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  • chris05
    chris05 Posts: 347
    I loved the first two Audioslave albums and i have listened to the new one twice already and really like it. Lots of great tunes in my opinion
    Who cares if the world is going down the toilet? Eddie Vedder got his mojo back!
  • macgyver06
    macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    farfromglorified wrote:
    That sounds like a challenge. Here's why this record is sub-par:

    Musically, this record is no different than their other offerings and not even as solid as the previous records. It sounds rather thrown together. The hooks are few and far between, the bridges weak and the sound is pretty muddled. While it's nice to see that Marello's gimmicks are kept to a relative minimum, he fails to do anything here that really stands out. Overall the record sounds like a car in need of work....lots of stops and starts without any real progress.

    Lyrically, it's too damn repetitive. Cornell's voice is lost on a lot of the tracks. His voice lacks its typical intensity and the stuff that actually gets through is more cliche than prophetic.

    Ironically, the only great song on this record is the title track. The rest of it sounds like the occassional filler on the other two records. It's as if someone put together an Audioslave greatest hits record and then as a cruel joke released the songs that were left over.

    That said, the album does have some good grooves. Other than "Jewel of the Summertime", there isn't anything here that is completely unlistenable. "Moth" and "Wide Awake" are lyrically solid. But after the first track every other song seems to scream "skip button". Unfortunately there's nothing really engaging to skip to.


    ''But after the first track every other song seems to scream "skip button"

    your review screams '' I don't do anything for anyone ''
  • macgyver06
    macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    farfromglorified wrote:
    That sounds like a challenge. Here's why this record is sub-par:

    Musically, this record is no different than their other offerings and not even as solid as the previous records. It sounds rather thrown together. The hooks are few and far between, the bridges weak and the sound is pretty muddled. While it's nice to see that Marello's gimmicks are kept to a relative minimum, he fails to do anything here that really stands out. Overall the record sounds like a car in need of work....lots of stops and starts without any real progress.

    Lyrically, it's too damn repetitive. Cornell's voice is lost on a lot of the tracks. His voice lacks its typical intensity and the stuff that actually gets through is more cliche than prophetic.

    Ironically, the only great song on this record is the title track. The rest of it sounds like the occassional filler on the other two records. It's as if someone put together an Audioslave greatest hits record and then as a cruel joke released the songs that were left over.

    That said, the album does have some good grooves. Other than "Jewel of the Summertime", there isn't anything here that is completely unlistenable. "Moth" and "Wide Awake" are lyrically solid. But after the first track every other song seems to scream "skip button". Unfortunately there's nothing really engaging to skip to.


    i dont mean to attack ya, but read your post and tell me what kind of analysis is this... lol... tell me your just in a weird mood and havent really put any thought behind that...
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    macgyver06 wrote:
    i dont mean to attack ya, but read your post and tell me what kind of analysis is this... lol... tell me your just in a weird mood and havent really put any thought behind that...

    Attack away. Why would I put it out there if I didn't want someone to challenge it? Now do you have a counter?
  • macgyver06
    macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    farfromglorified wrote:
    Attack away. Why would I put it out there if I didn't want someone to challenge it? Now do you have a counter?

    yes.. i never have liked panic at the disco! so you know what... you probaly wont catch me reviewing their albums :)

    i think you have a hang up with the 90's

    i loved em...but its over man.your living in the past man.....your hung up on a freaking clown from the sixties man...


    also read the lyrics as you listen to corduroy...vedder hates you :)
  • VEDHEAD27
    VEDHEAD27 Posts: 3,091
    THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME!!! This song completely OWNS the entire album for me. I am obsessed with this sick ass badboy. I remember a month or so back someone posted a 10 second clip of it online, from Miami Vice. I downloaded that thing and listened to it non-stop! Just from a 10 second clip I was already convinced that this would be my fav song from the album...and I was right. Hands down this is the one. l fuckin LOVE IT!!!!!

    At this point Revelations as a whole is a bit of a grower for me, which is ok. Some of my most adored albums have been growers. I've listened about 3 times now and while it continues to get better with each listen, it still isn't fully hitting me like I know it can. I KNOW it can. I mean the title track alone... first listen it wasn't clicking and now by the 3rd it's one of my favs. I can't get it outta my head. There are a TON of super catchy grooves going on here.

    Overall I think it's a kick ass solid album...and I look forward to it reeeeally punching me in the face. :D

    I'm love love lovin...

    *Until We Fall* ~*Revelations* ~*The Shape of things to come*!


    Oooh, did we all see this????
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSIm5p5lLmk
    :o:o:o

    SOOOO insanely GORGEOUS!!! It makes me wanna cry!!

    Regardless of how others feel about him, CORNELL remains completely untouchable imo. :o The man is not of this earth and the voice continues to get me like NO other.


