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Taking Back Sunday’s new self-titled album is the bands return to their roots in a way and is the first album to be released by the band with its original line-up. The album opens up with “El Paso”, one of the most “Rock and Roll” songs to be written by the band yet. Lead singer, Adam Lazzara stated that it is one of the heaviest songs they have ever written. Throughout the album there is no doubt that this is a tbs album, the unique vocals and instrumental bring the flavor that any tbs fan will love. Fans of taking back Sundays old sound who have felt perhaps slightly disappointed by the direction of the newest album will be happy to hear that this new self-titled is everything that they have been waiting for. The self-titled does keep much of the good from the previous works and altogether creates a mix of the styles that I find very nice. If you can only afford to grab a few songs I would have to say Faith, This is all now and El Paso some must haves. Though some of the old angst that really brought Taking Back Sunday to the next level is missing it’s a solid album.
~Tom
F**K YEAH RATING: 7.5 - Gets the job done.
Set Your Goals - Burning at Both Ends
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When I listened to the singles that were released early, I was not impressed. The rest of the album left the same impression. This album has much of the same sound as the previous album, but barely any of the energy. It shows the band's talent, but barely any creativity. There were a few gems on the album like "Start the Reactor" and "Product of the 80's" that I thoroughly enjoyed, but barely anything else. They were all too generic. The ability to make great music was there, but all the songs sounded very much alike and the lyrics were pretty average. Burning at Both End's needed more energy and a lot more creativity that I know the band has.
F**K YEAH RATING: 5.5 - If you're a huge fan buy it, buts its not great.
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