Fastball - The Harsh Light of Day

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Free Music Notes for The Harsh Light of Day

Free Music Review: Would do Lennon and McCartney proud!
Hit: 5 Stars

While I loved The Way from Fastball's first album, I'd have to question their choice of singles following that, including the latest off this album, You're An Ocean. I liked You're an Ocean, but it just doesn't seem representative of the rest of the album, as did their previous singles for All The Pain Money Can Buy. While I suppose they fall into the Pop-Rock category, I think they're a bit more edgy than say, Matchbox 20, and not quite so pop sounding as Vertical Horizon.

Well, here's my breakdown:

1. This Is Not My Life: Awesome. Great Miles Zuniga rock opener. Uses that cool mono-stereo thing like they did in The Way. Very cool.

2. You're An Ocean: Tony Scalzo. Pianos are great. As far as the song goes, I actually think this is one of the weaker tracks on the album. Again, I question why they chose this as their first single.

3. Goodbye: A nice little mid-tempo Miles song. Even throws in that Beatles falsetto "hoo!"... haha... great guitar solo.

4. Love is Expensive and Free: Tony. Beautiful song. Great orchestration. I wish I could write a song like this. Awesome chord progressions. For me, starting with this song, this is where the album really kicks off...

5. Vampires: Miles. Nice picking guitars... the music on this one is sweet... has a cool oboe (at least i think it's an oboe) solo...

6. Wind Me Up: Awesome Tony Scalzo melody on this one... again, just like McCartney! Wicked tempo change in the middle of the song.

7. Morning Star: Tony again. The harmonies, guitars, and melodies on this one just make me think Revolver. Now that's high praise!

8. Time: Miles. Nice guitar bits for the guitar lovers (like me!). At this point I'm really starting to get a feel for Tony and Miles' different styles.

9. Dark Street: Miles. Another great song with a sweet melody. I love the background vocals on this one. It's like the deeper you get into the album, the more Beatlesque it gets.

10. How Funny It Fades Away: Amazing 2-part harmonies most of the way through. Sweet mellow guitars... hard to describe the feel of this song... melancholy, maybe?

11. Don't Give Up On Me: Miles. Great Texas feel to it.

12. Whatever Gets You On: Miles. Sweet acoustic guitars. Sweet song. Nice way to end the album.

ON LIMITED EDITION ONLY:

13. The Way. A live version.

14. Emotional. Miles. Kind of a generic rocker, but lots of loud guitars. I can see why they left this one off the regular version.

15. Love Doesn't Kill You. Another nice little Tony tune. Has a real light feel to it.

I normally don't write such long reviews, but this was such a great album, I felt like it derserves so much more attention than it got! Go buy it already!

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