Good Charlotte - Good Morning Revival
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Free Music Review: New Fan
Hit: 5 Stars
The new sound Good Charlotte has taken with this album is wonderful, and this album is still one of my favorite cds of 2007. Simply awesome pop.Free Music Review: Awesome Album
Hit: 5 Stars
Love the music! The tunes on this album are real catchy. I would like to hear more music like it.Free Music Review: GC fan
Hit: 5 Stars
great CD....plus its got Matt Shadows and Synyster Gates on one of the tracks for all us A7X fans!Free Music Review: Not what expected....but does the job.
Hit: 4 Stars
k,not a kid, just too lazy to sign up.
Anyways, i agree with 'me' before me about the ripoffs GC use in their record. They stood out like a sore thumb, and i feel so bad that for a band like GC, who say in their liner notes that they've doing music for just over 10 years, can go and release a 'fairly anticipated' album with songs that seem unoriginal to say the least at some parts.
but dont get me wrong, the band hooked me a few years back with their 'loser anthem' which brings back many memories, and i have been fairly a close fan since then. I didnt though buy 'Chronicles' cause it didnt amaze me, but for some reason they had me hooked with the 'return album' and after hearing 'keep your hands off my girl' and 'river', i had a positive feeling of something fresh and bought it on release. Now my opinions...:
Starts off nice. The intro is very soft and quiet,but is basically just leads into the first song misery. which starts off the album well i think. it kicks in with a different sound with synth's and what have you and its generally a good vibe. the content of 'misery',many may argue, might be hypocritical, but anyways, i dont care, its a nice solid song.
Next up is my favourite that made me buy the record in the first place, 'River'. This song is magic. As someone said before, this song is basically the only real 'rockish' song on the album, and it might be influenced by the guest appearnce of M. Shadows and S. Gates from A7X that give this song a nice rocky edge. Great song. Love it.
Following up river is the very poppy 'Dance floor anthem'. The moment i read the song title, i felt a little confused and maybe betrayed inside because, like i said, the song that got me into this band in the first place was called 'Loser Anthem'. Now they have a 'dance floor anthem'. Pretty weird. But anyways... Nice song. I realy wouldnt be suprised that this would be the next single. I actually would like it to be. Got a good vibe and is an overall another great, solid song off the album. Very nice. I like.
Next up, which to me, is the suprise first single "keep your hands off my girl". Which to correct someone before me is NOT about Joel beating up someone eyeing his chick, but its about other guys telling HIM to stop eyeing thier chick. Anyways, doesnt matter realy. The song...is different. It carries on the 'dance' vibe from the song before it, and to me, i think its a nice fun song. To have it taken seriously as a first single suprises me, i wouldve hold back on it for maybe a bit later. maybe single 2 or 3, but they made a bold move to showcase their 'newish' direction. overall, fun song. nothing more.
Then came the song that ruined it for me. Victims of love. As soon as he opened his mouth in the first verse i almost threw up when i heard TATU's melody play through my car stereo. From that moment, the smile dissapeared and i became more cautious at what i was listening too. It doesnt, luckily, carry on through too much of the song, which makes me think that it was a melody that was TOTALLY unnecesary to use. Anyways, overall, rather bland song. The tatu inspired bit ruined it for me.
Where Would We Be, is another song which is also rather boring and bland. a sad ballad effort, which made me worry about the direction the rest of the record was going... The Coldplay piano bit also saddened me...
'Break her heart' picks the record and energy back up a bit. I enjoy the song quite a bit. Its a nice jump in energy from the previous 2 songs, and its a fairly solid song.
Following up is 'All Black'. Which is nice as well. A sort of 'teenager anthem'. Would relate to this a few years back. And again to the other guy, hes not talking about BLACK CASH(money), but about JOHNNY CASH's all black image. Overall fun song. I enjoy it.
'Beautiful place'. Bland song. Almost sounds realy unoriginal. nothing fresh. boring. dont quite dig it.
Something Else is alright. Its almost an obvious point to say that this song is pretty much directed at Joel and his new girl, Nicole Richie.
Alright song. Pretty much like a 'Lady and the Tramp' theme going..
Broken heart parade is a kewl song. Nice suprise to find at the end of the album. the trumpets give a nice up-beat ska feeling. Yet cant help but make a connection with My Chem's Black Parade. Overall, another nice solid,fresh song... Makes me think how the album is going to end...
And Finally, March on. To be honest, i skip this song back to the begining of the album if needed. Its a fairly short, whimper of a finale. Some albums sometimes save a best for last, that realy treat you with one last slendour before the album credits run, but in this case, not so much.
Cant say ive REALY listened to it, but not a favourite song of mine, and wouldve been fine if the album ended at Broken Heart Parade.
Anyways, overall, nice effort by the Maryland boys. Nothing 100% original, nothing 100% fresh, but when the album shines, you'll find some nice solid songs. The bits which hinder the album are dissapointing, and seems realy unnecesary for whatever reason, but yeah. I dont regret impulsely buying it. I'd give the album 70/100.
And one last thing. Again to that guy. Revival DOESNT mean a band playing again at a later date, it means a return. a return in anything. Usually in essence. The title of the album trys to refer to waking up to a brand new day/a brand new life. A start over.
Anyways peace.x
Free Music Review: Could be better
Hit: 4 Stars
I have been a fan of Good Charlotte for a few years now. I liked the Chronicles of Life and Death (so much that i bought 3 copies of the CD to get all the bonus tracks). i eagerly anticipated the release of "Good morning revival". After listening to it i have to say that i am dissapointed. Good Charlotte's new CD "Good morning Revival" shows Good Charlotte straying more from their punk roots and heading towards modern rock. Unfortunately, Good Charlotte has traded what little talent they had for some mainstream fame. On Chronicles their drummer was great, but now he's gone and they have a horribly bland drummer. The CD starts out strong, falters in the middle, and gets a little better towards the end.
I have rated each song from 1 to 5, 5 being the best
1.)Good morning revival: its an intro, so i can't really rate it.
2.)Misery: 4/5 pretty good song. one of the few that actually has a guitar solo.
3.)The River: 4/5 I liked this song when it was a single but when i got the album i didn't like it as much. Good Charlotte tried getting a hit with this one. M.Shadows from Avenged Sevenfold helps out on the vocals.
4.)Dance Floor Anthem: 5/5 one of my favorite songs. nice and upbeat.
5.)Keep your hands off my girl: 5/5 my second favorite song off the album. doesn't sound anything like Good Charlotte does. One of the few songs of theirs thats really rocking. heavier guitars.
6.)Victims of Love: 5/5 another rocking song.
7.)Where would we be: 2/5 song about losing his love with Hillary Duff. not a fan of this song. the guitars are too heavy.
8.)Break Apart her heart:3/5 semi-rocking song that would have been decent but the lyrics are annoying.
9.)All Black: 2/5 People think that something's wrong with him because he wears black and likes the night. didn't really like this one either.
10)Beautiful Place: 2/5 From the first note you could tell that this would be a bad song. that signature "boing" note.
11.)Something else: 3/5 decent song. kinda reminds me of Girls and Boys
12.)Broken Hearts Parade: 5/5 great song. good guitars. trumpets really add to it. my favorite song on the album.
13.)March On: 3/5 Ends the album on a decent note.
in conlusion, if you are a fan of Good Charlotte, it is definitely worth it for the 5 or 6 good songs on the cd. just overlook the bad half and you'll enjoy this album.