Customer Reviews

In the Black [Vinyl]

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Kittie's 5th album will be leaving you asking for more. Forgive and Forget might be my favorite track tied with Sleepwalking (Amazing lyrics), Whiskey Love Song (More amazing lyrics), and The Truth (Way to end an album, wow). You can totally hear Tara's influence with kick a** solos and lead work, but you certainly can tell its a Kittie album. Morgan's vocals are as confident as ever, man can she scream, but then in a moment sing beautifully. The production is so much better than the last album which was a little too clean. An interesting note for all of you who loved Oracle the producer of this album was an engineer on Oracle. Sorrow I Know vocally left me dropping my jaw. A very, very proud day to be a fan. Old fans and new will appreciate what Kittie has turned into - a BEAST.

Heres a song by song review of this pretty darn good album. But over all Morgan uses her normal voice and her growling voice much like Funerial For Yesterday. But she growls abit more on this. The mix of the album sounds great, no over production or computer effects. And it sounds like the band could be playing live in front of you. If you can imagine Oracle and Funerial together as one album then you get a good idea of how this sounds. Hard n Heavy of Oracle with the more mass appeal of Funerial. There is not one bad song on this album and can easliy be played track 1-12. For my Money this line up is very tight sounding nd I hope it stays together. Also some DAMN SEXY WOMEN.
1.Is a instrumential intro for the album. Duel guitars with a few bass lines played in.
2.So far the best known song from this album. Many live exsamples of this song is on youtube in which they play track 1 into it just like on this album. Mixture of Morgan's normal voice and her growling.
3.Driven paced, heavy hitting song. A headbanger which is kinda neat to play on your car sterio loud and drive fast. Kinda Breathe meets Look So Pretty. Check youtube for music video.
4.The same song Metallica covered on Garage INC. With Mercades
on some backing vocals.
5.Also has live exsamples on youtube. A more mild song with great drumming by Mercades. Morgon sings very good with her normal voice. Maybe her best exsample of it. Only thing missing is a guitar solo which I think would have fit in great.
6.Fast paced headbanger with the sisters doing some great duel growling on the verses. Morgan uses her normal voice great in this song on the chorses. Awesome guitar solo by Tara. Also a good car jaming song. Check youtube for this one too
7.No, not a cover of the Elvis song. Great interplay with Mercades and Ivy. No growl singing. Another awesome guitar solo by Tara. I dont know if she is a fan of Tony Iommi but i can hear a little of his style throuout the song. This could have easily been the single from this album. Upbeat and radio friendly but still a headbanger.
8.Another good exsample of Morgan's normal voice. Tara's guitar solo is good but they could have played it a little longer. Short song too which apon first hearing it I thought it was a filler. But the 2nd time I listened to it it became a better song to me.
9.Great guitar intro by Tara. If played on a keyboard it would have made a great 80's B horrer movie soundtrack. 2nd best exsample of Morgan's normal voice but her best lyric wise of this whole album.
10.Check youtube for this one too. Great duel guitar playing by Tara and Morgan. Ivy fits in there perfect with her bass lines. Headbanger with a bit of Iommi & Geezer Butler. 2 Damn good Tara solos. I think this could have been an awesome instrumential. Not that Morgan singing takes anything away from this song. Just it would be great either way.
11.Remindes me alot of Metallica - Seek and Destroy. Ad upbeat headbanger. With explosive Tara solos thats a good kick in the face. Could be a fight or sports song. Another car jammer.
12. AWESOME organ intro then the band explodes out of the speakers. Another bit of Iommi in Tara. Another of the sisters growling duel in the middle of the song. I think this could have been an awesome instrumential. Not that Morgan singing takes anything away from this song. Just it would be great either way. At the end there is one of those tunes like a toy box would play which fits in very good. A great way to end the album. Cant wait for album 6 in 2-3 years from now.

Heavier album than previous outputs. Lyrics are a bit cliched, but they aren't really known as accomplished lyricists. "Cut Throat" is definitely the highlight of the album.Progressing quite nicely over the years. Good Job, Kittie!

Confused ? don't be. Spit was great, but when I listen to it now vs. In the Black.. I am awestruck at how far these ladies have come . Rarely do i listen to an album as much a i have these last few days, like every day.This one's not perfect, I think they should do less growling and more melodic -clean voice. I think Morgan can go toe to toe with Otep.I'm not going to write a thesis here..all in all buy this album, don't think twice...you won't regret it !

I have been with Kittie since the beginning when I picked up a copy of Spit in the late 90's. I have all their CDs and I have to admit that this new one "In The Black" is my new favorite. This is the hardest and most brutal Kittie album yet.

Morgan is back with the demonic howls and screams that we love her for. She still sings, but the screaming is powerful and in your face like a fist. This was very much missed on Funeral for Yesterday.

My favorite tunes on the album are Cut Throat, Forgive and Forget, and Die Die my Darling. At first when I saw the title I thought they had covered a Misfits song, but it is an original and it kicks butt.

Don't second guess yourself, buy this CD and I guarantee it will be in your car stereo for at least a week non stop.

This is a band who never lets me down and 'In the Black' is no exception. Heavy vocals to soft serenading siren waves washing over the black sand of guitar crunch. It's an album I had been meaning to acquire sooner, and Christmas was finally a good excuse to pick it up. If you haven't heard them yet I would suggest start with their old stuff to fully appreciate the group and their constant improvement.

I am not a big fan of Kittie's earlier works. This is better, harder more mature effort than "Funeral for Yesterday". The songs aren't as catchy as the previous works but they do show that these ladies have become adults and are writing songs with more wisdom. Some may not like it but I do.

I have to admit that after Funeral for Yesterday I thought Kittie was headed in the wrong direction. This album, although not exactly returning them to their prime, is an excellent album. Morgan's gutteral skills aren't quite where they were on Oracle, but their song writing and Morgan's clean voice make up for it. Not to mention, the recording quality of this album is as good as their best albums, and thankfully, they used a different crew than the one responsible for Funeral.

I've been a fan of Kittie for the longest time now. I like every album by Kittie, but my favorite album by Kittie is between Oracle, and Until The End. I think Kittie's music is their own unique style. Kittie is back with In The Black exactly where they should be. If you're a fan of Kittie you should get this album. Kittie shreds every time they put out an album. In The Black is one of my favorite albums of 2009.

Kittie albums are either hit or miss (and sadly most seem to miss), but In the Black is actually pretty good... it even took the Kittie hating metal elitists of Blabbermouth by surprise. The first nine songs of this album are excellent, but the last three could have used a little work in the lyrics/vocals department (Ready Aim Riot is almost laughable). My favorite Kittie album since Oracle, "Cut Throat" and "My Plague" are standout tracks. Not really much to say here... In the Black isn't groundbreaking by any means, but it is enjoyable. I'm kind of surprised at how often I've listened to this CD lately.