Two Is Better Than One" is a pretty standard ballad, honestly. I legit thought it was the Jonas Brothers on first listen, but it's going to be a hit anyway, because anything Taylor touches turns to gold. "Contagious" is an attempt at a more rock song, but they end up sounding like Bowling for Soup. You'll hear that at Hollister eventually.
"Real Thing" is another song that's great for the radio, one of my favorites from the entire album. It would've fit perfectly on the last album. "Someone Like You" is where my expectations began to dwindle. It was another try at a ballad, but it didn't even seem like BLG. "Shot Heard Round The World" sounds like a scene Bon Jovi song again, not that's a bad thing. They go hard with that one, and that's the rock-est song on the entire album.
"The First One" is another slower song. Not anything special, but it does give a good message - "The First One is the worst one." "Chemicals Collide" is a good pop song, super catchy, nice lyrics. "Go" is the finale, another slow acoustic-ballad type song. It's weird, after the first 3 songs, the order is slow-fast-slow-fast on the listing. "Go" is the best acoustic song of them all. It's the breakup song every scene boy and girl will be listening to. Nice ending to the album.
Overall, this was a pretty good pop album. If you want a pop-rock, scene-pop band, listen to Relient K. This album was more ballad oriented than their debut record. The lyricism was simple at times, even for a pop song. Boys Like Girls is different because they're not afraid of being a pop band and make songs radio-friendly and often sounding like other pop acts. Would I have wanted a better follow up to their debut? Of course. But this band knows what they're doing, and that's not bad at all.
Favorite - Real Thing, She's Got a Boyfriend
Worst - The First One, Someone Like You
Next...
Relient K - Forget and Not Slow Down
Hometown Kid
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I knew you'd end up liking the album in the end, H4H. 
: I agree with most of what you said too. I thought the lead single was total suckage though. And "Chemicals Collide" was my favorite though, it's right up there with "Real Thing". I just hope that it doesn't take another 3 years to follow up on LD, because this really wasn't as good as their first one. I heard a rumor before it came out that some of their Heavy Heart demos could have made it on LD which never surfaced. If they would have cut the crap out and put some of those songs on, it would have been a lot better.
Looking forward to the Relient K review.
: I agree with most of what you said too. I thought the lead single was total suckage though. And "Chemicals Collide" was my favorite though, it's right up there with "Real Thing". I just hope that it doesn't take another 3 years to follow up on LD, because this really wasn't as good as their first one. I heard a rumor before it came out that some of their Heavy Heart demos could have made it on LD which never surfaced. If they would have cut the crap out and put some of those songs on, it would have been a lot better.Looking forward to the Relient K review.
LKP
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Breaking Benjamin - Dear agony
A brilliant album. As a big fan of Breaking Benjamin I thought a follow-up to Phobia would be difficult to pull off successfully but they've managed it. Good solid tracks get the album going, with Fade Away playing in my head long after I'd finished listening to it. Unlike many other albums out there that rely on a few good tracks to get on the radio only to then let you down with the rest of the content this keeps the quality throughout, slowing the tempo with Anthem of the Angels and Dear Agony only to pick it up straight away with the tracks that follow them.
This is one of those rare albums I come across where I find myself unable to hate any of the tracks, of course I like some more than others but there aren't any tracks here that I feel let the album down, it's a solid album in my eyes and is well worth the money and attention if you're a fan.
A brilliant album. As a big fan of Breaking Benjamin I thought a follow-up to Phobia would be difficult to pull off successfully but they've managed it. Good solid tracks get the album going, with Fade Away playing in my head long after I'd finished listening to it. Unlike many other albums out there that rely on a few good tracks to get on the radio only to then let you down with the rest of the content this keeps the quality throughout, slowing the tempo with Anthem of the Angels and Dear Agony only to pick it up straight away with the tracks that follow them.
This is one of those rare albums I come across where I find myself unable to hate any of the tracks, of course I like some more than others but there aren't any tracks here that I feel let the album down, it's a solid album in my eyes and is well worth the money and attention if you're a fan.
Album Reviews Rock
Damn I completely ignored the part of the title that said album cover and thought this was the album. Got my hopes up for nothing.
