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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Musical Genius? Well I think so...., 20 Mar 2007
I am one of these people who listens to a new album all the way through before forming an opinion on it. Depending on how much I like the album in question, it will remain in my CD player until something else comes along that grabs my interest. This album was in my CD player for around five months!
The album has been criticised greatly for being too different from previous releases, but I have come to expect that from lostprophets. Their previous release 'Start Something' was vastly different from their debut, and therefore, I cannot see why most people seem so shocked by the direction this record has taken.
'Liberation Transmission' itself is a wonderful piece of musical genius. The opening track sweeps you off your feet and you don't find yourself touching the ground again until the record has finished playing. Each of the 12 tracks are a marvel in their own right; thus proving, once again, that the Welsh rockers in question don't know the meaning of the term 'album fillers'. The only complaint I have is that, at around 49 minutes in length, the 'Liberation Transmission' experience is over far too quickly.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing!, 15 Jun 2006
WOW! There's so many favourite tracks in this album. For those who love "Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)", will love EVERY other track in this album.
None of these tracks are let-downs, all of them are amazing. Lostprophets have out-done their previous album by far!
The band introuduce more group-singing in this album (as proven in "Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)").
My personal favourites are:
"Broken Hearts, Torn Up Letters and the Story of a Lonely Girl"
"Rooftops (A Liberation Broadcast)"
"For All These Times Kid, For All These Times"
(NOTE: The ONLY difference between the IMPORT (American) and the English version is the name: "For All These Times Kid, For All These Times" = English, and it says 'Son' instead of 'Kid' for the IMPORT.)
Overall though, I can't believe how much effort and amazing work went into this album! Great work, guys!
MUST BUY.
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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
HERES TO THE 3RD LET THERE BE A 4TH, 4 Sep 2006
Some people just don't like it when other's 'discover' thier favourite bands, foerever whinging on about 'liking them first', 'going mainstream' and 'selling out'. It's sad really, when you consider that if you really like a band that, technically, you should want them to succeed. The Lostprophets are no exception to the rule, peddling riffage that transcended skate parks to metal clubs whilst finding a niche in the cool kids cd collections. The Lostprophets were a, gasp, nu-metal (ish) band it was ok to like.
Debut album 'fakesoundofprogress' was recorded for about 2 quid before the Newport lads were signed, it was swiflty polished up, re-recorded, re-released and re-marketed before the gel on their asymetric hairstyles had set.
Start Something saw the band adopt a more accessible style that garnered them, shock horror, critical and commercial success, sold bucket loads and then the wheels fell off. Music buyers got sick of emo's over-earnest whining, nu-metal became more and more of a parody and the Lostprophets suddenly were no longer 'hip'. Whatever the hell that means anymore.
Liberation Transmission is essentially Start Something Mach 2, its vibrant, bold and loud. It has more hooks than an olympic curtain hanging contest and crucially its 'balls out' fun. Singles 'Rooftops' and 'Can't Catch Tommorrow' are so insanely feelgood catchy that they should be listened to whilst wearing a bio-hazard suit. The razor sharp melodies are still present and correct, Watkin's vocals are as strident as they ever were, and yes, even if the newer, more streamlined version of the Lostprophets never quite reach the ferocity of 'Kobraki' they are a damn fine band with damn fine tunes.
So, instead of moping around, crying into your milk and cookies about when you saw your 'favourite group' in a pub with 8 other regulars, strap a dirty great smile on your face and be pleased that, even if someone else has the same t-shirt as you, the Lostprophets are still about and are still (and this is surely the most important thing) pretty bloody good.
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