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Buying Audioslave's new album, the imaginatively titled Revelations was a big mistake. I bought the first album, really enjoyed and even ended up going to one of their gigs. The second was admittedly a little bit of a disappointment, considering it was just more of the same, but it was still fairly enjoyable.
Then, the third album. Hah.
This is really, pitifully average. No, it's below average. Tom Morello is doing the same thing he's been doing for the past ten years, except now he seems to be phoning it in. None of the tracks are catchy, lively or explosive as Cochise, Be Yourself and likewise the emotional intensity of Like a Stone is never matched in the new album. Chris Cornell's vocals are still impressive but the unimaginative guitar riffs that accompany him are pretty doze inducing.
I wanted to like the album, desperately, but I've only ended up listening to it in its whole about twice.
I also bought the new Evanescence album. I know that they're often chastised for being the latest manufactured emo band, but Amy Lee's vocals and Ben Moody's catchy melodies made me listen to the first album excessively. Without Moody, the second album falls flat and excepting two or three tracks its a homogenous emo-pop affair with several indistinguishable tracks. Worst of all, Lee's vocals rarely reach the same level of excellence as does she recorded for the first album.
I should really stop buying CDs that I hope will be good. |
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