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us and them
简介
by Johnny Loftus Shinedown's 2003 single &Fly from the Inside& blended atmospheric Alice in Chains references with a lumbering post-grunge sound similar to Nickelback. The debut LP Leave a Whisper offered more of the same -- a satisfactory sound as rock radio filler, but ultimately pretty calculated. But it became a hit, certainly due in part to radio support, but mostly because of the Jacksonville, FL-based band's reputation as a great live act. The quartet played something like 400 shows over the course of 2003 and 2004, and that gelling process is unquestionably a factor in the more realized hard rock sound of the 2005 follow-up, Us and Them. Shinedown frontman Brent Smith channels Chris Cornell (or at least Alter Bridge's Myles Kennedy) on opener &The Dream,& but the song's grunge theft is forgiven by its airtight groove. Shinedown have been road-tested, and they prove it again on &Trade Yourself In& and &Yer Majesty.& Unfortunately, for most of Us and Them the band still relies too much on formula. &Save Me& and &Beyond the Sun& are direct descendants of 3 Doors Down. They didn't invent ploddingly urgent post-grunge either, but provided the most recent examples with their string of early-2000s hits. Elsewhere, &I Dare You& is like a formula and an experiment all in one, suggesting light pop like the Calling even as gritty guitars churn up the reverb. It's a confusing song that doesn't do anything for the album's continuity. Shinedown definitely have a rewarding hard rock album in them somewhere. But after all its populist concessions, Us and Them isn't it.
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| 发行时间 | 2005-10-04 |
| 名称 | us and them |
| 歌手 | shinedown |
| 类别 | 录音室专辑 |
| 语言 | 英语 |