Ludo - Broken Bride
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Free Music Review: Brilliant
Hit: 5 Stars
This is my favorite album of all time. Ludo may not have coined the term rock opera, but, in my opinion, they've defined it. Each song has its own identity but is masterfully tied to the album as a whole through the storyline and the use of repeated musical phrasing woven throughout. This album is a musically, lyrically, and visually rich reworking of Western mythology, from the biblical armageddon, to the duels of the American West, to the imagery of science fiction tales. Listening to the album is like attending a Broadway production. Just an incredible piece of work. It is an album that I know will always be in my music library. Free Music Review: Superb. Simply superb.
Hit: 5 Stars
I've never really listened to Ludo before. I'd heard "Love Me Dead" a few times on WRRV, and finally I decided to look them up. I saw the fan videos for all but Part III on Youtube, and now I can not wait to buy the EP (which I'm doing in precisely a minute) to hear it in order; in it's entirety. It's an excellently emotional rock-opera, and it definitely deserves the five star rating, maybe even more.
"Save Our City/Keep Our Souls Lord/Through The Rapture of This World."
Free Music Review: MASTERPIECE
Hit: 5 Stars
My girlfriend let me borrow this CD and told me to pick a time to listen to the entire thing, unbothered, and uninterupted. I had already heard "Part I" a few times on the local radio station and already knew i loved it, but thats all the Ludo i'd heard at that point. So on my way to work one day I gave the CD a spin. I SWEAR the CD did not leave my CD player for a week. I was mesmorized. I have never heard anything like this, and may never again. The tale of love, loss, destruction, traveling through time and space all in the name of love. A rock opera in the essence of Pink Floyd's the Wall, and easily just as good. The emotion and passion in each part of every song on the album still gives me chills (and I've heard it through at least 50 times), and by the end the raw emotion of the music and story still chokes me up. Andrew, Tim, Tim, Matt, and Marshall have done it again. No. They've gone beyond the call of duty. I had the pleasure of getting to see the entire set live a few days ago here in thier hometown of St. Louis, and I was BLOWN AWAY. This is what music is all about!!!! Keep up the good work, Ludo, because you'll be rockin it BIG TIME really soon. I'm just glad I got to meet them when I did. I'm getting chills just thinking about it.
Free Music Review: An unbelievable post-punk rock opera
Hit: 5 Stars
There's no question that "Broken Bride" is a rock opera, but the music has more in common with "American Idiot" than similar narrative concept albums by The Who or Meatloaf. It tells the story of a man who build a time machine to prevent the death of the woman he loves. The machine malfunctions, sending him back to prehistory and forward to the Rapture. Ultimately, the traveler must make a choice that will decide whether he saves his wife or all of humanity.
When I first read about the concept, I laughed out loud at how ridiculous and overwrought it was. By the last song, I had to keep myself from crying. That's not what you'd necessarily expect from Ludo, whose self-titled first release positioned it as a Weezer-ish alternative rock band with a sense of humor. Broken Bride features the same emo-tinged vocals and hooky rock, but the band evades any attempt at genre categorization in its second outing.
In fact, the album's range is wide enough that there may be some moments that are too hard or too soft, depending on how you like your rock. But every genre twist and turn is perfectly executed, lushly produced, and imaginatively composed. It's an easy album to love, and one you'll want to be sure to listen from beginning to end.
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