As for the cover, when I stare at it for a while, the red starts to over shadow the yellow on his face.
Damn I completely ignored the part of the title that said album cover and thought this was the album. Got my hopes up for nothing.
As for the cover, when I stare at it for a while, the red starts to over shadow the yellow on his face.
noumenon
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30 Seconds To Mars - This Is War
So one of the only acting/music crossovers Jared Leto and his 30 Second men are back with their latest effort, "This Is War" and damn was this album over due.
It's been four and a half years since we last heard anything new from the band who have been riding the success of their previous album "A Beautiful Lie" to great success as well as a legal brick wall over the past year.
30STM is a band that through their first two albums have shown pretty significant evolution, something that not too many bands can stake claim to. Their self titled debut was riddled with static guitar and ambient synth over tones backed by Jared's cutting vocal sustain. The album shocked many in sheer song writing quality. However, it was largely forgettable with only a few stand out tracks.
"A Beautiful Lie" was a little more raw and stripped down bringing the actual rock aspect of the band more to the forefront than the the ambient synth. Leto really hit it big as far as "single" quality goes with ABL and the band was able to ride the record for almost 5 years. One again though, there were several down points and forgettable moments to the album. However, legal trouble from a split and eventual reunion with their label took a toll on the band and their song writing process.
So "This Is War"... well is it? Well I'll tell you one thing, you'd hard be hard pressed to find a better electro/ambient rock record out there short of NIN. "This Is War" is undoubtedly 30STM's strongest effort to date. It seems as if Jared and the boys have really found a flawless mid ground between and catchy guitar hooks and ambient synth of the first two records. Honestly, it's probably a bit closer to the debut album as for as sound goes but the hugeness of these tracks is definitely a "Beautiful Lie" touch.
Mostly every track on the album clocks in at over 5 minutes, something pretty rare lately. The beauty of it though is that they all of the tracks work. None seemed to be forced above the 5 minute mark.
I don't know how much can be said about the album as it truly is one that needs to be listened to and taken in as a whole. And there it is, 30STM have finally made an album that will make you want to listen from beginning to end.
This Is War is both a progression and back tracking for 30STM and it works beautifully. Nothing more to say about this one, just get out there and pick it up.
So one of the only acting/music crossovers Jared Leto and his 30 Second men are back with their latest effort, "This Is War" and damn was this album over due.
It's been four and a half years since we last heard anything new from the band who have been riding the success of their previous album "A Beautiful Lie" to great success as well as a legal brick wall over the past year.
30STM is a band that through their first two albums have shown pretty significant evolution, something that not too many bands can stake claim to. Their self titled debut was riddled with static guitar and ambient synth over tones backed by Jared's cutting vocal sustain. The album shocked many in sheer song writing quality. However, it was largely forgettable with only a few stand out tracks.
"A Beautiful Lie" was a little more raw and stripped down bringing the actual rock aspect of the band more to the forefront than the the ambient synth. Leto really hit it big as far as "single" quality goes with ABL and the band was able to ride the record for almost 5 years. One again though, there were several down points and forgettable moments to the album. However, legal trouble from a split and eventual reunion with their label took a toll on the band and their song writing process.
So "This Is War"... well is it? Well I'll tell you one thing, you'd hard be hard pressed to find a better electro/ambient rock record out there short of NIN. "This Is War" is undoubtedly 30STM's strongest effort to date. It seems as if Jared and the boys have really found a flawless mid ground between and catchy guitar hooks and ambient synth of the first two records. Honestly, it's probably a bit closer to the debut album as for as sound goes but the hugeness of these tracks is definitely a "Beautiful Lie" touch.
Mostly every track on the album clocks in at over 5 minutes, something pretty rare lately. The beauty of it though is that they all of the tracks work. None seemed to be forced above the 5 minute mark.
I don't know how much can be said about the album as it truly is one that needs to be listened to and taken in as a whole. And there it is, 30STM have finally made an album that will make you want to listen from beginning to end.
This Is War is both a progression and back tracking for 30STM and it works beautifully. Nothing more to say about this one, just get out there and pick it up.
Wordlife
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