It’s been many months since I did my last music review, for Inhuman Rampage, by Dragonforce (2006). Now, I’m back with a review for Good Charlotte’s new album Good Morning Revival (2007)! I’ve also noticed how cheesy my review titles have been lately, although this is the best I got…
Though I’ve never really been particularly interested in Good Charlotte, I’ve always liked them. The Anthem and Girls and Boys were the main two songs I ever heard, although I may have heard others in my life. During Thanksgiving of last year, I watched the Thanksgiving Parade, where I saw Good Charlotte performing Dance Floor Anthem live. This ultimately got me interested in their new album, which I ultimately ended up getting.
There are a total of 15 songs on the album, and they are:
Good Morning Revival
Misery
The River
Dance Floor Anthem (I Don’t Wanna Be in Love)
Keep Your Hands off My Girl
Victims of Love
Where Would We Be Now
Break Apart Her Heart
All Back
Beautiful Place
Something Else
Broken Hearts Parade
March On
Keep Your Hands off My Girl (remix)
Face the Strange
Although, most of the time, the song which an album is named after is the album’s lead single, although Good Morning Revival is just a short intro with harmonizing voices like a chorus. Once that’s over, Misery plays. During that song, you can tell that Good Charlotte is going in a different direction from their previous songs (at least, the ones I've heard). The song, and the rest of the album has more electronica and sounds a lot more like pop. I don’t like pop, but I do like most of the album.
The fourth track on the album, called Dance Floor Anthem (I Don’t Wanna Be in Love), is probably my favorite Good Charlotte song. It tells the story of a woman who breaks up with her husband, despite the fact that the husband was trying to keep her happy any way he could. The sound of the guitar at some points is reminiscent of 80’s pop, although it goes perfectly with the rest of the song. Unfortunately, Keep Your Hands off My Girl comes after that. It is a mix of punk and rap…mostly rap. It also has a remix later on in the album, which isn’t much better. Just avoid both versions at all costs. Although Victims of Love is a lot better than the previous song, it is too heavy on the “teeny bop” influence, techno sounds dominating the song and thus making it the second worst song on the album.
Fortunately, Where Would We Be Now helps to get the bad taste of the previous two songs out of your mouth. With soft keyboard music, and soft, harmonizing vocals, it’s one of the more sincere songs on the album. Break Apart Her Heart returns to the rock-pop sound, however. All Black tells the story of a person who has a gothic girlfriend, who has caused him to become a goth himself. Though fast paced, it has a more melancholy tune and lyrics, akin to Misery, which carries on to Beautiful Place.
Great Songs:
Misery
Dance Floor Anthem (I Don’t Wanna Be in Love)
Where Would We Be Now
All Black
Good Songs:
Good Morning Revival
The River
Break Apart Her Heart
Beautiful Place
Something Else
Broken Hearts Parade
March On
Face the Strange
Bad Songs:
Keep Your Hands off My Girl
Victims of Love
Keep Your Hands off My Girl (remix)
Overall, Good Charlotte’s new album Good Morning Revival receives a 3 out of 5. Although not outstanding, the album does have some real winners.
Though I’ve never really been particularly interested in Good Charlotte, I’ve always liked them. The Anthem and Girls and Boys were the main two songs I ever heard, although I may have heard others in my life. During Thanksgiving of last year, I watched the Thanksgiving Parade, where I saw Good Charlotte performing Dance Floor Anthem live. This ultimately got me interested in their new album, which I ultimately ended up getting.
There are a total of 15 songs on the album, and they are:
Good Morning Revival
Misery
The River
Dance Floor Anthem (I Don’t Wanna Be in Love)
Keep Your Hands off My Girl
Victims of Love
Where Would We Be Now
Break Apart Her Heart
All Back
Beautiful Place
Something Else
Broken Hearts Parade
March On
Keep Your Hands off My Girl (remix)
Face the Strange
Although, most of the time, the song which an album is named after is the album’s lead single, although Good Morning Revival is just a short intro with harmonizing voices like a chorus. Once that’s over, Misery plays. During that song, you can tell that Good Charlotte is going in a different direction from their previous songs (at least, the ones I've heard). The song, and the rest of the album has more electronica and sounds a lot more like pop. I don’t like pop, but I do like most of the album.
The fourth track on the album, called Dance Floor Anthem (I Don’t Wanna Be in Love), is probably my favorite Good Charlotte song. It tells the story of a woman who breaks up with her husband, despite the fact that the husband was trying to keep her happy any way he could. The sound of the guitar at some points is reminiscent of 80’s pop, although it goes perfectly with the rest of the song. Unfortunately, Keep Your Hands off My Girl comes after that. It is a mix of punk and rap…mostly rap. It also has a remix later on in the album, which isn’t much better. Just avoid both versions at all costs. Although Victims of Love is a lot better than the previous song, it is too heavy on the “teeny bop” influence, techno sounds dominating the song and thus making it the second worst song on the album.
Fortunately, Where Would We Be Now helps to get the bad taste of the previous two songs out of your mouth. With soft keyboard music, and soft, harmonizing vocals, it’s one of the more sincere songs on the album. Break Apart Her Heart returns to the rock-pop sound, however. All Black tells the story of a person who has a gothic girlfriend, who has caused him to become a goth himself. Though fast paced, it has a more melancholy tune and lyrics, akin to Misery, which carries on to Beautiful Place.
Great Songs:
Misery
Dance Floor Anthem (I Don’t Wanna Be in Love)
Where Would We Be Now
All Black
Good Songs:
Good Morning Revival
The River
Break Apart Her Heart
Beautiful Place
Something Else
Broken Hearts Parade
March On
Face the Strange
Bad Songs:
Keep Your Hands off My Girl
Victims of Love
Keep Your Hands off My Girl (remix)
Overall, Good Charlotte’s new album Good Morning Revival receives a 3 out of 5. Although not outstanding, the album does have some real winners.
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