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Forever Free: Sublime Tribute

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1 star:		(6)

 

 

I'm writing this in regards to the review below. The reviewer, "J. Snook" states that "This is a miserable attempt at gaining attention to a new music label by doing a tribute record of a band that they didn't even know that well." Well I can tell you first hand that's wrong as I'm friends with the guy who produced the album. He's a huge Sublime fan and has been since 1993, probably longer than "Snook" has been alive. Also, he states "If you look at the tracklist you will realize that some of the songs are in fact covers of other artists as well, so these jerks aren't even covering authentic Brad Nowell written music." That also is wrong, as all the songs are Sublime originals with the exception of the final track, which is marked very clearly for what it is. So it looks like "J. Snook" may be the one that doesn't know the band all that well. I hate wasting my time replying to incorrect internet trash talking but being that this is supposed to be a accurate review of an album, I thought y'all at least deserved to know the truth. He doesn't like the album, fine....but don't throw lies out there.

Im pretty big into Sublime, love their sound, everything about them. I heard Ballyhoo!'s cover of 40 oz to freedom and thought it was pretty sick, but the rest of the songs are so disappointing. I just go the cd, sat down to listen to it, was so pissed off that I had to come on here and prevent anyone else from buying the cd. If your a sublime fan, stick to the orig cd's or greatest hits albums. I hope these bands never touch another sublime song again. Whoever put together this "tribute" should be really embarassed.

I am a longtime fan of Sublime, and I absolutely LOVED this CD. I really didn't like "Look at All the Love" all that much. I feel the bands on "Forever Free" covered the songs in a style Bradley would appreciate if he were here today.
The track "Forever Free" by If All Else Fails is a must hear for all sublime fans. The lyrics are the words read by Bradley's cousin at his funeral.
Other great tracks include: Seed - The Skeletons, Badfish - No Use For A Name, and 40 Oz. To Freedom - Ballyhoo!

"Good music is good music and that should be enough for anybody."
-Brad Nowell

I love two of the tracks on this album, and like about three or four more. The rest kind of suck... To be honest, I bought it exclusively for the Ballyhoo! cover of "40 oz. To Freedom" which is fantastic! Worth it just for that track in my opinion.

This album is incredible, it is a must have for all hardcore sublime fans, or just for peole who like good music! The covers are great and the bonus track: forever free, will blow you away! If All Else Fails puts music to the Forever Free poem written by Bradley's cousin for his funeral for the first time, and they do an incredible job! This song is a real tearjerker and these covers are punk/alternative than you have ever heard them before: BUY THIS ALBUM!!!!!!, if you're not sure about it: BUY THIS ALBUM!!!!!! if you havn't even ever heard of sublime: BUY THIS ALBUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sublime is NOT a pop band. Brad Nowell did not write pop music. So what's with all these posers jumping on Amazon and claiming this tribute is trash while glorifying the alternative album "Look at the Love we Found"? "Look..." is absolutely ridiculous. The bands chosen are people who have little or no direct influence from Sublime. What is Sublime? It's not Jack Johnson having sex with a picture of himself on his guitar. It's not No Doubt pretending to still know their roots. SUBLIME PLAYED SKA! That's all there is to it. Wouldn't it make sense that the punk and ska community pay homage to such a band? Pop bands don't know what Ska and/or they forgot that it even existed. Sublime knew their roots and played to the third-wave skanksters and punks who knew them inside and out. Choice cuts on this album come from real ska-sters like Aaron Barrett's Forces of Evil, the Voodoo Glow Skulls and the legendary Skeletones all playing Sublime songs in their own styles. The punk bands chosen for this album aren't very popular or very emo either. No Use for a Name, Guttermouth and 1208 all do a fantastic job with their chosen covers as well. These are the bands that new Sublime and that appreciated Sublime, not for their popularity or their balladry, but for their raw style. Please people, stop trying to pose yourselves as Sublime fans when you don't know what they're all about. Look beyond the pot and the lyrics and look at the music. When did we forget that Sublime were a trio of musicians and think that it was just Brad and his words?

Also note that both tribute albums listed were distributed by the same label. Get your facts straight.

But I digress...

Seriously speaking, this tribute album is meant to be the ska and punk alternative to the pop-oriented "Look..." so if you're not into the bands listed, don't buy this. Also, the album could use a little Date Rape as it was Sublime's epitomizing Ska track along with Wrong Way. Also, I would've liked a few more ska tunes and raise the track numbers up a bit...but that's about it. Otherwise, I'm proud to say that this album is true to Sublime whereas "Look..." is more of a "Let's find a bunch of big names and hope teeny boppers buy it purely out of ignorance". Sorry, I digressed again...

D*mn straight I give this 4 stars.

I bought this CD at a local book store just about an hour ago. I wasn't going to and wish I would have seen the reviews on here before buying it. I saw bands like VooDoo Glow Skulls and Guttermouth, so I figured it would have some sort of ska/punk sound too it. I didn't realize that the quality of it would sound so awful, not only did it sound like this CD was put together in 2 hours, it is a disgrace to the memebers of Sublime and Brad. I am a huge fan and would buy just about anything Sublime, so I was real disappointed in this CD. This is going straight in the trash, don't waste your 14 bucks on it, go down to the gas station and pick up a 12 pack.

If you don't like these bands you'll hate this album, even if you love sublime. Get LOOK AT ALL THE LOVE WE FOUND - A SUBLIME TRIBUTE. forever free is a joke. i can't believe these bands are using sublime to sell albums...its especially irritating when there is so much live and unreleased studio Sumblime out there that Universal owns the rights to and refuses to sell. We could have twenty new Sublime albums but instead we get one crappy cover album and one that's mediocre at best. In other words...if you buy this you WILL regret it. 'Nough said.

I am a Sublime nut so I picked this CD up. I was so disapointed I almost threw it in the trash. (and should have) This is a miserable attempt at gaining attention to a new record label by doing a tribute record to a popular artist. If you look at the tracklist you will see that some of the songs are not even sublime originals. These jerks aren't even covering authentic Brad Nowell music.

If you want to buy a sublime tribute CD,
DON'T BUY THIS ONE.
I recommend Look at all the Love we Found.
Better artists covering real sublime songs.

This is an insult to bradley. The last tribute was descent, but this is a step to far.