The Harsh Light of Day

Fastball - The Harsh Light of Day

The Harsh Light of Day
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Artist: Fastball
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2000-09-19
Music Label: Hollywood Records
Soundtracks:
  1. This Is Not My Life
  2. You're An Ocean
  3. Goodbye
  4. Love Is Expensive And Free
  5. Vampires
  6. Wind Me Up
  7. Morning Star
  8. Time
  9. Dark Street
  10. Funny How It Fades Away
  11. Don't Give Up On Me
  12. Whatever Gets You On

Free Music Notes for The Harsh Light of Day

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

WOW, this is a great album! It's hard to express how impressed I am by it... As much as I hate comparing bands to the Beatles (cuz everybody seems to compare bands to the Beatles these days), I'd have to say Harsh Light of Day would have fit in quite nicely between Rubber Soul and Revolver. Listening to Tony Scalzo and Miles Zuniga, I really can't help but think of Paul and John. The songs are just so darn melodic, and the 2-part harmonies are simply stunning. The straight rocker tunes are great, and the guitars parts a bit reminiscent of the classic 60's sound, yet still retaining their own sound. Quite lovely.

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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