Dashboard Confessional - The Shade of Poison Trees
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Artist: Dashboard ConfessionalEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-10-02
Music Label: Vagrant Records
Soundtracks:
- where there's gold..
- thick as thieves
- keep watch for the mines
- these bones
- fever dreams
- the shade of poison trees
- the rush
- little bombs
- I light my own fires now
- matters of blood and connection
- clean breaks
- widows peak
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Free Music Review: OK but other albums are far far better
Hit: 3 Stars
So I have been a DC fan for a long long time now. Personally I feel Chris' first 2 albums are by far his best, but then again I always like sad songs on albums and those are mostly sad songs so go figure. Musically this album is more similar to his earlier albums just because it has more acoustic tracks, which got me excited about it at first. Unfortunately as some other people pointed out these songs just are not as good as his others. Its mainly due to the lyrics that are on this CD, they don't flow as well as his other music and are really awkward at points. However I do like some of the songs on it, Thick as Thieves is pretty good, Shade of Poison trees is a great song albeit incredibly sad and Widow's Peak is pretty good but kind of lacking on lyrics. Other than that there isn't much good I can say about this CD, fevered dreams is kinda catchy but not something I'd actually listen to often. I hope Chris continues to make music, his own music. I'm sure there is pressure for him to keep making the same kind of music, but he should feel free to branch out.
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Chris Carrabba has an underlying message in "Where There's Gold,"the lead track on Dashboard Confessional's fifth album. The band's singer and songwriter speaks up about breaking from the routine of "lights and praise" and "curtain calls," all under the navigation of a pair of acoustic guitars that prove paramount on the 12-song record. For as much as Carrabba preaches the band aspect, Poison Trees is as much a solo record as any in the Florida group's catalog. Dashboard recoils to the acoustic flair that marked its early output, with two of the stronger tracks--"Keep Watch for the Mines" and "Little Bombs"--skipping the rhythm section all together. Carraba still spews lyrics that seem governed by the opposite sex, asking, "Is there time to follow your heart?" in the Beatles-influenced title song, while laying down the "I love-you-today, you'll-love-me-tomorrow" gauntlet in the heartrending "The Rush." He still finds time to poke fun at the privileged elite on "Matters of Blood and Connection," a splendid ballad that segues into the album's best song, "Clean Breaks." Complete with its complicated lead and sprinkles of string instruments, it lies in contrast to the simplicity and blithe spirit of the record's remaining half-hour--but joins the other 11 songs directly in the wheelhouse of the Dashboard Confessional fervent. --Scott HolterAlternative Rock Music CDs
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