Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence [EXPLICIT LYRICS]

Glassjaw

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 9, 2000)
• Original Release Date: May 9, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Roadrunner Records
• ASIN: B00004SCYA
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (139 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #96,314 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful soul-awakening experience, May 9, 2000

By	Robert L. Thompson III (Columbia, MO USA) - See all my reviews

Never before have I been so moved by a cd. Glassjaw's "Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence" is an epic journey into the depths of a human's innermost feelings. It will leave you reeling from an emotional rollercoaster of that through which we experience in life.

Musically, Glassjaw is emo-core at its best; a perfect blend of hard and fast, and melodic and beautiful, mixed with moments of punk/metal. The drums, bass, and guitars are all quite solid, no one instrument outperforms the others, as they play together in sync creating music that is defined and mature. Overall, the music is nothing that I have not heard before, fairly straightforward with little experimentation, but this is not really a problem as the music is merely a complement for the band's true talent: their emotional truthfulness.

Vocalist Daryl Palumbo exhibits something that very few singers today have; raw, heartfelt, emotion. The true essence of emo-core. On these twelve songs Palumbo pours out his innermost feelings through poetic lyrics expressing his anger, hate, love, pain, desire, and loneliness experienced through life, all of which will sweep the listener along to places they have never before been, awakening that which they tried so hard to keep hidden. It is this unbridled release of emotions that truly make this music so special.

There is no one song that shines above the others. Each song may speak a different tale but in reality they are all part of an epic ballad; at one point inciting such feelings where the listener just wants to fight the entire world, at other times evoking the listener to breakdown in a torrent of tears and unimaginable sadness. All I can truly say is that this cd is incredible, a masterpiece of human fragility. I'm still breathless.

This cd is not for the public. I doubt it will get much airplay or ever become a staple on MTV, then again I believe that is what is best for this band. Glassjaw creates music that is honet, brutal, and ever so REAL. They do not deserve to have their music corrupted by the idiotic masses. So if you think you can handle music that is REAL, then definitely obtain this cd. Other emo-core bands: Deftones, Inkling, Far, Cleanse, Blind By Choice, Tenfold, Helen 55, Codeseven, and Will Haven.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing and heartbreaking, a shattering debut CD, August 14, 2000

By	Michael B. Scrutchin (Pearland, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

Glassjaw's debut CD, "Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence," can't be described in words. Anything I say here won't do it justice, because this CD is nothing less than a soul-awakening experience from the most emotionally honest band I've ever heard. At times, Glassjaw can be blisteringly heavy and aggressive, but the next second they're playing the most melodically beautiful and heartbreaking chorus you've ever heard. The album is a rollar-coaster of emotions; I've never before been so moved by a CD.

People have compared Glassjaw to bands like the Deftones, Radiohead, and Far. There are slight sililarities to all those bands, but Glassjaw is really a band all their own.

The vocalist, Daryl, has said that if you can't relate to this music, you've never had your heart broken. I would certainly agree. For everyone out there who feels depressed, heartbroken, or alone, pick up a copy of this CD. You're not alone.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Words cannot describe how good this album is...., February 20, 2001

By	"driver_down" (Toronto) - See all my reviews

And I thought Taproot was emo-metal....

This CD has touched me in a way I cannot even begin to describe. Ross Robinson pulls together another great production, again showing the world that he isn't a rap-core hack. The album artis bizarre, yet intriguing, and the music is f$3%ing beyond amazing. Daryl Palumbo's voice takes some getting used to (imagine Chino Moreno on a certain powdery-white stimulant), but once you're over that hurdle, it all falls into place. The guitars are heavy enough for Machine Head fans but diverse enough for non-metalheads. The bass is rumbly and earthy in tone, but also has a very independant feel. The music as a whole ranges from such angst-ridden screamers as "Siberian Kiss" and "Hurting And Shoving" to gorgeously melodic tunes like "Her Middle Name Was Boom and "Piano".

Lyrically, Mr. Palumbo turns anger and spite into something beautiful. "Staring at a Parisian sex flick where the characters don't meet, the characters don't speak, the characters are like mirrors facing mirrors - space always expanding". He confronts broken relationships, his unfortunate affliction of Crohn's Disease, and other weighty topics unflinchingly and with intensity unmatched by any other lyricist in the business. Many women have objected to Palumbo's supposedly misogynistic lyrics, although I strongly doubt he would have written them if there wasn't something behind it other than pure bigotry.

Overall, one of the most disturbing, compelling and honest records I've heard in a long time. Buy, beg, steal...