Godsmack - Whiskey Hangover

[pen]

Going for adds June 15th. This is not, repeat NOT, a single from a new album, but written quickly to promote their upcoming run on Cruefest. There is every bit of chance it might end up on their fifth album, but since they haven't seriously started recording it, it's not clear. I imagine that they'll start knocking the album out after the tour is done, which means it won't be coming until probably late fall at the earliest, but more likely 2010.

[jvandyck87]

This sounds dangerously cock-rock. That's not so bad considering I feel like Godsmack is sorta an influence on the "badass-ness" of the genre anyway, and their last album was a huge step down from Faceless anyway.

[pen]

I agree here. Faceless was a very solid album. IV was somewhat disappointing. It had good songs but overall it was not a great package.

[jvandyck87]

I'll just rank the singles I remember, but I'll likely leave out a couple in doing so:

Whatever A
Serenity A
Re-Align A
Keep Away A- (The verse riff is a little too similar to Filter's verse riff on "Hey Man Nice Shot"
Bad Religion A-
Straight Out Of Line A-
Awake A-
Greed B+
Voodoo B+
Touche B+
Running Blind B
Bad Magick B
Speak C+
I Stand Alone C+
Shine Down C+
Enemy C

[pen]

I thought "Speak" and "Shine Down" were decent singles but I agree about "Enemy" and "I Stand Alone" being their weakest. Really I wonder if Godsmack is getting too predictable in their formula.

[Nicholas2.0]

01. I Stand Alone: A[/color]
02. Whatever: A-[/color]
03. Voodoo
04. Serenity: B+
05. Keep Away
06. Greed
07. Awake: B
08. Bad Religion
09. Bad Magick
10. Re-Align
11. Running Blind: B-
12. Straight Out of Line
13. Speak: C+
14. Good Times, Bad Times
15. Shine Down: C
16. The Enemy (I've barely heard it, though)
17. Touché

(Godsmack was too predictable in their formula ever since Awake. ;) And "I Stand Alone" for the win.)

[pen]

My favorite Godsmack single is actually "Re-Align".

[American Idiot]

I haven't been overly impressed with any of Godsmack's albums since their debut. I think "Faceless" was better than "Awake" and "IV" though. I just wish they'd release something that for once that sounded even slightly different than everything else released in the past. Every time I hear a Godsmack song on the radio now, unless it's a slower track like "Voodoo" or "Serenity," after the song is over, I almost completely forget what song I just heard because they all sound almost the same.

[Nicholas2.0]

Jun 8, 2009 1:12:39 GMT -5 American Idiot said:

I haven't been overly impressed with any of Godsmack's albums since their debut.

Yes. (Although I listened to it last month for the first time in years and it wasn't nearly as good as I remembered it. That was mostly due to its now-noticeably weak lyrics, though.)

Jun 8, 2009 1:12:39 GMT -5 American Idiot said:

I think "Faceless" was better than "Awake" and "IV" though.

I haven't gotten to my downloaded copy of Faceless yet, but I wasn't particularly impressed by my burned copy of Awake. (I remember "Spiral" was really solid, though.) I don't care to hear all of IV, but I'd like to hear half it, including the singles I already know.

Jun 8, 2009 1:12:39 GMT -5 American Idiot said:

I just wish they'd release something that for once that sounded even slightly different than everything else released in the past. Every time I hear a Godsmack song on the radio now, unless it's a slower track like "Voodoo" or "Serenity," after the song is over, I almost completely forget what song I just heard because they all sound almost the same.

I agree 100% with the first sentence. I don't think it's quite that extreme with me, in regards to the second sentence, but I absolutely know where you're coming from.

[halo19]

I'm not really a Godsmack fan and agree with AI's statement of how their songs all sound the same (and in fact I barely remember what the IV songs honestly sounded like). And what sucks more is when they claim that they are broadening their horizons, etc.

