We're Taking Over The World!
Posted May 14, 2010
By JJFrancesco_NRT, Staff Reviewer
Skillet returned to a harder rock sound with Alien Youth, and little did listeners know then that it would be Skillet's last album before storming through the musical gates of mainstream and into the household name of Christian rock they are today. They were always popular, but back when this released, the fame wasn't quite as strong as it would later become.
The album begins uniquely with the phrase, "It's beenm confirmed that the aliens have landed," and then the intense rock track kicks off.
Skillet slams into the fierce "Vapor," next before going to "Earth Invasion," which is very similar in theme to the title track.
"You Are My Hope," is Skillet's first slower song on the album and was a CCM radio gem that still gets a lot of airplay.
Intense rockers "Eating Me Away," and fan-favorite "Kill Me, Heal Me" follow. "The Thirst is Taking Over" serves as a slowbuilding track that eventually bursts into an epic finish. It's musically stunning but way too repetitive and overlong. Then, another slower track, "One Real Thing," which is the most rocky of the slower tracks.
I must admit, I am not a big fan of "Stronger" at all so me at least, it was a big miss for Skillet on this album. "Rippin Me Off" is great lyrically with it's militant stand against atheists, but musically it leaves me a little flat.
The album ends with two quiet and worshipful tracks in the form of "Will You Be There" and "Come My Way."
All in all, Skillet did a great job with this release. It isn't nearly as good as their later albums, and a major flaw in many songs is that they are overlong. But this is a great album for Skillet fans to see what Skillet sounded like right before they released the famous Collide and showed the industry what they were really made of. But even without that factor, this album still stands as very good on it's own merits. View All Music And Book Reviews By JJFrancesco_NRT | View JJFrancesco_NRT's Profile
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