Presents The Christmas Classics EP
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House Of Heroes In lieu of last year's turning point for the band, House of Heroes has been doing their darnedest to make sure you remember them, all through a series of three 3-song EPs. First it was acoustic, then it...
Family Force 5's Christmas Pageant
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FF5 (formerly Family Force 5) It seems that every year I hear yet another person expressing their hate for Christmas music. After all, it's the same classics spelled the same different ways, by the same voices. For these people, there's...
Hello Hurricane
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Switchfoot I'll admit it. After such a long drought of a solid album (their whole career), and the recent draught of even a decent album (Since 'Beautiful Letdown'), I kind of gave up on Switchfoot. Add to that the...
Good Live Album | Posted July-30-2007
What makes a live album? The crowd. Simple as that. If you don't have a great crowd who will sing back to you, and cheer at the right time, than the live album fails. Fortunately, this album has a good crowd, seen better, but good.
"Died and Rose" is better than the studio version in so many ways. The first half of the record is good, but it isn't that great toward the middle, but the end brings it home with a bang. NEW PARODIES! "With A Harp David Writes" is a great energetic song, and the crowd loves it, even though it's totally new. The highlight however is "Walk On Water". The crowd's reaction to the famous guitar riff is incredible, and for good reason. This is a great parody by Apologetix, and works best live, a studio version wouldn't have been half as good. The album ends with "Found God", which is OK, but I'm not impressed, especially since I wasn't a big fan of the original.
Overall, a great live album. Apologetix knows how to put on a show. I would make the effort to go to one of their concerts, but it all depends on the set list. Get a list of songs you don't know, or like, and the experience isn't that great. By the way, they need to work on their stage banter.
Best Album? Please... | Posted July-30-2007
This album gets boring toward the end. The first couple of songs are good, but the rest is just OK. Nothing that interest me. The special edition is good for long time fans, with the following of the band, and a behind the scenes look. But overall, not their best album, but STUPENDOUS compared to the rest of the stuff they've come out with so far in the decade. Still looking for the old Newsboys.
A Great Pop Album | Posted July-30-2007
Don't tell anybody this, but I like this album. This is one of the best Pop albums I've ever heard. Joy Williams has a great voice, and brings such emotion to her songs. Better song writing really helps this release compared to her earlier work.
Only major problem is the length, I would have liked more songs, more bang for the buck. Some songs are better than others considerably, but they are still good.
Overall, a great Pop album, not totally formulatic, and don't even get me started on the album insert. Whoa! But it, love it, listen to it, look at it.
Bad Punk Rock | Posted July-30-2007
"Me And Jesus" is the best track on the album, with great lyrics, and the passion behind the song. Bad thing is the rest of the album falls into it's own formula, and one that you tire of VERY fast. Stop after five tracks, you've heard the basic sound. Creatively is badly needed on this album, change up the formula. The next album should be a complete departure from their first two albums, do hard rock, or no rock. Do something different. This isn't a sophomore slump, because their first album wasn't much better.
One Good Song | Posted July-30-2007
"Run" is a great song. Unfortunately the rest of the album is just a bad rock album. Nothing interesting, nothing new, nothing that strikes you as good. So a bad debut for Kutless, which makes since since self-titled albums usually turn out bad anyways. Relient K, Kutless, Lifehouse, all turned out bad. This is no exception.
Like The Album Cover | Posted July-30-2007
Building 429 really has fallen off the map. Their debut was good, their sophomore was OK, and nobody has heard this one, but I hear it's bad. This is a shame because the album cover has to be one of the best of the year. New category in the Dove Awards for album covers?
I haven't heard one song off this album on radio. What happened? JFH gave the album a bad review. What happened? Most of their hardcore fans are being driven off. Bad mistake.
Overall, Building 429 is now a memory. Thanks for the memories, it was a nice run, but you could have ended your run with more than a nice album cover.
Buy "Oceans From The Rain" | Posted July-27-2007
I'll make this short. Buy "Oceans From The Rain" because it's one of the most powerful modern worship songs out there. Skip the rest of the album, the rock has been done, and this is nothing new. Besides, it's too much hard rock.
The Trailer Of Relient K | Posted July-27-2007
Ever sit in the movie theater and tell the person sitting next to you, that looks good, or, want to see that? Why do we do that? I mean we don't sit in front of the TV and say, I don't think I'm going to get that, I mean it has Billy Mays, but hey, it might not take out wine stains that well. Anyways, back to Relient K. This is a 5-buck trailer. Do you want to pay 5-bucks for a trailer? No.
And that's all this is, a trailer, it shows most of the good stuff for the main feature, but maybe leaves out one good thing. And like many trailers, their's something that isn't in the main feature. So, that's all this is, a trailer. If you want a trailer for a CD you already have, go ahead, it's your money. And the extra thing isn't worth the money, in fact, the song isn't even truly "Live". The only reason to get this is so you can have every Relient K album ever. That's it.
Only OK | Posted July-26-2007
When I first heard the song "Back To You" I fell in love. I loved everything about the song, the lyrics, the message, the singer, the melody, I give the song five stars. However when I heard the rest of the album, my interest in the band fell apart.
Disclaimer: I'm not a hard rock fan.
Since I don't like hard, or grunge rock, I didn't like the album. I thought all of the songs except for "Back To You", were only OK, nothing to write home about, nothing original or outstanding. Just OK. Nothing wrong with OK, but hey, it isn't five-star either. So get "Back To You", skip the rest of the album, and save yourself 45 minutes, and ten bucks.
WARNING! BAD CD To Drive To! | Posted July-24-2007
Fact: The British like to dance.
Fact: This album is so pumped with adrenaline, it's bad to drive to this. You'll find yourself doing 100 MPH. Yes, it's that good. "Open My Eyes" is pure adrenaline, say goodbye to coffee, because this is a pure action song. You'd expect it to be played in huge action movie scene, like a high-speed car chase.
"Lifelight" is a song that actually has lyrics, but that doesn't hinder the song, as it's still a great dance song, and it could fit right in with the club scene. The rest of the album is filled with great beats, and cool vibes. Overall, a great unique album for the Christian music industry. This album is so cool on every level, even Andy Hunter's name sounds totally cool. I just wish more people could hear him. So try it out, but don't drive to it. You'll get a ticket.
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