pen
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Post by pen on Aug 7, 2009 20:53:27 GMT -5
I always felt Songs To Burn Your Bridges By was a much better overall album than Truthless.
And I completely disagree with you about Billy Talent only making one good album. All their work is good. I've been rockin the new album off and on since I got it. "Rusted From the Rain", "Tears Into Wine", "White Sparrows", "Pocketful Of Dreams", "Diamond On A Landmine", and "Definition Of Destiny" all stand out to me. And from the first album, who could forget "This Is How It Goes", "Living In The Shadows", "River Below", "Standing In The Rain", "Cut The Curtains", "Nothing To Lose", or "Voices Of Violence"? Truly a totally underrated band.
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Post by onefrayedrepublic on Aug 7, 2009 20:53:33 GMT -5
Close runner-up SICK PUPPIES -- Dressed Up As Life
Though they brought us Free Hugs, this Australian band offers so much more. While they can do power-packed hard rock with the best of them "My World", the band also can hit the softer notes in perfect stride. You'd think a song like "What Are You Looking For" was filler on first listen, but it ends up having deep lyrics, a strong melody and an irritatingly memorable hook. This album also has fun and quirky songwriting, songs like "Cancer", "Howard's Tale" and "The Bottom" sound different from most of their peer's fare. The songs don't run together, with memorably blunt lyrics "Asshole Father" and "Howard's Tale" and well-written songs covering a wide range of musical territory. I don't know what possessed the band to write the terrible letdown that was "Tri-Polar"... only "Riptide" is worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as even the worst of Dressed Up As Life's songs.
Recommended Songs: My World !!!, Anywhere But Here, All The Same, Asshole Father, Issues
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