Staind-"Illusion of Progress"

pjalive21

yes i know im starting a thread about PJ's favorite "other" band..haha...

anyway thought i would get other peoples opinion on this album

if you havent heard it you can get it on The Leak on VH1.com...i think it a pretty good cd, with a few different sounds the band is working with

after a few listens it grew on me and im liking it

macci

I didn't listen to the entire thing, but I like it so far.....I've loved every album they have out out though too.

They played a release party in NYC last night - I wanted to go, but had to work late!

No_ones_rival

From what I've heard, it's a lot softer than I expected. Especially since I had heard that they had intended on making this their heaviest album to date.

Joe2TheRevenge

"Illusion of Talent"

Azwethinkweiz

Joe2TheRevenge wrote:

"Illusion of Talent"

Hahaha.

But yeah, Staind are absolutely horrible.

chorduroy

I went and saw Aaron Lewis play live at Mohegan Sun Casino back in February....great show, played some staind songs as well as covers including a cover of Black...the guy sings with so much passion and has such a powerful voice...Anyway, here's the link to the show - check it out

http://app.synclive.com/

LukinFan

s_rockvam wrote:

From what I've heard, it's a lot softer than I expected. Especially since I had heard that they had intended on making this their heaviest album to date.

I haven't heard it yet, but I really hope that they go back to their old roots and make a harder album- the past couple have been pretty weak

LukinFan

Release date: 8-19 (This Tuesday)

Amazon has it for only 9.99

http://www.amazon.com/Illusion-Progress-Staind/dp/B001B94K14

LukinFan

I have his 3-24-07 Atlanta, Ga solo show on DVD. If anyone has any others or even a Staind DVD boot, please let me know and maybe we can set up a trade

lephty

Staind... wow i can't believe they are still making "new" music. when i got there first album(Dysfunction was it?) it had a good heavy vibe and i listened to it a lot. next album (break the cycle) came out and unfortunately, the song that made them POPular (it's been a while) was a more timid song. so of course, the singles they made afterwards were more like this timid song.

to me staind is like coldplay. i think they have talented musicians, but everything they put out has this predictable sound. i just can't get passed it.

pjoasisrule

Excuse me, wtf are you doing?

pjalive21

LukinFan wrote:

I haven't heard it yet, but I really hope that they go back to their old roots and make a harder album- the past couple have been pretty weak

i thought Chapter V was an all around good album and this new one is on par with all the rest of them

as far as going back to their roots, isnt going to happen, they are older now and i think they are comfortable in the music they are making

dontloseyourheat

I was a bit surprised reading this article:http://www.masslive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2008/08/staind_returns_with_strong_new.html

"With a history that includes being one of only five bands to have three consecutive albums debut at Number One on the Billboard charts, the band has quite a legacy. Mushok insists he wasn't feeling the pressure of past success."

"Championed by Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit, the band was signed by Flip/Elektra and released "dysfunction" in 1999. The record went double platinum and the band continued to put up staggering numbers. "Break The Cycle" went five-times platinum, followed by platinum releases in 2003 ("14 Shades of Grey") and 2005 ("Chapter V")."

I didn't realize they were so successful.

Joe2TheRevenge

they aren't.

Their last 2 albums tanked and got panned by critics.

harmless_little_f***

pjoasisrule wrote:

Excuse me, wtf are you doing?

Pot. kettle. black, mr. Oasisrule.

pjalive21

Joe2TheRevenge wrote:

they aren't.

Their last 2 albums tanked and got panned by critics.

since when do we care about what critics think?

and their last two albums didnt tank, just look above from a previous post

lephty

pjoasisrule wrote:

Excuse me, wtf are you doing?

was this in response to my post in this thread?

Joe2TheRevenge

pjalive21 wrote:

since when do we care about what critics think?

and their last two albums didnt tank, just look above from a previous post

taaaaaaaaaaaanked

and there are only 2 types of praise

1. fan
2. critics

you can have one and be ok, but you can't have neither.

pjoasisrule

lephty wrote:

was this in response to my post in this thread?

No, it was for making a thread about Staind