Save the World Lose the Girl

Midtown | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 15, 2000)
• Original Release Date: February 15, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Drive-Thru
• ASIN: B00004D3CB
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (66 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54,568 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EVERY OTHER BAND ON THE PLANET SHOULD JUST GIVE UP..., February 22, 2000

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Brenda Schlommy (Pomona, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Save the World Lose the Girl (Audio CD)

I got a CD sampler with two songs by Midtown and A New Found Glory at a Saves The Day show a while back. Both bands were awesome, so when I found out they were playing together, I had to go to the show. I cannot believe how incredibly powerful, energetic and heart-felt both bands are. I've never been so blown away at a show before in my life! I bought the Midtown CD a the show, and I was equally impressed. It was produced by the same guy who did Jimmy Eat World, Blink and The Hippos--all amazing sounding records. Anyway, I'm excited to have discovered a new band that rocks beyond belief and has something relevant and thought-provoking to say. I almost died when I heard the three singers singing together at the end of "Come On." If you like JIMMY EAT WORLD, THE ATARIS, SAVES THE DAY, LAGWAGON and A NEW FOUND GLORY you will flip over this record. Every single song is great. Midtown rule!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible..., December 22, 2000

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Kenneth B. Buck (NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Save the World Lose the Girl (Audio CD)

So first off I should say that I haven't been into too much emo type stuff, that is, until I heard this band played on Rutgers Radio. I was kind of taking a chance when I bought the CD since I'd only heard one song, not to mention that I knew nothing about this type of music. (I listen to too many different kinds of music to list here, but the closest I ever came would be 3rd wave ska...) Well when I popped in the cd not only was I blown away but I continued to be blown away for the duration of the entire CD. Every song is a ten, no, an eleven. It's been quite a long time since I've heard any CD so satisfying. It's great to hear music with the energy of punk, the sincerity of emo, with 3 great vocalists and tight musicianship. My faves are Come On, direction, and no place feels like home, but any track is great. In fact, whenever I put on the disc, I absolutely have to play it all the way thru... I've got a few other emo-ish albums since getting this one, but none of them are anywhere as good.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Heartfelt pop punk, September 4, 2002

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Christopher Padalinski "krispy3d" (Fresno, CA US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Save the World Lose the Girl (Audio CD)

Midtown must be one of the best bands in the genre. They offer a seemingly unlimited number of catchy guitar riffs and lyrics, and with two very good vocalists that trade off songs, they are able to keep your attention through an entire album - something that many punk bands seem unable to do.

Of their two full length albums (this one and "Living Well is the Best Revenge"), this one seems a bit more bitter in lyrical content, but both offer a fantastic catchy punk experience. Musically this band brings back something that poppy punk doesn't see often: guitar riff-laden intros and prechoruses that I think really add to punk music. Sometimes they stand alone, and sometimes they mimic the lyrics that might normally go at that point in the song, but either way they show a more variable use of the instrument than a lot of groups, and it will be the thing that is in your head hours after you hear the song. This is the same thing that a pop punk fan might like about albums such as New Found Glory's self-titled, and if you are anywhere near a fan of that group, then you cannot go wrong with Midtown.

All in all, Midtown is a musically fantastic, emotionally catchy group that deserves a listen if you consider yourself a fan of punk, especially the new wave of pop punk.