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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
By J. Groom
Format:Audio CD
In an age where mainstream 'hard rock' is dominated by uninspired bands like Nickelback and.... well Nickelback, and with Audioslave never living up to their potential, and seemingly a new bunch of emo kids crying through their eyeliner every month on MTV - this is a breath of fresh air!
I was maybe a little harsh before but bands like Nickelback are just so unexciting that to hear an album like this makes me glad I've still got long hair and like hearing someone playing his damn guitar like he means it!
Its basically unashamed heavy guitar rock with anthemic choruses, incendiary solos, crunching riffs, thunderous drums and a great set of Chris Cornell-esque vocals. Its energetic, sing-along music - great for driving or working-out.
Only four (I would say 4 and a half!)stars because it is a little one-dimensional and at 14 tracks is maybe a little too long without some more different sounding tracks. The first 8 or 9 or so are solid gold though! Highly recommended for fans of Audioslave, Soundgarden, early Queens of the Stone Age, Led Zep, Black Sabbath, Metallica, Corrosion of Conformity, the Sword etc
I was maybe a little harsh before but bands like Nickelback are just so unexciting that to hear an album like this makes me glad I've still got long hair and like hearing someone playing his damn guitar like he means it!
Its basically unashamed heavy guitar rock with anthemic choruses, incendiary solos, crunching riffs, thunderous drums and a great set of Chris Cornell-esque vocals. Its energetic, sing-along music - great for driving or working-out.
Only four (I would say 4 and a half!)stars because it is a little one-dimensional and at 14 tracks is maybe a little too long without some more different sounding tracks. The first 8 or 9 or so are solid gold though! Highly recommended for fans of Audioslave, Soundgarden, early Queens of the Stone Age, Led Zep, Black Sabbath, Metallica, Corrosion of Conformity, the Sword etc
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Alter Bridge caught my attention after I heard about Creed's split, a band who I had never really valued, but recognised that there was a lot of potential in the sound they were making.
Alter Bridge's first album was a perfectly crafted, pure rock n roll gem, and this follow-up delivers more of the same soaring vocals, chugging riffs and widdly guitar work that I so love.
Blackbird see's Kennedy pick up the guitar for the first time, and crikey can he play! A few video's on youtube proved to me that he is just as accomplished as Tremonti, if not in a slightly different style. Also lyrically this album is darker, almost bleak in places - "One by One" is an example of this. The riffs are much more "metal" than "One day remains" which, in my opinion, suits Alter Bridge far better.
However there are still the uplifting, singalong anthems such as "Before tomorrow comes" and "Rise Today", Alter Bridge's trademark. However, the real highlight of this album for me is "Watch over you", a down-tempo, goose-bumps rock ballad that is moving and exciting in equal parts - a different Alter Bridge, but one that I very much approve of.
Unfortunately, Alter Bridge set such high standards with their best songs that certain tracks on this album become highly skippable - "Wayward One" and "We don't care at all" are still good songs in themselves but seem unnecessary.
Still, this is overwhelmingly another brilliant musical work from the american rockers, delivering more of the same incredibly powerful and melodic yet brutal rock tunes.
Best Moment: Guitar solo on "Blackbird"
Alter Bridge's first album was a perfectly crafted, pure rock n roll gem, and this follow-up delivers more of the same soaring vocals, chugging riffs and widdly guitar work that I so love.
Blackbird see's Kennedy pick up the guitar for the first time, and crikey can he play! A few video's on youtube proved to me that he is just as accomplished as Tremonti, if not in a slightly different style. Also lyrically this album is darker, almost bleak in places - "One by One" is an example of this. The riffs are much more "metal" than "One day remains" which, in my opinion, suits Alter Bridge far better.
However there are still the uplifting, singalong anthems such as "Before tomorrow comes" and "Rise Today", Alter Bridge's trademark. However, the real highlight of this album for me is "Watch over you", a down-tempo, goose-bumps rock ballad that is moving and exciting in equal parts - a different Alter Bridge, but one that I very much approve of.
Unfortunately, Alter Bridge set such high standards with their best songs that certain tracks on this album become highly skippable - "Wayward One" and "We don't care at all" are still good songs in themselves but seem unnecessary.
Still, this is overwhelmingly another brilliant musical work from the american rockers, delivering more of the same incredibly powerful and melodic yet brutal rock tunes.
Best Moment: Guitar solo on "Blackbird"
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Jayy Mannon
Format:Audio CD
The world of proper music is not necessarily a strong one at the moment, the market is flooded with mediocre sub-par acts that stick around for a week or so before disappearing into obscurity (but not before releasing two or three autobiographies and making numerous television appearances). This is a dark time for music out of which rises the wonderful new effort by these guys, i was a fan of creed but with one day remains alter bridge truely blew me away, with blackbird they have done the same combining tremonti's stunning guitar-work with kennedy's stunning vocal range and ability creating a second suburb album. Marshall and Phillips give solid performances as usual and overall the album is very good form beginning to end. I think this aalbum is much more solid than one day remains in that it has quality throughout, for me one day remains had a few blow-away tracks but also had a few dodgy ones, blackbird however is hard to criticise in any way. I was hooked from the first listen and having only listened through a few times through clear favourites beginning to emerge are 'brand new start', 'before tomorrow comes' and 'rise today'. Fantastic album, it's just a shame that in this country it wont get the recognition it truely deserves.
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rocks
Love their album since edges theme tune from wwe .So looked up the name of the group.and I absolutely rock to it 10/10
Published 8 days ago by steven radford
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let the wind carry you home
if you haven't heard blackbird and are a fan of rock music, get this special delivered. in 38 years of listening to classic/heavy/prog rock this is my favourite cd ever. Read more
Published 2 months ago by alanA
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Brilliant
A great album and highly recommended to anyone looking for a decent rock band to listen to. Great vocals and great guitar.
Published 2 months ago by tonybaloney
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Fantastic
Once again I have to thank Planet Rock for bringing my attention to another fantastic band. Alter Brige you ROCK!
Published 4 months ago by Lobba
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Perfect
What can I say Blackbird is the best album i've ever heard an hour of heavy rock and loving ballads,deferentially the best out of the three (Ab III, Blackbird and One Day Remains). Read more
Published 7 months ago by rob
5.0 out of 5 stars
i just love AB
the song Blackbird does it for me, it must be one of my favorite melodic rock song off all time, it has special meaning to me, it reminds me off a good friend who passed away a few... Read more
Published 8 months ago by S. Thim
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great
This is probably one of my favorite albums now. Every song is strong but the song blackbird is hard to describe it's close to perfection. Well worth buying.
Published 10 months ago by Mr. Andrew Harrison
5.0 out of 5 stars
My Favourite Album Ever
For some reason, I'm reviewing Blackbird 4 years after having bought it and One Day Remains, and after having reviewed their brilliant third album Ab 3.5. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Jon
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic Album.
Alter Bridge have produced a really great album with Blackbird.
Myles Kennedy's vocals combined with the brilliant guitar work of Mark Tremonti is a delight to listen... Read more
Myles Kennedy's vocals combined with the brilliant guitar work of Mark Tremonti is a delight to listen... Read more
Published 14 months ago by G. Musto
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is the best CD I have ever pruchased
I went to see them perform at the Manchester MEN then bought the CD following that. I have been listening to it constantly.
Published 14 months ago by A. Hartley
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