Track 1: If it wasn't for hate...
This is just an intro, but it's not bad.
6/10
2: Dstryr/Dstryr
Weird, in the same year, both Lostprophets and MCR release an album track with the word "Destroyer" being spelled badly...
Anyway, this is a really good song. The guitar riff at the start flows well from the last song, the chorus is great and the lyrics actually make a song. My only gripe is the verse vocals sounding like Ian Watkins is whispering, but trying to shout at the same time. The end of the song sounds a lot like Bulls on Parade, and also flows perfectly into...
8/10
3: It's not the end of the world, but I can see it from here.
Okay seriously, quit it with the long titles.
Opening riff is great, I'm really liking how dark this album sounds. Ian is actually singing the verse to this one. Good. Song sounds perfect, but what's the point of having an interlude if you're just going to repeat the chorus again?
8/10
4: Where We Belong
Clearly they were listening to U2 when they wrote the start of this song.
Yep, he actually did the same "hoooooo" from With or Without You. I don't care, I love that song. I mean, I love Shadow of the Day and that's pretty much a blatant ripoff, this sounds more like a tribute to U2.
Weird, the structure of this song gives it 2 parts, that could be considered a chorus, and the end is them being sung over eachother. I like it.
7/10
5:Next stop Atro City
I only just got the joke in the title.
Oh god, the scream/whisper is back. This one's a lowlight. Just because the word Atrocity is in the song title, doesn't mean you have to shout it randomly.
1/10
6:For He's a Jolly Good Felon
Weak weak WEAK title joke.
They started playing this song live in 2006, surely they had time since then to rework it/not phone in the album tracks? I'll admit though, I really like the chorus.
After the main part of this song finishes, there's a 2 minute long interlude, which could probably go to replacing the entire song.
7: AC Ricochet
Lostprophets doing a heavy metal song? Nice. This is their heaviest song since Shinobi. I think that the last 2 songs must have deliberately been awful so they could hightlight how good this one is. Weirdest thing is, this is only actually on the special edition of the album.
My rating?
8:A Better Nothing
I think they must have been trolling with tracks 5 and 6, because these last 2 sell the album on their own. This sounds perfect. If you can make songs of this quality, then stop dropping turds like those other 2.
9/10
9: Streets of Nowhere
So now we have a U2 tribute and a Jam tribute? Prohets really know their musical history. This sounds like A Town Called Malice for the modern generation.
10: Dirty Little Heart
Notbad/10 Ends with another long interlude
11: Sunshine
OK, clearly they've had an argument with the producers that ended with them getting to spread the good songs out, rather than placing them all at the start (Killers, I'm looking in your direction)
I'm really loving the lead guitar's sound on this album. Whatever effect he's using, I NEED to get it.
12: Darkest Blue
See what I mean? this is the second to last song, and it's almost as good as AC Ricochet. Probably the only actually cheery sounding song on this album. This is good, because the last album was absolutely full of them.
13: The Light that Burns Twice as Bright...
...burns 20 minutes long?
Okay, I'll try to listen, but I'm not making any promises.
After about 5 minutes, the song starts being taken over by a robot repeatedly saying "fail", and then stops completely after 6.
*fast forwards*
Okay, it's now 11 minutes in, and some synth stuff has started, but the robot is back too. This gradually turns into something that reminds me of Coma White, and it sounds really sweet, but it then fades into some 90s trip hop. Oookay? Random. Then there's some piano music, so I'm guessing this is just 10 minutes of them being bored.
Don't really know what to say about that song, apart from that it is followed on my Media Player by Shinobi, and they flow surprisingly well.
Overall Rating: 7/10. There were some really good songs on there, but they're let down by the crap.
psst, change 'dongs' to 'songs' in the last paragraph :P
ReplyDeleteI like the layout of the review, it's more original than anything else I've read- being honest- but I think you should go into detail more about what the songs sound like.
As a written review, your readers probably won't have heard the album first and all they know about a particular song is 'This is just an intro, but it's not bad.'
It reads more like a video transcript in the style of writing you've done, it needs more descriptors in my opinion.
Nice to read though, don't get me wrong.