Blue October - Foiled
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Music CD Cover Artist: Blue October Edition: Music CD Format: Enhanced CD Release Date: 2006-04-04 Music Label: Universal/Motown Records Soundtracks:
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Free Music Notes for Foiled Album
Free Music Review: Another eclectic wonder from Blue October
Hit: 5 Stars
The thing about Blue October that is going to be, and has been, a roadblock for them is that they don't really have a "mainstream niche." Take a look at "History for Sale" and you will see instantly what I'm talking about. The songs range from folk, to harder rock to almost everything in between. You'll hear some country-ish music, their big hit from that album "Calling You" was definitely pop-ish. It's very eclectic and not content with being one genre. A similar, at times even more so, situation happens with their new album, "Foiled."
You're going to see a lot of disparate reviews here. For someone who purchases this album thinking he or she is going to find an entire album of "Hate Me"-esqe songs, he or she will invariably be disappointed. The journey will involve touching on more folk, hard rock, pop, dance music, music that seems influenced by the 80s (and reminds me of a Dido song), etc etc. Are the individual songs bad? No, I don't think one song on here is bad. They are all different though. I happen to not like dance music and so I don't really care fo "X-Amount Of Words." I'm more a fan of hard music, or music with an edge to it so I really like "Hate Me" and, even more so, "Drilled A Wire Through My Cheek." However, the next reviewer will probably be the exact opposite.
And here is where they are going to have that problem I spoke about earlier. None of the songs are unified around a single or couple genres. Justin and crew effortlessly surf through the different genres and feels without much care. For people like me, it's not a problem. I have a very eclectic taste in music and I like almost every song on this cd. But for others, the wide divergence might not do it for them. I bet there will be at least one song on this album for everyone. But for a person who doesn't like the other genres, this album might be a turn off.
Which is a shame. One thing about Blue October's songs is that they are filled with some terrific lyrics, whether melancholy or upbeat. And each song really fits in with the feeling of the lyrics, blending together perfectly. It's a terrific cd that is a roller-coaster of both emotions and song types that is never content to just sit there.
I do think Blue October is at the top of their game when they sing their harder music like "Drilled A Wire Through My Cheek" and I think it would be absolutely fantastic to hear an album comprised of rock in this mold. But they aren't going to do that because they obviously like a wide range of music. I commend them for it, but I cringe because it's going to be a hard treck. Fortunately for me, it's one I'm willing to go on.