Evanescence - The Open Door
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Free Music Review: Evanescence rocks again!
Hit: 4 Stars
My favorite Evanescence CD is still "Fallen", but this is a worthy follow-up to that debut album. Amy Lee is amazing as always, and the songs are powerful. Not quite as many sing-along-type songs (for some reason the lyrics don't stick in my head as well as the Fallen songs), but still definitely a good production.
Favorites? Lithium & Snow White Queen
Free Music Review: Love it more everyday!
Hit: 5 Stars
The first time I listened to this CD it sounded all the same and did not inspire me as much as previous work from them. The more I listen to it the more I love this band. It sounds fantastic in my car and the bass really gets a good thump at high sound levels. Everything is top notch and I can't wait for them to come around or produce another CD. The added pictures and lyrics is a nice touch. Not many bands now put this much effort or talent into what they do.Free Music Review: Not bad
Hit: 3 Stars
Certainly not as good as its predecessor, but still better than expected. It does feature some new elements into their sound, but not enough to keep the album interesting all the way through. Evanescence is good in what they do, but what they do is very limited, they're really a 1-trick pony. This is ok, but I think they should expand their sound a bit more than on this album. Free Music Review: Just Ok
Hit: 3 Stars
I like the first CD and the live CD/DVD better. The singing from this CD seems to lack of energy compared to the other two CDs. And the songs are kinda having the same beat. I feel like I am listening to one really long song. And I am still having problem making up what the lyric she is singing (with her style haha!)Free Music Review: 3-1/2 stars -- Perhaps I spoke too soon...
Hit: 3 Stars
When I reviewed Evanescence's first album Fallen, I ended the review by saying something like, "They won't be falling any time soon." But then co-founder Ben Moody left the band almost immediately afterwards (a result of his and Amy Lee's lovers-turned-friends relationship having gone wrong, perhaps?). Then, the lineup of the rest of the band was shaking up so much that it would give Queens of the Stone Age a run for their money. With that, I was wondering if maybe this album should have been called The Revolving Door rather than The Open Door.
All in all, though, this is really Amy's band; she's the only vocalist, and she's the only member on the cover of each of the band's albums. But this album still has quality material, especially the lead single "Call Me When You're Sober". Other notables include "All That I'm Living For", "Cloud Nine" and the necessary end-of-album acoustic song, "Good Enough" (well, acoustic PIANO, anyway).
But it's not all fun and games: "Like You" is a bittersweet dedication Amy made to her younger sister, who died at an early age from a rare disease. Speaking of not all fun and games, despite the exceptional quality of the songs on the first half of the album, if you listen to the lyrics you'll discover that they're all about heartbreak, thus resulting in a lack of variety. This is why I knocked my rating down from four to three-and-a-half stars.
But The Open Door isn't a bad album by any means. I wonder how long it'll take for Evanescence to make a third studio album; maybe Amy should just go solo (there was actually talk about her releasing a solo album around 2004, but apparently that idea got shelved). But this recording is still worth picking up.
Anthony Rupert