Power Of Failing

Mineral | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 2, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sou
• ASIN: B000005882
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #131,505 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Something special, March 17, 2004

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Walker Morgan (Bay City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Power Of Failing (Audio CD)

This may be a strange way of starting a five-star review, but I'm gonna say it: I'm not so hot on this album. I really can't even stand to listen to it all the way through. A lot of the songs are just sloppy and whiney.
BUT...there are three songs on this album that more than make up for what i consider to be at least five songs of nothing more than annoying, forced, overblown filler. These three songs are gloria, if i could, and parking lot. I probably wore my cd player out on these songs. they were like heroin for the first two months I owned this cd. If i wasn't listening to them, I was thinking about or humming one of them.
I first heard parking lot on this compilation that my sister got at warped tour. within thirty seconds of listening, i knew that i had stumbled across something life-changing. While it's not the polished and over-produced rock that's heard on the radio, the song writing (and sometimes shakey vocals) burrows into your heart and takes up permanent residence. And the lyrics paired with the melodies are just so intense it gives me chills.
But that only applies to those three songs. The rest of the album can go to hell for all I care. Just my humble opinion.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant and hard, August 12, 2000

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chris wildeman (carlisle, pa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Power Of Failing (Audio CD)

lots of good build-ups on this album, which usually end with a good bit of screaming and some painfully loud guitar work; this is a good album to listen to when you are to the point where you are so emotional that you get angry, because this seems to be the place that the music for this album was written from. the lyrics are very different, however, sensitive and probing, especially on parking lot. you almost get the feeling that they are trying to hide the lyrics on this album, but on the later recording and with the gloria record, they mature to the point where they are ready to expose the lyrics more. even though these later efforts are more polished and lyrically oriented, the power of failing is still a must-buy; no matter how much you like the quiter side of emo, you still need some albums like this that you can play when you aren't in the mood to deal with the subdued nature of the majority of emo.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How come I just found out about these guys?, June 10, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Power Of Failing (Audio CD)

I just got mineral's "power of failing" album. It instantly became one of my favorite albums of all time. If I had it on tape I would glue it into my stereo. After I bought this album I went out the next day and bought "end serenading" equally as good but not as hard. Calling this band "Emo" doesn't do them justice. They exceed any musical label. It is also nice to finally hear a band that sings about something that actually means something to everyone regardless of who you are and how you fit in this world. "Slower" and "Gloria" are my personal favorites. I would have bought the cd for just these two songs and left them on repeat in my cd player. But the rest of the cd will leave you asking for more. this is a must buy. You will listen until your ears bleed. I guaruntee it.