My singles track record for Godsmack is less consistent than some of you:
01. Voodoo: A-
02. Awake: B+
03. Keep Away
04. Running Blind: B-
05. Re-Align
06. Serenity: C+
07. Bad Magick
08. Good Times, Bad Times
09. Speak
10. Whatever: C
11. I Stand Alone (Sully's voice ruins this for me. A lot of their songs, actually.)
12. Bad Religion: C-
13. Touché: D+
14. Straight Out of Line
15. Greed: F (Cornball and stupid.)

[Pipa]

I haven't bothered to listen to all their singles because, quite frankly, they're all the same.

1. Voodoo A
2. I Stand Alone A
3. Straight Out of Line A-
4. Serenity A-
5. Awake A-
6. Whatever B+
7. Running Blind B+
8. Re-Align B
9. Keep Away B
10. Speak B
11. Touché B-
12. Shine Down B-
13. Good Times, Bad Times C
14. The Enemy C

[Nicholas2.0]

Jun 8, 2009 1:12:39 GMT -5 American Idiot said:

I just wish they'd release something that for once that sounded even slightly different than everything else released in the past.

I guess it is a little different for them in that it's got a more up-tempo, quicker groove to it, but that's hardly saying anything.

Bizarrely, as jvandyck87 pointed out, lyrically, this is dangerously cock-rock. And it struck me that this was never the kind of blatant lyrical fodder for them in the past and so now it sounds like they're cashing in on the gravy train created by Hinder and Buckcherry 2.0.

[metalfan87]

Today, it reached the Top 50 in Mediabase Active

NR 44 GODSMACK Whiskey Hangover 214 0 214 1.05

[Shadows in the Dark]

Top 40 on Mediabase Active

na 36 GODSMACK Whiskey Hangover Universal Republic 2009 301 0 301 5.8

[fran182]

Today, it reached top 50 on Mediabase Alternative:

- 50 GODSMACK Whiskey Hangover 184 - 184 0.714

27 stations playing.

[fran182]

Today, it reached top 40 on Mediabase Alternative:

197 38 GODSMACK Whiskey Hangover 264 18 246 1.034

35 stations playing.

Today, it reached top 20 on Mediabase Active:

98 19 GODSMACK Whiskey Hangover 709 19 690 3.108

66 stations playing.

[fran182]

Today, it reached top 10 on Mediabase Active:

29 10 GODSMACK Whiskey Hangover 1040 392 648 4.087

71 stations playing.

[jvandyck87]

While the lyrics are pretty "cocky," this sounds musically more up to par with the majority of their discography than did anything off IV or "Good Times Bad Times."

[aTunes]

Dammit, this better not block BITTG from #1 on Active. >:( All of Godsmack's stuff sounds the same to me (Serenity being the exception). They're so redundant, I wish they'd go away.

[lockebox]

haha. I'd wish Nickelback would go away actually and let something different hit #1. "Something In Your Mouth" and "Burn it to the Ground" are too similar, and are not top notch standard. Atleast if Godsmack got there it would be something a bit different rather than the top spot being held by Nickelback, Metallica or Shinedown.

[Shadows in the Dark]

Top 5 on Mediabase Active

8 5 GODSMACK Whiskey Hangover 1431 1198 233 4.944

[Matt4319]

Ever since I saw the title of the song, I had an aural image in my head of exactly how Sully would sing the line. I wasn't too far off, although the song is definitely faster-paced than I imagined.

[PHOBES]

Big letdown in my opinion. You can tell it was rushed, or at least ill-prepared.

[Cody]

Jul 6, 2009 21:38:50 GMT -5 PHOBES said:

Big letdown in my opinion. You can tell it was rushed, or at least ill-prepared.

well after all this is just a random non-album single

[lockebox]

No. 1 - Active

2 1 GODSMACK - Whiskey Hangover 1916 1840 76 7.128

[Cody]

probably the least discussed #1 on either format in a long time

[metalfan87]

I really hope it goes on the next album

[crve015]

The top of the active rock chart has been so weak the past couple weeks. That's all about to change with Breaking Benjamin, AIC, Creed, and now Three Days Grace storming up the chart.

This song is a disappointment. The fact that it allowed Cavo to reach #1 shows how weak it really is. I'm still looking forward to new material though.