Finger Eleven - Greyest of Blue Skies
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Free Music Review: F11's best to date
Hit: 5 Stars
This album is without a doubt Finger Eleven's best studio album. I am a pretty hardcore fan of their's. I own all 3 albums, plus their album before they were called F11. And after all that music, I feel this album is their best work.
First off the album carries a feel and story that the other CDs just don't offer as well. The title, Greyest of Blue Skies, holds up well here as the album is very dark and depressing if you take the time to decypher some of the cryptic lyrics. I say cryptic because F11 has some pretty out of place lyrics at time. But its all good because the music is always good.
Its hard to pick standout tracks because honestly this is some of the best rock you'll ever hear. Do yourself a favor and get this album.
Free Music Review: A first time listener to Finger Eleven
Hit: 4 Stars
This is a band I didn't know at all until purchasing this album 'The Greyest of Blue Skies' through Amazon.com whilst I was look for Filter CD's. This is a rock group undoubtedly however the band has their dark moods which is interspersed within the songs of this album release. Although this CD is quite listenable and actually after 2 or 3 times in your CD player gets enjoyable. I believe this is the band's sophmore release from 2000 and I am in the process of getting their other 2 albums. 'Finger Eleven' is a Canadian band with their own unique rock sound that fuses dark melodies with intense lyrics that are somewhat mysterious. The 11 songs on this CD are listenable and each follows on the other in a somewhat natural progression. 'Drag You Down' and 'Suffocate' are the heavier songs on this CD and my songs I most enjoyed were 'For The Ocean', 'Broken Words' and 'Bones + Joints'. Fans of nu-rock and alt rock bands should enjoy this sample from Finger Eleven. Free Music Review: Best Finger Eleven CD
Hit: 5 Stars
The first Finger Eleven CD i listened to was their most recent one, and then i found out about Greyest of Blue Skies and once i listened to it i was hooked. It is at the very least a masterpiece and even though Scott Anderson doesn't do nearly as much screaming as he does in their newest album, i found it was still very loud and each song was full of emotions that really drew me in. So if you've heard some of their newer songs on Much music like One Thing and Thousand Mile Wish don't let these songs deter you from listening to this CD.Free Music Review: Deceptively complex
Hit: 5 Stars
I heard the single "First Time" on an audio-only satellite tv channel in South Africa in 2001. Much to our disappointment, music like this gets extremely little airtime on local radio these days; as a result, the album was not easy to find and I had to eventually ask a local retailer to import a copy for me. But that's another (long) story for another time.
Anyway, after much arguing and abusive emails back and forth, I moved to another retailer who supplied the necessary (and offered me a job, no less!) in about 2 days. I had downloaded First Time and Suffocate from the internet before purchasing; apart from these two tracks, though, I had no idea what to expect from the remainder of the album.
It is... unique. I can't think of another word to describe it adequately. The songs all move really well; there is a fairly good mix of fast and slow material (all pretty heavy, though; even the ballads are quite dirgy) and the imagery employed throughout is captivating. What really gets me, though, is the *sound* of the album. I can't quite explain it.
There are guitars and bass and drums; that's a given, because this ia rock band. But the way it's all put together... strange sounds emanate throughout the album, linking the tracks with a kind of high-pitched siren-like flanger/phaser effect (if you have ever played with a guitar flange-effect pedal, you will know what I mean right away) and the rest of the music seems to float in from nowhere. This is very vague, I know. My point is, it's difficult to imagine exactly how the sounds are made. If you were to pick up a guitar, you'd struggle to figure out the chords to a lot of the songs on the album, let alone actually trying to mimic the sounds you heard. But at the same time, it doesn't sound hugely sampled or over-processed like a Nine Inch Nails track might, and it's not nu-metal/DJ-based sampling like Linkin Park, because there is no DJ. The guitars soar and wail and buzz, when you can make them out, and the bass sits in a bit of a holding pattern, just really thumping out a solid groove. But its the other little bits which really make it.
Having said all that, there is simultaneously a massive wall of sound and a very minimalist approach to the thing. While I can't quite figure it all out - and I got this in August 2001 - I listen to it a hell of a lot. It's a really great album.
Free Music Review: Deep And Dark
Hit: 3 Stars
The album start off with "First Time" a great song with an awesome and catchy beat to it. The second song "Drag You Down" is in my books the heaviest song soundwise on the record, followed by "Suffocate". A very deep and dark album, with a mysterious side to it. If you have a dark side with a mysterious side, pick up this album, you two will get along perfectly. Scott's lyrics are very dark and mysterious. A lot of his words makes me wonder. A lot of people may not know exactly what he's talking about, but that's the cool side of it, it makes you wonder. It's all up to your imagination as to what most of the lyrics are about.