Classic Rock Bottom


  My Rating System:

  0 Stars - Don't bother, I always skip it.

  1 Star - It's okay, but I might skip it.

  2 Stars - Good song. Would not skip it.

  3 Stars - Outstanding song. Top notch. You must hear it. 


  1. Ties That Bind ***

  2. Come To Life ***

  3. Brand New Start ***

  4. Buried Alive **

  5. Coming Home *

  6. Before Tomorrow Comes ***

  7. Rise Today ***

  8. Blackbird ***

  9. One By One ***

 10. Watch Over You ***

 11. Break Me Down ***

 12. White Knuckles ***

 13. Wayward One **


So with Alter Bridge's brand new CD hot in the hands of Scott, Niels and myself, we had some discussion and I decided to do a special edition AOTW featuring their previous effort. That would be 2007's Blackbird. I
would be issuing an understatement if I said I really like this album,
'cause I really, really, really like it. I did some reading concerning
the album on Wikipedia, and I discovered that Myles Kennedy was more
involved in making this album than their debut. It seems as though he's a
very good guitar player and songwriter as well. He and Mark Tremonti
shared songwriting duties, with Tremonti writing the music and Kennedy
writing the lyrics, along with the other band members making
contributions to the arrangements. And I agree with Wikipedia's
assessment that this album is heavier than the first. "White Knuckles"
is very heavy, but most of the songs vary from the acoustic sound to the
heavy sound, which I really like.


As you can see from the track list, I have 10 of the 13 songs marked as outstanding. I love the start to "Ties That Bind", which is also a quite heavy song. "Rise Today" was the first single from the album and I
do remember hearing it on the radio a couple of years ago. "Blackbird"
is sort of epic to me, and just a fantastic song. "One By One" is about
the fallen hero, which makes it a great song anyway. My favorite song on
the album is "Watch Over You". This is beautiful lyrically and
musically.


Overall, this is just a fantastic album.  Musically speaking, the band is very tight.  Vocally speaking, the band is very tight.  As far as songwriting goes, the band is very tight.  Do you understand what I'm saying?  Anyway, I like the artwork as well, and this only came out in 2007, so you'll have no trouble finding it.


***Click this link to listen to Blackbird by Alter Bridge***

Views: 98

Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion

Looking forward to this tomorrow... Thanks RJ!
Anytime bro....
Jep, Thanks RJhog. I will listen ASAP. I'm VERY busy at work, at the moment, so it might take a while.
You are welcome my friend...
Just for fun, I found this version of Watch Over You on Youtube. It's Alter Bridge with Christina Scabbia from Lacuna Coil. What do you think?

This is very,VERY good!! I will definetly buy this album!!!

One thing though, RJhog: You're LEAST favorite-track is "Coming home"????? After one listening, it's my FAVORITE!!!!?
Well, that's why I recommend listening for yourself. But I'm glad you like the album and I could share it with you.
I like this one too, will need to pick it up now...
I've just found out, that I can get it for half the price of a new CD, that means 69,96 dkr, I guess that's $12. I can get it for $10.99 on amazon, but I'll stick to the local store, and I'll get it today.

The only track on the album, that I, well not really "disliked", but some of it sounded a lot like this number (I can't remember witch track it was, but look out, it's Jethro Tull, you COULD fall asleep!!?):


hahahaha.... I though we agreed that we all enjoyed to listen to a couple of Jethr....

zzzzzzzzzzz...
zzzzzzzzzzzz...

uh, nevermind....

I kid, I kid.... all in good fun.
Absolutely, all in good fun!!
Niels, which song is it? Is it Brand New Start or Blackbird?

RSS

Question Of The Week

CRB Features (Click photo to visit)

Birthdays

There are no birthdays today

CRB Staff Members

 

In Memory Of

Norma Jean Fox
(11/30/1945-9/7/2010)

Photos

  • Add Photos
  • View All

Videos

  • Add Videos
  • View All

Badge

Loading…

© 2024   Created by RJhog (Admin).   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service