State of Emergency [Import]

The Living End | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 7, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B000CY3SGC
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #580,172 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. 'Til the End

2. Long Live the Weekend

3. No Way Out

4. We Want More

5. Wake Up

6. What's on Your Radio?

7. Nothing Lasts Forever

8. One Step Behind

9. Reborn

10. Order of the Day

11. Nowhere Town

12. State of Emergency

13. Black Cat

14. Into the Red

Editorial Reviews

Over a decade ago, Melbourne's Runaway Boys turned from rockabilly covers to originals and changed their name to The Living End. Since then they've racked up a quintuple platinum album (1998's "The Living End"), two platinum and five gold records, won three ARIA awards, countless other accolades, and gathered fans worldwide. "State Of Emergency" dishes out some of the best punk rock energy of the band's career. Look for them on the Warped Tour in July. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Living End Return!, February 11, 2006

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Leetsauce (San Jose, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: State of Emergency (Audio CD)

I was greatly dissapointed with modern artillery, but this album fully redeems the band in my opinion. Overall it's very mature and I would suggest buying this album if you liked the self titled album and roll on. Stand out singles include Wake Up (probably their best song ever), What's On Your Radio, and Long Live The Weekend.

you can listen to two of those singles here:

www.myspace.com/thelivingend

enjoy!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Emergency! Paging...., August 13, 2006

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E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: State of Emergency (Audio CD)

Good punk -- like any really good music -- is kinda hard to find. You have to sift through dozens of hack, ripoff bands before finding something with energy and brilliance.

And one good example is the Living End's latest album, "State of Emergency." The longstanding Aussie band mixes tightly-wound punk and kinetic instrumentation with some wicked musical aesthetics. It's pretty bloody hard to find a song on here that won't get your heartrate up through the roof.

It opens with an attention-grabbing bassline, which explodes into a fast-racing electric guitar riff. By the time it slows down into a steady punker, listeners will be hooked. "Countdown toward the end now/no need to panic, no need to panic now... I'm stepping on enemy lines/We're gonna take you to the end of the line!"

The songs that follow are just as taut as those lyrics, and they hardly ever slow down the machine-gun pace. There's the tight, winding punk-rockers, slow-burners, the dancey rockers, the rockabilly edge which harkens back to the band's roots, and the slower, drum-led "Order of the Day," which hints at a more epic sound.

Not every song is all rock'n'roll -- "No Way Out" is a gentle, sort of fuzzy acoustic melody that sounds almost like a folky ballad. It still has a rough edge, which explodes into rock'n'roll about halfway through the song. But it shows they can do more than just rock.

No rock pretensions, no ripping off the Clash or the Ramones. Best of all, absolutely ZERO boredom -- the Living End know how to rock. And unlike most rock bands, they know how to do it without sounding like they're playing the same bloody song over and over.

Instead, they break out with rapid-fire electric guitar and blasts of blasts here and there, with a sinuous line here and there to spice things up. They're fast, kinetic and the instrumentation is absolutely seamless, mixed in with some solid drums. Usually they repeat the riffs a few times to get toes tapping, then switch gears before it can get repetitive.

Nice lyrics too -- not brilliant lyrically, but they have the same sense of urgency and tension that the first song does, which match the music to a tee ("Cause they don't wanna know about the things you've done/They don't wanna know about the damage done/Everyone is going down!"). And frontman Chris Cheney has an excellent voice, strong and raw, but with a melodious edge.

Rough, tightly-wound and ripe for repeated listening, the Living End show what they're made of in "State of Emergency" -- and apparently they're made of raw diamond.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just WOW, July 26, 2006

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Evo (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: State of Emergency (Audio CD)

All I can say is that this album is incredible. I have had it for about 2 months and I have not stopped listening to it. It is so fast paced, has great addicting riffs and meaningful lyrics. Their best album by far. Songs to remember on the cd are: 'Til the End, Long Live the Weekend, Wake Up, Nothing Lasts Forever, One Step Behind and State of Emergency. These are the songs I found to be singing to all the time. Truely a great piece of work. Make sure to catch them on tour! They're absolutely incredible live. :)