Darkhorse [Clean]

Crazy Town | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 12, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Clean
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000787FA
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (58 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,000,497 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Decorated

2. Hurt You So Bad

3. Drowning

4. Change

5. Candy Coated

6. Waste of My Time

7. Sorry

8. Battle Cry

9. Take It To The Bridge

10. Skulls and Stars

11. Beautiful

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars GROWER, May 7, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Darkhorse (Audio CD)

The first time you hear this you think poop. Then you listen to it another time and you begin to like it. You know how it goes. Eventually you love it. It's not as raw as the last album and the tracks are quite short so if you listen to it in one go it sort of sounds like one long song - but most of the tracks are good! If you like Limp Bizkit or The Lost Prophets you'll like this. It is a good album and deserves a place alongside your other albums so buy it.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Deserved a better fate, March 9, 2005

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Darkhorse04 "J.D." (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Darkhorse (Audio CD)

Just when I thought Crazy Town had recovered from the "Butterfly" incident they broke up but left an amazing album behind. "Darkhorse" is the crazytown that should have made it big but critics decided to kill this band. Don't listen to the bad wrap, buy this album you wont be disappointed. It's not as much rapping and suprisingly more rock in certain songs. It's a wide range of music and an awsome CD that shoulda been more than what it was let to be.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Craziest Part of Town... Grown Up A Bit, November 18, 2008

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S. Esin "The Prince of Melancholy" (New York, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Darkhorse (Audio CD)

I never really understood why "Darkhorse" wasn't as popular as "The Gift of Game" - perhaps, at the time, nu-metal and derivatives were getting "overrated" slowly.

This album marks a shift from a heavily hip-hop influenced sound to a slightly more pessimistic, more nu-metal (read "power chord" driven), while not taking either side all the way. Mostly, the sound has grown more aggressive, lyrics more pessimistic and a little bit less "fun-lovin-weed-smokin-youngster" attitude. CrazyTown has grown up a little bit, and isn't afraid to look vulnerable beneath their "B-Boy/Playa" exterior.

The songs... what to say? It's been YEARS from when I first listened to this, and I am still in love with it. "Decorated" ('Nothing come from nowhere') starts off to an unusual (for CrazyTown) sound, but it's incredible. It's followed by "Hurt You So Bad", a classical rock/love song. Followed closely by "Drowning", the single, it hits hard. The album keeps the pessimism and introspection with "Change" and digs even deeper with "Candy Coated". It lights up a little with the cliched but still funny and quite good "Waste of My Time". The mood grows a bit somber with "Sorry", the song of apologies. Continued on with the amped-up "Battle Cry", the band sticks it to everyone, even the listeners in "Take it to the Bridge" ('Would you jump off the bridge if I told you to?'). "Skulls and Stars" is a reggae-inspired little ballad, kind of upbeat for a change in this "Darkhorse". Still, as if this was for us to catch a breath, the album launches into it's final track, "Beautiful"... and it is beautiful.

On the album, there are actually two bonus tracks: "You're the One" which is a classical Shifty Shellshock song, and "Them Days", which is an incredible chiller-outer and dancer.

All-in-all, I wouldn't suggest this album to everyone, but those with an open mind to the more simplistic and poppier side of nu-metal (wonder if there is any other side by the way). Be aware that this is essentially a spawn of pop music, and you'll be okay. Otherwise, stay away.