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| I understand if Queensryche dont wanna make a new Empire or a new Operation Mindcrime, I´m fine with that. And they have been experimenting before on a few of their previous releases but I just don´t get it when thisartistic band completely leave their trademark of progressive metal behind and get into electronic modern dance rock on "Dedicated to chaos". Geoff Tate says the new album is a clash and slash of musical styles and I agree, the jazzy soul rocker "Hard times" is a bit cool but perhaps not what the fans want to hear in a live set. The best song is "At the edge" that reminds the most of their early sound, I also like "Drive" that could´ve been an outtake from the "Tribe" album from 2003. But songs like "Get started" and "Hot spot junkie" are just weird in my opinion, I recently listened to all their records in chronological order (except a few of their 90´s albums that are a bit too dark) and I must say that "Dedicated to chaos" will not in a million years match albums like "Rage for order" or "American soldier". |
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| Multi musician Shaun T Hunter´s musical creation Quiet Rebellion is both artsy and quite easy to understand, this is a sound adventurethat most often feels like a movie score. Imagine yourself being in a cinderella sleep, except you´re wide awake looking at the night sky with only the stars as the only light. That´s how "Still talking scribble" sounds like, this is music for cathedrals. Shaun focuses mostly on acoustic instruments which suits his fragile voice, 16 tracks might seem like a 3 hour movie but if you take the album in 2 parts as Vol 1 and 2, or why not look at it as a good old fashioned double vinyl album with 4 songs on each side - then "Still talking scribble" will not feel like a planet to discover. For fans of Peter Gabriel, Krister Linder, Sigur Ros. |
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| QR (This album technically has the same name as their debut album with Randy Rhoads) was released in 1988 and is the only Quiet Riot album which features Paul Shortino (Rough Cutt, The Cutt, Badd Boyz, Shortino) on lead vocals. It is also the only Quiet Riot album which does not feature the late Kevin DuBrow on lead vocals or any other than-surviving original members. It is also the only Quiet Riot album to feature Sean McNabb (also Rough Cutt) on bass. When the band released the album, it didn't take the band back to it's commercial glory. After a tour that ended in Hawaii in 1989, the band members went their separate ways. DuBrow subsequently fought in court to keep control of the band's name. Sean McNabb joined House of Lords in 1991, where he ironically replaced Chuck Wright, the bass player that he also replaced in Quiet Riot. This album is not an album that will go to the history for classic rockalbums. It's a tired album with a few good tracks like the AOR ballad "Don't Wanna Be Your Fool" which is a great track in the same style as Talisman and "I'm Fallin' which also is a good AOR-tune. But all in all - let's be honest. This is not a good album. Far from the glory days of Quiet Riot. |
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| The name of this recording is short for "Quiet Riot III", and was released in 1986. Despite the title, this is actually the band's fifth album; however it was on their third major label/worldwide release. Following the massive success of Metal Health and the more modest reception of Condition Critical (which failed to duplicate Metal Health's success, but at least did go top 20 and receive a platinum certification), QRIII represents Quiet Riots final plunge away from stardom. The album only reached #32 on the US charts and has yet to achieve any certification at all. After this album, Dubrow was kicked out of the band and was replaced by Paul Shortino for the album QR two years later. The typical Quiet Riot-sound is more or less gone on the album and the band desperately tried to follow the sound that the other "poodle-bands" in the middle of the 80's had such success with. And the result... Well what should I say. The album sits on a couple of really good melodic rockers like "Twilight Hotel", "Slave To Love" and the single "The Wild And The Young". But still... You can hear that the band lost the grip and desperately kicked Kevin out after the album. The result was that the album after failed even more... Rock Candys version is as always a great piece of work with unique unseen photos and a fat booklet. |
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The online EP "Fall from the ceiling" from Minnesota 5 piece Quietdrive truly is a modern rock explosion with golden powerpop glitter all over it.
They?re off for a promising start with producer Butch Walker on the side and Epic records as their home!
These 3 tracks are filled with so many catchy hooks and addictive melodies that you might not get them outta your head for the next year.
Perfect mixtape track no:1-Take a drink (just the song you need to get the party started)
Perfect mixtape track no:2-Rise from the ashes (when you need to get the action back,this is the one)
Perfect mixtape track no:3-Maybe misery (the encore so people wanna come back next time and the next time after that)
Look out for their debut album "When all that?s left is you" this spring,just hope they won?t leave out any of the tracks on the EP coz they?re all hyper rock of highest degree.
QUIETDRIVE,QUIETDRIVE,QUIETDRIVE!
(this is not the original album cover) |
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Minneapolis based Quietdrive takes the listener on a ride of supercatchy modern rock with golden powerpop glitter all over it. I fell in love with their 3 track debut EP "Fall from the Ceiling" last year and I´m pleased to say that all 3 tracks are included on their full length debut!
Modern rock guru Butch Walker has been involved in the production and that´s a safe investment for 100% success. This upbeat album makes me so damn happy I could run naked through my local grocery store with the police arresting me.
I will still be singing on tunes like "Let Me Go In" and "Rush Together" behind bars. It was a genius idea to record a cover of the brilliant "Time After Time" (Cyndi Lauper).
