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I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart

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this cd gets better and better after each listen. easily a top album for 2010. i have a feeling i'll be listening to this one for YEARS!

Butch Walker completely ignores the pulse of modern music and just records the songs he'd want to hear. Luckily, he has good taste.

At first I wasn't sure I liked this CD, it jumps all over the musical spectrum, but there is something completely ButchWalker about it that ties it all together. I found myself hours later humming the songs and searching for the lyrics.

On third listen, I knew these songs were forever a part of the soundtrack of my life. Thanks Butch.

I have been a Butch fan for quite some time. This is a very solid and complete album. His last two efforts have seemed to have seen Butch grow up a little bit. Like some others have stated, when I listen to this album, I hear splashes of ELO, Queen, and the Steve Miller Band. Some of the standouts on this album are Days/Months/Years, Pretty Melody, She Likes Hair Bands. Do yourself a favor and pick up this album, and if you can see Butch on tour, he puts on a great show.

I am a diehard Butch fan. I can't say I really love this release though. It is akin to Sycamore Meadows and has more of a cafe feel to it. It is lacking the old, heavy guitar riffs of the past. I understand his need for creativity and appreciate his indie style. The music still has heart and soul, that is never lacking. I just miss the balls out rocking. Butch, how about next time around you go back to your roots, at least for half the songs? I'd really love that. Thank you.

Another tribute to styles of music's past. Good songs, but not the cock-rock of Butch's past.

Similar to Sycamore Meadows with the 70's cheekiness of Let's-Go-Out-Tonites.

There is a in-your-face Jeff Lynn (ELO) harmony fill, and a Brian May solo that cracked me up. :thumbs up:

love Butch Walker. have every record he had a part in recording since The Hey Album in '99.
but this, much like Sycamore, is so-so. not many standouts, not enuff hooks. comes across
more often than not like hokey alt-country instead of his usual pop genius. favorite tracks:
Don't You Think Someone Should Take You Home, Canadian Ten.

his last great record, in my humble opinion: the Let's Go Out Tonites...

Ok..so I have been awaiting the much anticipated release of this album which I pre-ordered this recent work from Butch Walker... Let me say this is probably one the best music producers/recording artist in the biz and he never disappoints. Pick up this album and support a truly great musician who never get's his just dues. This album just sounds like a good time was happening in the course of it's making and I am excited to add this to my IPOD!

Teresa

Butch Walker's latest is just simply awesome. The whole album is just honest to goodness rock n roll. Butch shows once again that he's an incredible song writer that can tell a story, make you smile, and shake your ass all in the span of a few tunes.

Unlike his last album 'Sycamore Meadows', this one is more band-based and it totally works. Throughout the album, you can hear musical 'shout out's' to ELO, Tom Petty, and even Queen.

My favorites are probably "Pretty Melody" (which indeed has a pretty melody which WILL get stuck in your head) and "Don't You Think Someone Should Take You Home". Both of those songs feature gorgeous string arrangements and beautifully haunting meolodies.

There aren't any real rocking tunes on this record but there aren't any weak songs either. If you're a Butch Walker fan at all, you'll definitely like it.

I have been a fan of Butch Walker for close to 10 years. He is a great artist and I think this CD is great! If you ever have an opportunity to see him live then DO IT! You will not regret it!

Butch Walker has done it again! The newest album from Butch Walker and The Black Widows - 'I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart' - has a wide varay of influences that come together and tie in so seamlessly. The album seems to be greatly influenced by good old country music, but with a bit of a modern day twist that gives each song it's own life. I guarantee that there's at least one song on this album that will latch onto you and hold on for dear life; each song has it's own hauntingly beautiful sound which can keep anyone pleased. From Trash Day, to Don't Move(acoustic) this album will have you dancing, swaying and enjoying every last moment.