    And YES YES YES! SOLO CORNELL! I am soooooo beyond excited for this. Like...PJ excited! :D:D:D
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    "Lo√e, you know the word
    ...YOU invented it!" ~ E√

    ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤
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  • macgyver06
    macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    VEDHEAD27 wrote:
    THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME!!! This song completely OWNS the entire album for me. I am obsessed with this sick ass badboy. I remember a month or so back someone posted a 10 second clip of it online, from Miami Vice. I downloaded that thing and listened to it non-stop! Just from a 10 second clip I was already convinced that this would be my fav song from the album...and I was right. Hands down this is the one. l fuckin LOVE IT!!!!!

    At this point Revelations as a whole is a bit of a grower for me, which is ok. Some of my most adored albums have been growers. I've listened about 3 times now and while it continues to get better with each listen, it still isn't fully hitting me like I know it can. I KNOW it can. I mean the title track alone... first listen it wasn't clicking and now by the 3rd it's one of my favs. I can't get it outta my head. There are a TON of super catchy grooves going on here.

    Overall I think it's a kick ass solid album...and I look forward to it reeeeally punching me in the face. :D

    I'm love love lovin...

    *Until We Fall* ~*Revelations* ~*The Shape of things to come*!


    Oooh, did we all see this????
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSIm5p5lLmk
    :o:o:o

    SOOOO insanely GORGEOUS!!! It makes me wanna cry!!

    Regardless of how others feel about him, CORNELL remains completely untouchable imo. :o The man is not of this earth and the voice continues to get me like NO other.


    And YES YES YES! SOLO CORNELL! I am soooooo beyond excited for this. Like...PJ excited! :D:D:D


    no one sings like him anymore :)
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    macgyver06 wrote:
    yes.. i never have liked panic at the disco! so you know what... you probaly wont catch me reviewing their albums :)

    I'm a big fan of Audioslave's previous 2 records.
    i think you have a hang up with the 90's

    Why? Because I don't like a band that is formed from two bands that helped define the sound of the 90s? Strange....
    i loved em...but its over man.your living in the past man.....your hung up on a freaking clown from the sixties man...

    That's a good Seinfeld quote.
    also read the lyrics as you listen to corduroy...vedder hates you :)

    I highly doubt that Eddie Vedder is aware I exist. And I doubt he'd want the lyrics on this record compared to his own.
  • VEDHEAD27
    VEDHEAD27 Posts: 3,091
    macgyver06 wrote:
    no one sings like him anymore :)

    SO true!

    No one EVER has.

    >>AND<<

    No one EVER will.
    :)
    ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤

    "Lo√e, you know the word
    ...YOU invented it!" ~ E√

    ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤
    ...::STONE--YOU--OWN!::...
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  • reversedarwinism
    reversedarwinism Posts: 1,151
    farfromglorified wrote:
    That sounds like a challenge. Here's why this record is sub-par:

    Musically, this record is no different than their other offerings and not even as solid as the previous records. It sounds rather thrown together. The hooks are few and far between, the bridges weak and the sound is pretty muddled. While it's nice to see that Marello's gimmicks are kept to a relative minimum, he fails to do anything here that really stands out. Overall the record sounds like a car in need of work....lots of stops and starts without any real progress.

    Lyrically, it's too damn repetitive. Cornell's voice is lost on a lot of the tracks. His voice lacks its typical intensity and the stuff that actually gets through is more cliche than prophetic.

    Ironically, the only great song on this record is the title track. The rest of it sounds like the occassional filler on the other two records. It's as if someone put together an Audioslave greatest hits record and then as a cruel joke released the songs that were left over.

    That said, the album does have some good grooves. Other than "Jewel of the Summertime", there isn't anything here that is completely unlistenable. "Moth" and "Wide Awake" are lyrically solid. But after the first track every other song seems to scream "skip button". Unfortunately there's nothing really engaging to skip to.


    you totally convinced me (eye roll). i did like it but now that i read your post........
    i really like pizza, pb&j, pearl jam, and chicken fried steak too, are there any of those that you think i shouldn't?
    bombs, dropping down, please forgive our hometown
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    reversedarwinism wrote:
    i really like pizza, pb&j, pearl jam, and chicken fried steak too, are there any of those that you think i shouldn't?

    Chicked fried steak is disgusting. The rest is solid though.

    Now, do you have problems with anything I actually wrote?
  • macgyver06
    macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    reversedarwinism wrote:
    you totally convinced me (eye roll). i did like it but now that i read your post........
    i really like pizza, pb&j, pearl jam, and chicken fried steak too, are there any of those that you think i shouldn't?

    ''cornells voice is lost on a lot of tracks''

    what is that...thats the dumbest thing ive ever heard..
    im still trying to figure out what this means?
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    macgyver06 wrote:
    ''cornells voice is lost on a lot of tracks''

    what is that...thats the dumbest thing ive ever heard..
    im still trying to figure out what this means?