Singer/Songwriter Kevin Truckenmiller is a very talented guy you need to remember the name of. So, if you wanna know the meaning behind "hook-laden" - don´t look it up in the dictionary, just buy this album and fill your soul with 40 minutes of pure modern rock euphoria. Excellent! |
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I fell in love with Quietdrive´s debut album from three years ago. Who could not have loved –as Kaj put it in his great review of “When all that’s left is you” – that ride of supercatchy modern rock? I liked their song, “I Lie Awake”, so much that I even used it as the tune my cellphone played when it was time to wake me up (WARNING: Don’t do that with a song you like because you will start to hate it!). Needless to say, my expectations with “Deliverance” were very high.
When I started listening to this release, my first thought was that it was going to let me down. The thing with this set of tracks is that while “When all that’s left is you” was an easy to digest pop-punk album, “Deliverance” is a more evasive alternative oriented one. This means that maybe you will need to listen to it several times in order to really appreciate it, but rest assured, once it starts growing on you, you’re going to love it. In this effort, the band showcases its ability to write catchy tunes and memorable choruses, and, at the same time, it shows us that Quietdrive has matured a lot musically. The production is impressive, even more so when you consider that Kevin Truckenmiller –the talented lead singer- was the producer because of budget restraints (the band had to record the album independently). The only thing working against “Deliverance” is that, lyrically, it falls short from greatness. The lyrics are not bad, but they could be better.
What I like the most about Quietdrive’s sophomore record is its musical diversity. You have the punk rock of “Believe”, “Promise Me”, and “Pretend”; the pop rock of “Take Me Now”, “Birthday”, “Motivation”, and the first single, “Deliverance”; the R&B influenced (in a good way) “Daddy’s Little Girl”; the Maroon 5 sounding “Hollywood”, traces of reggae with “Kissing Your Lips”; the beautiful ballad “Starbright”; and the jewel of the album: “Secret”, which exemplifies the development of the band. Had you ever thought that the merging of Spanish flamenco and punk rock could sound so good?
Overall, this is a stronger record than its predecessor. With this release, Quietdrive delivered to us one of the best albums of 2008 and an example of how a band can explore new grounds without losing its essence. You definitely have to check it out. |
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This EP from Quietdrive contains a total amount of seven songs and I feel that it is a nice number of songs. However, after listening to this EP several times there are only two or three songs that really stick. "Jessica" is a great poppy rock song that has a killer chorus. "Into the Ocean" is by far the best song on this EP. Sure, "Just My Heart" is quite catchy as well but not as good as the others and it is in that song and the following Call Me Up that Quitedrive vanish a bit in the jungle of bands that sounds the same as them.
I can see why some people like the band though as I cannot find any bad songs on here. And if they can write more songs like the good ones on here the upcoming album might be something to look forward to. Fans of the band will of course like this. If you dig bands like Cartel, The Starting Line or Run Kid Run you might find something interesting here. In my book it is an ok EP. Investigate on your own will. |
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"Up And Down" is Quietdrive’s fifth studio album and the second in a year. We got the cover album "Your Record / Our Spin" last year, which was a pleasant experience with new interpretations of classic, selected by the fans.
Ever since their debut "When All That's Left Is You" from 2006 I have been a big fan of their really catchy and melodic rock that feels like a great addition to Eve 6 and The All-American Rejects. Does even think that Quitedrive is better than those with much more even albums and stronger songs. They have unfortunately not received the same cult status, but they have, however, been signed with both Epic and Militia Group which shows that they have that little extra.
"Up And Down" then follow the same track as the previous albums with a nice dose of pop / rock on a meeting with power-pop and pop-punk. The more emotional "This Is Love" and "All This Time" are my favorites, but "Crazy" is perhaps the one with the most potential and had been given here if AAR had released it! Check it out if you like the stylish and well crafted pop / rock! |
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Quietdrive is a very productive band and since 2002 managed to release five albums and six ep's. They have also been signed to both Epic Records and The Militia Group, but has since 2009 their own independent label Sneaker 2 Bombs.
Like the idea of this album that started as a fundraising project on Kickstarter, ie. the fans helped to finance the project. They were also to influence the content, as this is a cover album where fans got to vote for the tracks to be on it. A bit risky, one might think, but fans seem to have good taste, as most of the tracks are of high quality.
Is normally no fan of cover songs, but find that half of the tracks here are very nice with new energy and cool ideas from the band. Toto's "Africa" is a favorite with a nice punk / pop edge that makes it fresh and fun. Even Bruce Hornsby's "Mandolin Rain" and Kansas "Carry On My Wayward Son "are songs that I will come back several times as the Peter Gabriel tune "In Your Eyes".
A tracks that I could have lived without is Wiz Khalifa's "No Sleep" not at all fit with its rap edge. The same applies to Night Ranger's "Sister Christian" where the band made it to a strange punk honky-tonk track that does not work at all.
But overall, it is catchy and fun record that you should check up on you like what the band have done before. |
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I have asked myself the question many times. What is the thing with
Australia? Where do all these guys with great voices come from? Its
unnecessary to mention all of them, but we can add another guy to this
"box"
of candy... Quinn has a soft "raspy" voice and on this naked 4-song EP
with
just him and a guitar he gives us a lovely moment in the modern singer
songwriter school. To just work with an acoustic guitar on an E.P
like
this works but I hope he will have some kind of back-up band and
instruments
added to the sound on his full-length later on. An album like this with
10
songs can be a little too much. His voice and these songs with a
production
like on Shane Nicholson, Ari Hest or John Mayers albums will be a real
freekin killer. The guy has one of the better voices in the new
generation
of singer songwriters, and I can just tell you to join the ride and
follow
the guy with this E.P and his future career. |
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