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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Well Worth the Wait, February 7, 2007
For long time fans this is a dream come true. I know some purists are mad that they are on Decaydance, and some are mad that they came back at all. It's all just jealousy and punk rock politics. I've been a fan since I saw them live in 1995 because I went to see another band play. I've long stopped listening to the band I went to see, but I've been a Lifetime fan ever since.
This new release is everything I was hoping it would be. The guys haven't lost a beat. It's fast, powerful, energetic, and very catchy. While I've heard some complain about this, I think that the better production and recording on LIFETIME just serves to increase the clearity and boost the richness of the overall sound. It was recorded by the same engineer, Steve Evetts, that produced Lifetimes two previous fan favorite albums HELLO BASTARDS, & JERSEY'S BEST DANCERS.
Simply put, if you liked their old stuff, you will like this just as much. Maybe even more, because the sound quality is so much better, and these songs are atleast as good, if not better than anything they've written before. (okay, it's not "better" but still just as good as many of your old favorites).
This is my favorite straight up "punk" album to come out since last years Oh! Calcutta! by the Lawrence Arms.
Some of my favorite songs so far are:
03. Just A Quiet Evening
10. All Nite Long
02. Airport Monday Morning
01. Northbound Breakdown
04. Haircuts & T-shirts
11. Records at Nite
08. Try & Stay Awake
That's almost the whole album, and I've only been listening to it for 3 days!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Ten years later, Lifetime reunite and bring us a new album..., March 17, 2007
Ten years later, Lifetime reunite and bring us a new album. Thanks to Steve Evetts, (aside from the bass guitar), this album sounds fantastic and punchy. Musically, the boys didn't add in nearly as many subtle one-liner riffs and octave chords. But after 10 years, it sounds like the next logical album for Lifetime as if it were released only 2 years after Jersey's Best Dancers. It sounds to Jersey's as that did coming from Hello Bastards (if that makes sense). Ari's lyrics are still kind of satyrical, but aren't as clever. Scott's drumming is at his best. They didn't write any super stand-out tracks in either the fast or slow field (such as Danuerysm, Rodeo Clown, Young Loud and Scotty, and Brunswick Basement Show). Highlight tracks are Northbound Breakdown, Try And Stay Awake, and Records At Nite (which has some single notage such as Knives Tats did). This kind of has a feel of a band that reunited for the hell of it, and made a product to go along. But this is not their best effort, and sounds like they didn't try to make it their best effort. Its still pretty good, and better than almost any punk album that has come out since the year 2000. Why they let the Fall Out Boy guy release this is beyond me (and loses some respect). But what can I say? Despite my complaints, I have listened to this on repeat. And their 2007 show in San Francisco was way better and more genuine than in 2006.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
You'll Always Feel You're 17, In a Dream..., March 1, 2007
I didn't know what to expect from this release. I was scared to listen to it because I didn't want to hate it. I admittedly was harboring some negative feelings toward their whole "reunion"; it seemed so cliche, and I never wanted to think of Lifetime in that light. "Oh, great, they are just trying to cash in", I thought to myself. I was so wrong (shame on me). While listening to this record, I really did feel like I was 17 again. What a breath of fresh air this record is for the current state of affairs in the music biz and the "emo craze" that is the red-headed step-child of the sound that Lifetime themselves worked to pioneer. They have further polished their sound from "Jersey's Best Dancers" (I didn't think that was possible), and have created something that should please the older fans and maybe catch the ear of a few new ones. Frontman Ari hasn't lost a step with his simple, poignant lyrics that are barely understandable in that perfect way and the music is as tight, fast, and loud as ever. It goes without saying that this record is not as good as "Hello Bastards", but it's a solid peice of work through and through (If you're a diehard fan of "Background", you may think differently). I highly recommend picking this up and singing along in the car to tracks like "Northbound Breakdown" and "Just a Quiet Evening".
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