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| Album Overview |
Title: Sold Out (The American Way)
Release Date:
7 September 2004
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| Our Review |
| Feel |
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85 |
| Stickyness |
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81 |
| Life |
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72 |
| Overall |
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80 |
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I’m always sceptical about albums that don’t have a consistent sound. Did Pretty Fly and Why Don’t You Get a Job drag the rest of Americana down because they weren’t punk rock? Did Feeling This pull Blink 182’s self-titled down because it was still living in the past rather than moving forward with their new sound? Well, maybe.
It is perhaps then a brave move for a rock band to offer any kind of mix in today’s music scene. Then again when it comes off it produces a fantastic album that will blow you away, in this case American Popular’s debut, Sold Out (The American Way).
It reaches from the hard rock styling of My Therapy right down to Mr. Trampoline, each track offering something totally different to the last. And it keeps you listening. It’s like when you re-watch Donnie Darko, each time you do, you pick up on something new that makes it even better.
Somehow the album achieves the kind of skipping-no-songs consistency that you find with AFI while still making every song unique. To be honest I can’t think of another band that manages such originality so well, maybe think the variety Alien Ant Farm offers taken to the extreme and you are getting there.
Don’t get me wrong, as much as I like this album it is a rock album. Which is great for those who like the rock genre although a question how much appeal the album will have outside of rock fans. What rock album does though and further more why should it?
Conclusion time. What can I say; Sold Out is a great album. Seriously great. If you like pretty much any band in the hard rock genre then I recommend you check out this album.
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