Butch Walker - Rise & Fall of Butch Walker & The Let's-Go-Out-Tonites
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Free Music Review: Butch Walker. Simply Amazing.
Hit: 5 Stars
This album is one of his more upbeat works, a sharp change of pace from "Letters." After listening to the album only a couple times, I get a kick out of just about every song. I can't pick a favorite, and it never seems to get old. Can't wait for more. (rumors of a new band formed: "1969")Free Music Review: Should be a SUPERSTAR
Hit: 5 Stars
Mind-blowing CD. Fabulous musician,singer,songwriter. The man should be playing Madison Square Garden. Why he is not more well known is beyond me. Talented beyond belief - pick up any of his Cds and you'll see why.Free Music Review: Butch is Back
Hit: 5 Stars
The music is infectious. I could not the songs out of my head. (Beats carrying around an MP3 Player.) If you loved the Marvelous 3 buy the CD and see the live show if you get a chance.Free Music Review: The Master is back
Hit: 5 Stars
Butch is the king of indie rock n roll. Great new record. BUY IT!!!Free Music Review: It's Glamtastic!
Hit: 4 Stars
It pretty much works like clockwork now a days. Every other year a new Butch Walker record. And everytime it's something completly different.
Where Butch's last solo record "Letters" was akin to the seventies singer-songwriter movement, "The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Let's Go Tonites" is a pop glam record. Anf although it isn't as strong as "Letters", "The Rise and Fall" is still a helluva fun record.
"Hot Girls in a Good Mood" has a riff and arrangement that T. Rex's Marc Bolan would be proud of, all cocky arrogance and melody, not to mention one of the finest titles in a long time. "Ladies and Gentleman...The Let's Go Out Tonites" sounds more like David Bowie than anything Bowie's put out in the last ten years, where the lead off single "Bethamphetamine" is easily the cachiest single of the year that will be universally, and curiously, ignored by radio. "Dominoes" will appease those who liked "Letters" "Joan", and the final song "When Canyons Ruled the City" has a pleasant, almost Beatles-esque flow and vibe that closes the album on an upbeat note. And unlike most artists, Butch Walker has always had the ability to be reminscent of other artists while sounding completly like himself, no small feat friends.
Lyrically the record follows the usual Butch Walker charactors without sounding forced. If anything, this might be the most joyous jaded rock record you'll hear all year. And Butch's backing band, the The Let's Go Out Tonites don't necessarily add a lot to the songs, but they play with energy and a looseness that was lacking from the last two Butch Walker solo records.
The only flaw I have with this record is that Butch front loaded the record with it's strongest songs, leaving the mid section to be a little dull at times, though nothing hear sounds like filler as such.
Overall "The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Let's Go Out Tonites" is a worthy addition to Walker almost uniformally good cannon of songs. And though it isn't as strong as "Letters"-which mixed everything about Walker perfectly into a nice compact package-it should still appeal to anyone who likes the man.