Wallflowers - Rebel Sweetheart
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Free Music Review: This album is amazing....
Hit: 5 Stars
I've been a Wallflowers fan for a couple of years. I heard some music from their last album... and then I realized that it was the same band that had done "One Headlight" and I was hooked. I started listening to some of their older stuff, and I really liked it. Over the past year, I had kinda lost contact with the band, because they had some inner struggles and I figured like many other bands they would disband so I had stopped checking up on the band over the summer, and then I heard that they were coming to perform at Jubilee City Fest in Montgomery, AL, where I live, and I was surprised to hear that they were still together. Last week I was flipping through a magazine and I came across an article on Jakob and about the new album and I was surprised, because since I had stopped checking up on them, I didn't know they had released a new album. Needless to say, I rushed out the next day and bought the album, and I was not disappointed.
My boyfriend is a huge Bob Dylan fan, and I got him to listen to some of the Wallflowers earlier stuff, and he would say that they were good, but that he preferred Bob Dylan because his music had more "depth" to it. While I have yet to coerce him into listening to their new album, I'm willing to bet that he'll have more to say about this one. Jakob has fully matured now, and it seems like he is no longer afraid to take a leap into the unknown. Every line of this new CD has meaning behind it, reminiscent of some of his father's earlier stuff, but with some rock behind it to back it up. I am definately happy with where this album is going, and if you don't go out and buy this album and absolutely love it, then theres something wrong with you.
Free Music Review: from the bottom of my heart
Hit: 5 Stars
I love this CD - I only had Bringing Down the Horse before, and bought this because I was curious to hear what direction the band had taken since then. It really amazed me and I can't stop playing it. Rather than review it song by song, I just wanted to share my thoughts on one that moved me in particular - "From the Bottom of My Heart." While some reviewers note it as a song about depression, I got a much more specific feeling from the lyrics... more relevent to what's happening in our world today. I think it's a man who has been to war - note the verses about crossing a quarter mile through razor wire, "singing rhapsodies in stride, hellbent and dignified" - is that the marines? the army? sounds it to me. Then he goes on to plead, "who you fooling and why?" as he realizes it is an unjust war - "there is emininent death to the promise I'm keeping." This, to me, is a U.S. soldier returning from Iraq, perhaps - who can't come to terms with what he did there and the reasons he was sent. Yes, he's depressed, he feels lied to, he feels that he has lied to others, he has compromised his own beliefs... he has nothing left that he wants of his life, because he is empty inside (like the house that's burning, the dogs howling, the blackbirds...) When he says, "tell me what have you done" - he's talking to himself.
But there is also hope - as the "army of one marches back up the steps into the rays of the sun..."
Did any other listener get this message or feel this way? Just curious...
Free Music Review: The Wallflowers hit a grand slam.
Hit: 5 Stars
Jakob and the Wallflowers have produced a solid, solid album that is equal to or surpasses BRINGING DOWN THE HORSE. It is unfortunate that they don't receive credit where credit is due; they're a great band putting out solid rock records when that genre receives little to no airplay because of Clear Channel, Infinity, and Entercom dominating the airwaves. Luckily, that is starting to change with XM and Sirius. I think it is blowing the corporate executives' minds that people are actually willing to pay to listen to good music. The new "Jack" format on traditional radio is just a cheap imitation of what you'll find on satellite. Once again, REBEL, SWEETHEART is a great album. On the Wallflowers previous albums there were always a couple tracks, with the exception of BDTH, that I found skippable, but not so on this album. There are great melodies throughout, and Rami Jaffee's keyboards return to prominence. Many of the tracks are catchy, but it is an intrinsic catchiness that stems from Jakob's fantasting songwriting, not because the band is seeking airplay hits. The album is eclectic, "From the Bottom of My Heart" is a great, stripped-down, acoustic ballad. And as another reviewer mentioned, "Back to California" is a good rocker. Each time I listen to the album the more I like it. I could care less for Jakob's politics, but hey, he's entitled to his opinion, and that doesn't mean that I can't appreciate his great music. Give this album a try, I don't think you'll be disappointed.Free Music Review: Adam took the apple, was not involved
Hit: 5 Stars
I've been a Wallflowers fan since the conception of the band and have never been disappointed with anything the band has put out...each album seems to have a specific life of it's own and they're always chock full of great hooks and insightful poetic lyrics...but with Rebel, Sweetheart the band has really taken a step forward.
Jakob's songwriting is stronger than ever...melodically he's always brought a lot to the table, but on Rebel,Sweetheart it's consistently unleashed and brilliant. I believe he's stepped out of his box a bit with chord progessions and the band sunk it's teeth into the arrangements to the point where the songs are really sailing with a pioneering ebb and flow enabling them to project a sonic crank of ear candy.
Lyrically...OMG...NEVER better...blasting symbolism, obtuse references, lush imagery are all at your fingertips. If you can't find something amazing - both dangerous, questioning and affirming - in all of these songs, maybe it's time to get off the bling-bling bandwagon and start banging your head with a tire iron.
One final thought,Jakob mention in an recent article that every front man has a right arm...ie - Jagger/Richards, Plant/Page, etc....and he believed in the Wallflowers that arm would be Rami and I couldn't agree more (Huge fan to begin with). He fills the atmosphere with ethereal depth and feeling.
Phenomenal - Thanks guys!!!
Free Music Review: This is more like it.
Hit: 5 Stars
Don't know about you, but I didn't care much for their last album Red Letter Days. However, since I'm a fan of Jakob and company, I thought I would get The Wallflowers one more chance. Paired up with Brendan O'Brien pays off, and Rebel, Sweetheart is their best since Bringing Down The Horse, perhaps even better. The Wallflowers continue to play straight ahead rock and roll, and even if Jakob sounds more like Bruce than daddy Bobby, every song is handcrafted in the finest Rock sense. Most people would go for Tom Petty via way of Bruce songs such as Days Of Wonder or The Beautiful Side, actually my favorite songs come toward the end, with the ballad From The Bottom Of My Heart, a perfect song for that long drive home from work. I also enjoy the rocking Nearly Beloved and the slow dance How Far You've Come.
While their last album may have tried to please too many people, Rebel, Sweetheart returns to what the Wallflowers do best, make straight ahead rock and roll, just like they did back in the classic rock days. In fact, this record is so good, I played it twice in a row in one day, which says a lot. This is their comeback album. Grade A-