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And for fans of the third side of III Sides, they threw in the longer, richer Last Hour and Peace (these don't reach the level of III sides, but are still pretty good). I hated to see these guys depart, especially so shortly after III Sides, but I am glad they're back and I hope this is just the first in a long line of great new Extreme releases. That range goes from the hip-hop/spoken word jam of King of the Ladies to the classic Extreme power ballads of Ghost and Interface. These guys put forth an album that defies definition because it ranges so widely. It is still a great album that continues Extreme's growth out of "yet one more 80s hair band" stigma. If you're like me you wanted this album to be another III Sides, but it isn't. Much like III Sides, this album shows that Extreme is so much more than just your average rock band. To show they know where they came from, they put in the guitar heavy, funkification that is Slide.
You are not missing anything here. And they had a couple of other slower songs that would have complimented some scorchers incredibly well. There you go, straight to the point. For those of us in our late 30's, King of the Ladies will be enjoyable purely for nostalgic reasons. Yes I will. Nuno flashes enough genius at you to let you know he still has it and maybe, just maybe he will unleash it better in the next one. I have been waiting and waiting AND waiting for Extreme to get blazing again like they did for their debut and Pornografitti. Its almost like they are getting softer now on purpose, which is REALLY annoying.
But there are no scorchers. But just becaue I fall for it doesn't mean you have to. Disappointment. I was hoping this hiatus would bring Nuno back ready to get after it, if not the rest of the band. Well to put it in rock and roll terms, I won't get fooled again.
This is the best Extreme album, maybe the best rock album ever. and I bought Pornograffiti back in the day.
Great lyrics though.Flower Man. Really dig this song a lot.'Ghost' is a very moving song. I'm not going to go track for track here. It's always been love at first sight. It moves, great riff, and it's fun. It's powerful, moving, Gary's vocals are great, the lyrical content is so clever and hearing it produced on a BIG record just made it all that much better. 'Learn to Love' I could take or leave. Hasn't grabbed me at all.
It's a little all over the place, which what Extreme album isn't. 'Nuff said'Peace' Might have to give this more time. (Check out 2 Weeks In Dizneyland) This song does nothing for me.(Did I say I wasn't going track for track. Not so much this time. It's OK.'King of the Ladies' is a great song. Cool riffs and harmonies.
Oops)Take Us Alive is awesome. Very "Tragic Comic" like.'Run' I love this song also. 3 stars from me, mediocre. Very reminiscant (sp). The chorus takes some time to get used to. to Nuno's Schizophonic album.
that song will never grow on me. Very cool.'Slide' again, could take or leave it. Worth the buy though. If you're a 1st time listener that doesn't know what Extreme is about, 'Star' could be enough to turn you off right away. Most "Extreme" on the disc. The band put 'Star' on their Myspace page for a while as a teaser and it was great to hear the band back doing what we loved them for in the 1st place. WTF. GREAT song.'Sunrise' Blech.
I felt the same way about 'Punchline' also, but that grew on me after a while, so who knows. Not a bad song, but also doesn't want to make me listen to it again.'Interface' Okay, I was SO against Extreme covering the Dramagods version of this song, HOWEVER, this is the best song on the record. Very nostalgic. I would not however have chosen this as the "lead track" from the album. Love the lyrical content here as well. To be fair, I haven't given it a chance.In comparison to the preceding Extreme albums, this one does not stack up in my opinion. For all of Extreme's career, nothing has had to grow on me.
I skip it everytime. At first I was just too excited and pumped that my favorite band of all time was releaing a new album to care what was on it. there are some great songs on the album and some that I certainly could have done without. my wife said "You would never like this song if it wasn't Extreme doing it" I can't answer, I don't know. Anyone that has lost someone close to them will relate to this song.
This is most apparent on 'Last Hour'. I've waited a long time to review Saudades de Rock because I wanted to, and heard that it may need to grow on listeners. Gary pushes to far and hard on some vocals that for one he won't be able to pull off live and two, some of it is just downright hard to swallow. Cool to have Nuno on vocals.
Just another awesome album. Nuno's still the best guitarist in the world, Gary's voice sounds great and the whole band still rock :)Lyrics, medolies, everything is perfect.
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