Three Days Grace - One X
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Artist: Three Days GraceEdition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced
CD Release Date: 2006-06-13
Music Label: Jive
Soundtracks:
- It's All Over
- Pain
- Animal I Have Become
- Never Too Late
- On My Own
- Riot
- Get Out Alive
- Let It Die
- Over And Over
- Time Of Dying
- Gone Forever
- One-X
Free Music Notes for One X
Free Music Review: One-X Doesn't Leave Us With False Hopes
Hit: 5 Stars
After three years having released their first cd, Three Days Grace has blessed us with their sophomore release and it has proven to be well worth the wait. Not straying too far from the desperate, suffering sound of their self-titled album, One-X has proven to be just as good, if not better, than the first. From the broken helplessness of 'It's All Over' to the haunting melody of 'Get Out Alive' all the way to the perfect finish with the title track 'One-x', this album has proven to all of Three Days Grace's fans that they're not just another one-hit wonder.
With 'It's All Over', you hear talk of drug and substance abuse and just how crippling this habit can be. Though you wouldn't suspect such a dark topic to be a sort-of album starter, the first track of the album proves to be the perfect way to kicking off their album.
Onto 'Pain', you hear talk of a sadistic and risqué subject matter, though presented in a clever, subtle fashion. A song like that only leaves you wondering - does Adam Gontier really like S&M?
Next up is 'Animal I Have Become', the first single released from the album. It premiered before the album did, and it caught everyone's attention, sending the message out far and wide - Three Days Grace was back. It's desperate tone and catchy lyrics make you pay attention to just what they had to offer, and in my opinion, was the perfect way to kick off their album's release.
Following 'Animal' is 'Never Too Late', probably one of the most moving songs on the album. The slow start leads to a powerful chorus, "Even if I say it'll be alright/still I hear you say you want to end your life/Now and again we've tried to just stay alive/Maybe we'll turn it around 'cause it's not too late, it's never too late" For me, this was the tear-jerker of the album. It sent me to a very personal time in my life, and I found it hard to stop listening to. Very powerful, and very moving.
'On My Own' comes afterward, and it's personal lyrics give you a very intimate feel of it. Talk of being "just a big disgrace" and "[being]too much" suck you in and refuse to let you go as you enter a very lonely world that makes you feel the intensity of it. With this song, a very lonely cloud falls over the album as you begin to connect with Gontier's lyrics and voice, feeling his pain.
With such a down-er type of song, 'Riot' brings the energy back up and picks you up out of the slum that the previous set for you. 'Riot' seems to portray the rage and betrayal that most fans of Three Days Grace and similar bands feel they have had too much for one to experience in a lifetime. So why not start a riot after being "stepped on" and "let down"?
Another personal favourite, 'Get Out Alive' has a haunting melody following Gontier's equally-haunting voice. Though it's slow rhythem brings down the pace that 'Riot' set up, it leaves you wondering about your future and just where you stand - whether you'll "fade away" just like the characters described in the song, or whether you'll "make it to the otherside."
The perfect break-up song, 'Let it Die' portrays perfectly just about every teenage romance that, unfortunetly, tends to end in dispair and in a rut. The very widely-known topic is perfect for listeners as they connect to the subject matter and begin to feel like a kindred spirt to Gontier as he leads you through the once-blissful relationship now just left in a pile of rubble.
'Over and Over' proves to be the perfect anthym to anyone with a crush that they just aren't sure about. It's lyrics bring out the very confusion of the matter, but also the warm-and-fuzzy feeling in your very soul when talking of just how much you do care for the person. "Why do I do this/over and over, over and over?/I fall for you/over and over, over and over/I try not to" Well, I fall for this song "over and over".
With 'Time of Dying', Three Days Grace proves to the world just how serious of a band they are. It's powerful and moving lyrics connect with fans, as I've seen and experienced first-hand, and is the tear-jerker for the majority of those who listen to it. It brings to life a time in someone's life when they need help, and conveys this to the listener in a spectacular way. One of their best songs to date.
As we start to come to a close with 'Gone Forever', we hear Gontier in, almost, a new light. This song is very touching, and I hate using that word because it's so ... positive. But this song has a very positive tone underneath it all - liberation. It's a little slow, but that really makes no difference in the quality of it at all. It's a very moving piece, and should be treated as such. This song, in my opinion, reveals to us the very epitome of recovery - learning how to live with such a pain, and starting anew from it.
And the album closes with 'One-X', the title track of the album. With all the isolation, loneliness, rage and desperation, this track brings a new emotion into the album - unity. It brings together everyone who has been affected by the album, listened to its words and connected with its lyrics, and unites each and every one of them. "We are one"
- Are you with us?
One X Poster
Japanese issue of this album comes with two bonus tracks, acoustic versions of 'Animal I Have Become' & 'I Hate Everything About You'. This version is also enhanced with video clip of 'Three Days Grace: Behind The Band', 'Animal I Have Become', 'Pain', and 'Never Too Late'. BMG. 2007.Loaded with lyrics about nightmares, pain, isolation and broken relationships, One X, the sophomore effort from Three Days Grace should be a downright bummer of a ride. Instead, the listener manages to find uplift lurking beneath the weighty lyrics as the quartet churns out a series of anthemic, crunch-chord songs. The band moves from arena-ready light metal with "It's All Over" to the sex groove of "Animal I Have Become," before plunging the listener into full-on chaotic heaviness during the anti-alienation anthem "Riot" and easing us into the atmospheric future hit "Get Out Alive." Throughout, TDG remains true to its core alt-metal sound. While that sound has been called unimaginative and unoriginal and at times does feel a little too familiar, the material on One X is never less than convincing and it packs a serious and stinging rock ?n' roll punch track after track. --Jedd Beaudoin
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