My PERSONAL review:
Music: a mix of pop/rock songs with a few ballads.
Lyrics: a story line well represented but with some lows and highs. Love the fact that the whole album is an unit. Each and every song finds its own place. Meat's emotional personal involvement on it is obvious!
Vocals: Meat's best for more than a decade!!!!!!!
- CHSIB: well written, treats one topic in a very intelligent way but don't like that much the music.
- DIST: love the constant rhythm changes. That song finds its real emotional way live, I'm affraid. Though it's one of my favorites.
- Why Isn't That Enough: a sweet ballad. I like it a lot but I wish it could be
rawer - only the piano for example without all these
parasite noises surrounding it. Love the vocals.
- Love You Out Loud: love it. Love the arrangements and specially these 5 keyboard notes after the first chorus.
- MOS: my favorite. A beautiful ballad, very passionate. Love the music and the lyrics. The arrangements are very
basic but it works!
- Intermezzo: the link between part one and part two...
- Testify:love the music and the lyrics, this song is a big metaphor!!! I don't like that much the gospel part, it spoils a bit the song though it fits the topic! Live that song is awesome! One of my favorites!
- Tear Me Down: ................... I like it but I'd rather to hear it live! it's linked to Testify and Forever Young...
- YWRIWW: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..... seriously, I love the vocals but I don't like the lyrics! Diane Warren has a mission: make you cry! but she misses it everytime! it's always full of pathos!!!!!
- Because Of You: that's the more flagrant example of a studio song! too pop! At some parts Meat is forcing his vocals on it.
- Do it!: very funny song! it rocks! a different sound for Meat! love it!
- Forever Young: simply beautiful! I wish I could hear it live!
- Mercury Blues: another funny song but with a rock and roll beat! very cool!
Patricia
... verdict: love it!
