The Gold Record

Bouncing Souls | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 6, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Epitaph / Ada
• ASIN: B000FFJ8BC
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #108,426 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Gold Song

2. So Jersey

3. Sounds Of The City

4. The Pizza Song

5. Sarah Saturday

6. Better Things

7. The Messenger

8. Lean On Sheena

9. Letter From Iraq

10. The New Thing

11. Midnight Mile

12. For All The Unheard

Editorial Reviews

The Bouncing Souls have been kicking their singular brand of punk anthems for upwards of fifteen years, their live shows becoming the stuff of legend as they've shared the stage with everyone from Against Me to Alkaline Trio to The Casualties. After so much time on the road and six studio albums, it's a welcome surprise that this is the record of their career. Producer Ted Hutt (Flogging Molly) has brought out the huge, anthemic side of the band's songwriting, a committed storytelling as much in the tradition of The Who, Springsteen, Petty, and The Clash. As "The Gold Record" unfolds, song after song builds into a punk classic, leaving no doubt that no other current, continual band has had such a lasting impact on the punk landscape.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Bouncing Souls build up the music and lyrical quality on this one., June 6, 2006

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Annette Bejarano "DB" (SLC, UT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Gold Record (Audio CD)

This album is done by the Bouncing Souls but has a different feel to the music. The Souls put everything in this music from synthesizers to trumpet solos. The vocals are enormously strong.

The Gold Song: 9/10 - A nice up tempo song with an incredibly catchy chourus.

SO JERSEY: 11/10 - My favorite song on the album (even though they are all awesome).

Sounds of the City: 9/10 - Musically a very different song from anything the Souls have ever done.

The Pizza Song: 8/10 - one of the not freaking cool songs, but a decent one.

Sarah Saturday: 9/10 - Another thing about this album that stands out is the really positive message in each song. This song really reflects this message.

Better Things: 9.5/10 - Another different sounding song compared with the previous albums, and again this has a very uplifting message.

The Messanger: 7.5/10 - One of the lower rated of this album. I like everything except for the repetitiveness.

Lean On Sheena: 8/10 - The chorus on this song reminds me of the Blink-182 stlye of singing.

Letters from Iraq: 10/10 - The cool thing about this song is that it was written by a real soldier in Iraq, and is very cool. Touching Lyrics.

The New Thing: 8.5/10 - The Lyrics are great on this song. Good song.

Midnight Mile: 10/10 - This song is why Bouncing Souls are what they are and how they came to be. Tons of energy felt in this one.

For All the Unheard: 10.5/10 - Great ending song. Saying that people do not express themselves enough. saying we need to let people know how we feel. Great secong favorite on the album

Overall this is no doubt the best album by the Souls put out ever. It Sounds like the Bouncing Souls made this to uplift all the people that are upset and wooried about the world today and where it is going this album will calm anything with their lyrics. Go get it right now and listen to it with your ears

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars another classic for both the young fans and the old., June 8, 2006

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BLuTT (Chicago, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Gold Record (Audio CD)

i felt like the last souls' record, "anchors aweigh" was a big step away from the records that preceded it. but that was a very good thing. the souls are significantly older people than most of the members of other bands in the same genre, so if they had just kept rehashing that young sound, i probably would've gotten bored. but they matured, and in the best way possible. this has kept their fans around, and managed to wrangle in new ones. it's a great thing when a band can be around for 15 years and never really lose their original fanbase. us older guys find ourselves becoming more and more ashamed of nads we grew up with, but the souls are ceertainly an exception. and they've done it again. with a broader musical scope (keys, harmonicas, trumpets, accordian, etc) and somewhat un-souls-like songs stuctures, they keep us old men interested, and feeling young.
things kick off with a more traditional, rocking souls feel, "the gold song", but from there, things are a little different. which threw me for about the first 5 spins. i was lucky enough to have this record for a good month before the release, and i think that if any souls fans out there are disappointed by this record, they might benefit from a one month grace period of mulling it over, like i did.
some the most noteworthy songs, in terms of being unusual, are "the pizza song", "the messenger", "lean on sheena" -and maybe even "so jersey", as it has an almost neil diamond feel, with the keys and epic guitar crashes- (no, really, think about it!). these are the songs that had me shaking my head at first, but the souls' sincerity shined through, and now i feel like it's their ability to use the new instruments and sound in tandem with their usual anthems that makes these guys so durable and well-loved.
after any shock wears off from the new sounds, i think fans will embrace this record as much as any other souls' album. they still have that ability to make you feel like you're ok, and you can pick yourself up and go one, because you're not alone, and, in the end, life is supposed to be fun. the fact that they take that message, and continue to build new, interesting songs around it, makes this record as classic as the rest of theirs.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Bouncing Souls Bounce High with this One, January 29, 2010

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Diane Mcgough (Lake Oswego, OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Gold Record (Audio CD)

Many fans are excited that the Bouncing Souls are back with 12 new energetic songs on "The Gold Record." They have been one of the bands paving the way for puck rock for nearly the last fifteen years with their DIY rock antics. Now after three years the Bouncing Souls return to out do themselves with this more musically diverse release. The lead off track, "The Gold Song" is a traditional punk rock song, but track after track the sound changes to a more diverse sound with a trumpet solo in "The Pizza Song" and even a song that is only harmonies ("The Messenger").

With the first listen Bouncing Soul Fans may be taken aback, but after listening to the album a few times they'll find, as I did, that "The Gold Record" fills a gap perfectly for the band's career.