High Anxiety [ENHANCED]

Therapy?

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 20, 2003)
• Original Release Date: May 20, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: Spitfire
• ASIN: B000095J17
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #231,448 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Malingering somewhere between the political and the comic, the punky, the poppy, and the metallic, Therapy? has spent 15 years purposefully avoiding categorization. High Anxiety is a welcome return for the band after two painful years without a drummer or a record deal. True to form, they've recruited a drummer from the very top drawer. Where 2001's Shameless employed Barrett Martin, the powerhouse behind Screaming Trees, High Anxiety features Neil Cooper from the criminally ignored the Beyond. Cooper adds a vital edge and energy to a set of songs that, for the most part, would not make it onto any Therapy? hits package. Highlights are the humorously blasphemous opener "Hey Satan--You Rock," the bitter and menacing "Not in Any Name," the howling closer "Rust," and "Limbo," which quotes from the Beyond's "Eve of My Release." Also excellent is the hidden track," Never Ending," a despairing pop-metal track. --Dominic Wills

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!, December 3, 2004

By	Tucker Morgan (Somerville, MA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

After years of going up and down and moving fluidly from genre to genre and from moderate popularity to obscurity, Therapy? has made an album which, if there were any justice in the world, go platinum. There isn't justice so as a result the brilliant blend of pop-punk vocals and heavy instrumentation will go unheard by the masses. Two of the most brilliant parodies are on this album. "Hey Satan - You Rock" parodies Power Metal and the rediculous things that many bands do, without setting themselves apart from it. "Voodoo Doll" parodies pop-punk with grace, class, and incredibly catchy lyrics and melody. The whole album is filled with clever lyrics a sardonic tone and evidence that Therapy? is an incredibly tight band.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars almost Troublegum, June 6, 2003

By	shmitty01 "shmitty01" (?) - See all my reviews

Therapy? has hit the mark with this album. I was expecting them to be going downhill in their careers and probably giving up soon. However, this is probably one of the strongest comeback albums I have seen in years. As a diehard Therapy? fan, I have to say this album has all of the elements to it that made Troublegum a hit. There are a few pop-punk-metal balads(Voodoo Doll, Watch You Go, and Never Ending), an angry political/religious statement(Not In Any Name), and some hard rocking radio friendly hits(Last Blast, If It Kills Me). This is almost exactly the same format that made Troublegum the instant rock and roll classic that it is. There is something small missing here that keeps this from being T?s best album...I can't quite define what it is. However, this album is about as good as you can buy from the angry irish hard rock boys being that Troublegum and Semi-Detached cannot be purchased anymore unless you luckily find them at a yard sale. This is far better than Shameless and Suicide Pact. I suggest it to any fan of T?, or for that matter, anybody who likes good hard-rock.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Therapy? returns, June 4, 2003

By	Dave Ferman (Fort Worth, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

Therapy? burst out of Northern Ireland in the early '90s with a sound that mixed punk and metal, melody and menace, and in 1994 released one of the decade's best hard rock records, ``Troublegum.'' The last few years, though, have seen rougher going, with a shrinking audience in the States and younger, whiny nu-metal bands becoming all the rage. A lesser band would have given up, but Therapy? has come back EXTREMELY strong with this CD, which has all the pop-laced mayhem longtime fans have known and loved them for. ``Hey Satan -- You Rock,'' ``If It Kills Me'' and ``Rust,'' in particular, are as good as anything they've ever done, which is saying something. A very special band, to say the least.