    It means that his voice doesn't stand out and is often muddled by or inconsistent with the music.
  • lowlight10
    lowlight10 Posts: 619
    farfromglorified wrote:
    Bring on solo Cornell! Euphoria Morning is one of the most underrated records of the 90s.

    yes and HELL YES!
    -


    "In your case, I'll check my brain at the door and we'll start even, okay?"

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  • reversedarwinism
    reversedarwinism Posts: 1,151
    farfromglorified wrote:
    Chicked fried steak is disgusting. The rest is solid though.

    Now, do you have problems with anything I actually wrote?
    WTF?
    chicken fried steak disgusting???? i think i found your essential flaw.

    no, i don't have any problems, but i do have a great album to listen to. do you have it, or are you just talking out of a far from glorified body part?
    bombs, dropping down, please forgive our hometown
  • lowlight10
    lowlight10 Posts: 619
    nice seinfeld reference macgyver, but I essentially agree with glorified, Audioslave is very limited in terms of range due to the style of the 3 Rage guys. Rage needs to reunite with Zack and let Chris go solo. I cannot wait for his new album and hopefully a tour as well!

    i havent heard the new album yet, but i hope its not just a lot of "out of exile" leftovers, because that album was weak, with the exception of maybe 3-4 songs.

    did anybody get the new album at Best Buy? If so, whats on the DVD?
    -


    "In your case, I'll check my brain at the door and we'll start even, okay?"

    Have you thanked a taper today?
  • macgyver06
    macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    farfromglorified wrote:
    That sounds like a challenge. Here's why this record is sub-par:

    Musically, this record is no different than their other offerings and not even as solid as the previous records. It sounds rather thrown together. The hooks are few and far between, the bridges weak and the sound is pretty muddled. While it's nice to see that Marello's gimmicks are kept to a relative minimum, he fails to do anything here that really stands out. Overall the record sounds like a car in need of work....lots of stops and starts without any real progress.

    Lyrically, it's too damn repetitive. Cornell's voice is lost on a lot of the tracks. His voice lacks its typical intensity and the stuff that actually gets through is more cliche than prophetic.

    Ironically, the only great song on this record is the title track. The rest of it sounds like the occassional filler on the other two records. It's as if someone put together an Audioslave greatest hits record and then as a cruel joke released the songs that were left over.

    That said, the album does have some good grooves. Other than "Jewel of the Summertime", there isn't anything here that is completely unlistenable. "Moth" and "Wide Awake" are lyrically solid. But after the first track every other song seems to scream "skip button". Unfortunately there's nothing really engaging to skip to.


    ''Musically, this record is no different than their other offerings and not even as solid as the previous records''
    - musically they are the same band? the riffs are different.. compare with tabs.... offerings not solid... i dont know what that means..the rest of the paragraph seems as if you know them or have some kind of grudge?

    2ND PARAGRAPH - repetition is usually used to make a point clear... repeating feeds intensity..prophets create cliches. so that point is not 'solid'

    3rd paragraph - use of irony is incorrect.. so this paragraph is void.

    rest - records are played str8 through..not skip around...
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    i like it.
    that said, i think their 2nd album is their strongest. first one was good, but they were finding their way, getting comfortable together....second one they hit their groove, really tight and cohesive album...thirsd, good and solid, but not as challenging, bit 'phoned'in'. however, i still enjoy it. me, i LOVED rage, soundgarden not so much altho i definitely liked some of their stuff, so for me...audioslave is the first time i REALLY like what chris cornell is doing. however, i have read enough that i definitely want to pick up his solo album and check it out. :)
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  • PJammin'
    PJammin' Posts: 1,913
    lowlight10 wrote:

    did anybody get the new album at Best Buy? If so, whats on the DVD?

    got the cd at best buy. it comes with the 16 minute dvd filmed by danny clinch. i also purchaced a four song live audioslave cd and it took about two dollars off of Revelations. so the cd, dvd, plus the four live songs came to $12.98. :D

    the dvd has interviews with the band talking about the album, how they recorded it, their inspirations and influences, living in l.a., and the state of the world. good stuff. oh, and it shows cornell tripping when he comes out of a door with the band as they head down a flight of stairs. :D i liked watching the dvd...NOW ON TO THE CD!
    I died. I died and you just stood there. I died and you watched. I died and you walked by and said no. I'm dead.
  • lowlight10
    lowlight10 Posts: 619
    PJammin' wrote:
    got the cd at best buy. it comes with the 16 minute dvd filmed by danny clinch. i also purchaced a four song live audioslave cd and it took about two dollars off of Revelations. so the cd, dvd, plus the four live songs came to $12.98. :D

    the dvd has interviews with the band talking about the album, how they recorded it, their inspirations and influences, living in l.a., and the state of the world. good stuff. oh, and it shows cornell tripping when he comes out of a door with the band as they head down a flight of stairs. :D i liked watching the dvd...NOW ON TO THE CD!

    thanks for the info. no live performances??? :(
    -


    "In your case, I'll check my brain at the door and we'll start even, okay?"

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