For The Love Of The Game

Pillar | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 26, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Essential Records
• ASIN: B0012QGOYW
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,055 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #27 in Music > Christian > Hard Rock & Metal

Editorial Reviews

Review

Pillar's For the Love of the Game definitely rocks! It's so hard to find quality music that actually has purpose and meaning. For the Love of the Game is not only great music, but it s encouraging and challenging at the same time it s music that matters. When I m listening to music before a baseball game to get myself psyched up, Pillar is at the top of my playlist. --Mike Maroth, Major League Baseball pitcher

Product Description

Pillar's For The Love Of The Game is big, fun, infectious rock and roll that further solidifies Pillar s position as fearless leaders in the Christian Rock world.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Their best Album yet, March 10, 2008

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Matthew Clifton (Everett, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: For The Love Of The Game (Audio CD)

Honestly, I've never been a huge Pillar fan. I liked a number of songs off of their previous albums, but there were so many tracks that just didn't appeal to me at all, like they were underproduced or just filler songs. I went to the Pillar website a little while back and they mentioned that they believed this would be their best CD yet, and in the past they had written songs just to fill out the CD. When I first looked at the case and saw there were only 10 tracks, I was a bit disappointed, but I figured as long as they were all good songs it was totally worth it. After all, its rare that I find a CD with that many good tracks on it. This CD makes it sound like it was effortless. Every song is great, there isn't one song that I consistently skip. I can see people complaining about it because perhaps there is a lack of variety, but honestly, its different enough for me and this is exactly the style of music I love. If you liked Skillet's Comatose album (whose previous albums I didn't care much for also), I'm willing to bet that you'll like this CD as well.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Return Of The Hard Rock Anthem, April 9, 2008

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K. Fontenot "Prairie Cajun Lives!" (Louisiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: For The Love Of The Game (Audio CD)

With so many rock bands out there trying to come up with the next anthem tune, it's nice to see that Pillar has returned to their anthemic ways with "For The Love Of The Game." This time around, Pillar is rocking harder and heavier and still manage to squeeze in some melodic tunes. Unlike their two previous albums, the late 80's/early 90's metal and hard rock influences bleed through. I can hear a little bit of Def Leppard and a whole lotta Skid Row (especially in "Reckless Youth," which borders on plagiarism). There are plenty of songs to shout to that beckon one to remember tunes like "Frontline." Some of the highlights of this album include the title track, "Get Back," "Turn It Up" and the wonderful "Smiling Down." My personal favorite tune is "State of Emergency."

Hard rock fans will rejoice with this album and its sound so rooted in hair metal and hard rock. This is not only an uplifting album, but a great album to relieve stress to. Highly recommended to anybody who loves great hard rock, nu metal, and hair metal.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad..., March 10, 2008

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TN_Sparty (Knoxville, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: For The Love Of The Game (Audio CD)

A decent album, albeit a little on the short side. Some good tracks, but it feels like it could have used another few months of writing and producing.