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"It's loud and relatively mindless. The lyricism is nearly non-existent, defaulting to relationship issues and devious sexual topics, and the music composition is reflective of catering to a broad general audience. Worse still is Chad Kroeger's consistently constipated vocals and lazy enunciation....""It's loud and relatively mindless. The lyricism is nearly non-existent, defaulting to relationship issues and devious sexual topics, and the music composition is reflective of catering to a broad general audience. Worse still is Chad Kroeger's consistently constipated vocals and lazy enunciation.
The closest things to unique lyrics on this album include the nostalgia seeping through "Photograph", the (not so subtle) satire "Rockstar", and the grotesque (and not in a good way) comedy-story "Animals". None of these can be salvaged, though. The imagery used in "Photograph" is juvenile, the gravelly, grating way Kroeger sings "Rockstar" makes me gag, and "Animals" is deplorable.
"Side of a Bullet" and "Someone That You're With" are pointless filler, and most of the rest of the album is underwhelming.
Slightly better executed are "If Everyone Cared", "Saving Me" and "Far Away", which, admittedly, are personal guilty 'pleasures'. Typical idealistic why's-the-world-so-mean-why-can't-we-all-get-along outcry, hopeful I-can-change-my-ways tale of redemption, and mushy we're-parted-but-I-still-love-you-and-want-you-back romance ballad, respectively.
I still can't get over how bad the vocals are and how predictable the instrumentation is... a band can afford terrible lyrics if they can compensate somehow. Nickelback fails to do this.
Highlights: nothing really, but if I had to choose
"If Everyone Cared" - 70/100 [for Kroeger's attempt at lyricism]
"Savin' Me" - 70/100 [for the lyricism and execution]
"Far Away" - 65/100 [for the melody]
"Rockstar" - 60/100 [for its social commentary]"[+]Reply
"A very good pop album. Varied and long enough not to sound too generic and 'pretty', strong melodic knowhow, a few more ordinary songs in a very codified genre makes it just short of 'excellent'. If you like 80s college pop-rock, power-pop and the Paisley Underground scene, by all means check thi...""A very good pop album. Varied and long enough not to sound too generic and 'pretty', strong melodic knowhow, a few more ordinary songs in a very codified genre makes it just short of 'excellent'. If you like 80s college pop-rock, power-pop and the Paisley Underground scene, by all means check this out."[+]Reply
"I respectfully have to disagree with BEA contributer Fischman regarding the Wilson sisters descent into mediocrity with this album. While it is true that they began to often rely on Record company shill songwriters like Diane Warren and Billy Steinberg to pen most of their songs, Ann and Nancy co...""I respectfully have to disagree with BEA contributer Fischman regarding the Wilson sisters descent into mediocrity with this album. While it is true that they began to often rely on Record company shill songwriters like Diane Warren and Billy Steinberg to pen most of their songs, Ann and Nancy continued to compose a fair share of their own material as in the "Dog and Butterfly"/"Dreamboat Annie" days - (and performance-wise the women could still belt out estrogen amped Zeppelinesque cuts with abandon.) The last two songs on this album did not get the attention they deserved, over-shadowed by the glammed up public adoration heaped on "Alone" and "Who Will I Run To", yet a closer listen reveals solid Heart melodies and lyricism equally worthy of praise that had been previously awarded to "Barracuda"-like and "Crazy On You"-like hits. Contributing to these two songs was long-time collaborator Sue Ennis who has been writing with the Wilson sisters since the beginning."[+]Reply
"May21. Over two years after this was out, so let's see what I think. In that time I have added the title track, 'The One You Know' and 'Never fade' to my 2018 H100 lists. I remember thinking that the album lacked variety and I did not like as much as previous albums. But it also took time for me ...""May21. Over two years after this was out, so let's see what I think. In that time I have added the title track, 'The One You Know' and 'Never fade' to my 2018 H100 lists.
I remember thinking that the album lacked variety and I did not like as much as previous albums. But it also took time for me to love 'The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here' too. I also remember wishing they would return to putting a few of their faster, shorter songs on albums: everythign here is four-and-a-half minutes or longer.
'The One You Know' is a solid opener, but the riffs of 'Ranier Fog' really got my attention. There is some great sounds on this one. I like the vocals too. I have grown to like 'Fly' over time, but alongside the other songs here, it blends in.
'Drone' does exactly that and goes for too long and the next couple of tracks seem to merge with it. 'Maybe' sounds a little like 'Fly' and stands out a little with it's slower tempo. 'So Far Under' has a good riff, as does 'Never Fade', but the latter also has a very good chorus. Not sure the long 'All I Am' was needed at the end.
Too much of this album has a similar tone and speed. This really needs some shorter belters like 'Dam That River', 'Them Bones' or even 'Would?' It all just blends together, which some might see as a strength, but this is not the only sound I like from this band. 3/5"[+]Reply