Guess I've finally been able to think of better titles, eh? Well, anyway, I have recently gotten into the band Three Days Grace, having put every song from their new album One – X on my MP3 player.
Anyway, notice the title. Does it imply anything? Yes, the album is half the length of an average rock album. I was playing the second-to-last level on Star Fox Assault while listening to it. It's a long level, surely…but not long enough to excusably complete an entire rock album before completing the level. This is a major problem because I really liked the album, sans about three of the twelve songs. Anyway, here are the songs:
It's All Over
Pain
Animal I Have Become
Never Too Late
On My Own
Riot
Get Out Alive
Let It Die
Over and Over
Time of Dying
Gone Forever
One – X
The song that opens the album, It's All Over, is pretty good. Speaking out against drug abuse, it is a good way to open the album. It opens with a soft synthesizer tune, and then making a transition to noisy guitar, after which it goes acoustic. Transitions between loud rock guitar and soft acoustic guitar are something you'll see a lot of in the album. Though it opened well, the second song is, ummm….
"Paiiiiiiin, without love,
Paiiiiiiiiin, I can't get enough,
Paiiiiiin, I like it rough,
Cause I'd rather feel pain than nothing at all."
Ugh. Yes, those were lyrics from the second song of the album, entitled, surprise surprise, Pain. The very beginning isn't a good start to the song, but at least the song gets better as you listen.
Thankfully, the third song, Animal I Have Become, is One – X's gem. Following in the style of bands such as Linkin Park and, in some ways (thankfully not many), the album's previous song, it is an angst-stricken tune about someone having become very angry at the world and mean, and wanting his family and friends to help him out of this. At least, that's the way I see it.
Never Too Late is the song you've probably heard a lot of if you've been listening to the radio for the past month or so. It's actually the SECOND best song of the album. Once again, some angst touches. The story is about a person's girlfriend/wife hating her life and wanting to commit suicide, although the person the song is about is trying to convince her not to.
However, with many albums I review, with every string of good songs comes a bad song at the end. Riot is probably the WORST song on the album. OK, so, would you be so mad at people who dislike you that you would want to start a riot? Really? Well, then, LET'S START A RIOT!! LET'S START A RIOT!! And so on, and so forth. Seriously, it's that dumb. At least the rest of the songs are good…
Sans Gone Forever. The evil doppelganger of Never Too Late, the song is about a person who is HAPPY his girlfriend/wife is dead because it means he can "get drunk and fight" and do stuff like that. The music sounds okay, but the lyrics are abysmal.
Best Songs:
Animal I Have Become
Never Too Late
Time of Dying
One – X
Good Songs:
It's All Over
On My Own
Get Out Alive
Let It Die
Over and Over
Worst Songs:
Pain
Riot
Gone Forever
Overall, One – X receives a 4 out of 5. Those three bad songs aren't a big deal; the album just should have been a lot longer.
Anyway, notice the title. Does it imply anything? Yes, the album is half the length of an average rock album. I was playing the second-to-last level on Star Fox Assault while listening to it. It's a long level, surely…but not long enough to excusably complete an entire rock album before completing the level. This is a major problem because I really liked the album, sans about three of the twelve songs. Anyway, here are the songs:
It's All Over
Pain
Animal I Have Become
Never Too Late
On My Own
Riot
Get Out Alive
Let It Die
Over and Over
Time of Dying
Gone Forever
One – X
The song that opens the album, It's All Over, is pretty good. Speaking out against drug abuse, it is a good way to open the album. It opens with a soft synthesizer tune, and then making a transition to noisy guitar, after which it goes acoustic. Transitions between loud rock guitar and soft acoustic guitar are something you'll see a lot of in the album. Though it opened well, the second song is, ummm….
"Paiiiiiiin, without love,
Paiiiiiiiiin, I can't get enough,
Paiiiiiin, I like it rough,
Cause I'd rather feel pain than nothing at all."
Ugh. Yes, those were lyrics from the second song of the album, entitled, surprise surprise, Pain. The very beginning isn't a good start to the song, but at least the song gets better as you listen.
Thankfully, the third song, Animal I Have Become, is One – X's gem. Following in the style of bands such as Linkin Park and, in some ways (thankfully not many), the album's previous song, it is an angst-stricken tune about someone having become very angry at the world and mean, and wanting his family and friends to help him out of this. At least, that's the way I see it.
Never Too Late is the song you've probably heard a lot of if you've been listening to the radio for the past month or so. It's actually the SECOND best song of the album. Once again, some angst touches. The story is about a person's girlfriend/wife hating her life and wanting to commit suicide, although the person the song is about is trying to convince her not to.
However, with many albums I review, with every string of good songs comes a bad song at the end. Riot is probably the WORST song on the album. OK, so, would you be so mad at people who dislike you that you would want to start a riot? Really? Well, then, LET'S START A RIOT!! LET'S START A RIOT!! And so on, and so forth. Seriously, it's that dumb. At least the rest of the songs are good…
Sans Gone Forever. The evil doppelganger of Never Too Late, the song is about a person who is HAPPY his girlfriend/wife is dead because it means he can "get drunk and fight" and do stuff like that. The music sounds okay, but the lyrics are abysmal.
Best Songs:
Animal I Have Become
Never Too Late
Time of Dying
One – X
Good Songs:
It's All Over
On My Own
Get Out Alive
Let It Die
Over and Over
Worst Songs:
Pain
Riot
Gone Forever
Overall, One – X receives a 4 out of 5. Those three bad songs aren't a big deal; the album just should have been a lot longer.
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