Trainwreck

Boys Night Out | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 26, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ferret Records
• ASIN: B0009WPM1G
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #158,635 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

The metallic, mathy, prog-rock dynamics of "Trainwreck" set the tone early on for Boys Night Out's third album. Yes, "Train...see site for more info.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars dont hate participate, August 3, 2005

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Thew (NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trainwreck (Audio CD)

i understand the backlash that a cd like this would have with hardcore bno fans, but I too was a fan since the ep. hear me out.

Every band matures, grows, comes full circle again..this is not selling out to your scene. apparently young fans of the hardcore/punk/emo/screamo music do not understand this, and every time a band comes out with something creative they damn it to hell. [might as well fit all 'real' bands under genre-"scene"]

now i do understand the complete and utter abandonment of your genre, voice, and originality (see mcr).

connor sounds nothing like whatever bands you want to compare this bno record to. The new recruit in a bra sings audibly in one song. and through the pop singing and hardcore breakdowns, its still bno and you can clearly hear it in every song. The irony is in the songs, the most poppy song on the cd is when the patient wakes after killing his woman. They still keep their progressive nature and this time took it somewhere to make the cd one long ride..(with the help of producer Machine [who horribly f'd up Armor for sleep's theme cd] redeems himself with this one)

the story of the record is right there in every trustkill advertisement, in the lyrics, and not to mention the "doctor" tape recordings at beginning and end. its a theme record meant to be taken as a whole with a story that could easily be pulled off "make yourself sick." it's cliche, fun, and disgusting at the same time. so dance you prototypical non-comformist duchebags.

no they still arent like other "warped tour bands". its the maturing of the band..with a band potentially this early in its career they are learning. its time to look outside of you scene..cut your hair and please for gods sake buy your jeans a size bigger.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An album that can be put on repeat, August 9, 2005

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Fernando De Rosa (El Paso, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trainwreck (Audio CD)

This album is a quite a change from Boys Night Out's previous records... There's less metal, less screaming, and more lyrical content than just killing people (albeit, killing people is still a major theme)...

The CD revolves around a story of a man who killed his wife while sleeping and the mental breakdown that follows until ultimately he dies.

The CD features several different musical genres... Ranging from Metal to Alternative Rock to Classic Rock to even a little bit of Country/Southern Uncle Kracker Style Rock... Yet, with all of the different genres, the CD manages to flow exceptionally well from one song to the next...

There are not many songs on the CD that just jump out and make you want to relisten over and over again... but that's the beauty of this album, the whole CD draws you in... Not just an individual song... The whole CD begs to be listened to again, as opposed to an individual song.

Not to get me wrong, the all of the songs on the CD are good... if not great.

Personally, I enjoyed Medicating, Composing, and Dying the most out of all of the individual songs.

Dying is one of if not the most haunting song the band has ever put out.

I would not recommend this CD to anybody who is just looking for a CD to pop into their CD play and mindlessly rock out. This album will be favorites of those who listen for lyrics as well as rock, and the story will consume those who really enjoy lyrics, songwriting, or writing in general.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Disturbing, Yet Worthwhile Story, January 23, 2006

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Danny (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trainwreck (Audio CD)

Typically, I would name each track as part of my review and say something about each song. That would be pointless with this CD since all the songs are supposed to sound somewhat similar in their message and what not. Anyways, when I first bought this CD, I got it really cheap purely off of my friend telling me that Boys Night Out's new album was supposed to sound like JamisonParker's "Sleepwalker" (a great album). I listened to it on the way home and didn't pick up that it was a concept album. The songs didn't make all that much sense and the line "These lines I wear around my wrist are there to prove that I exist" really made me mad. I got home, read the lyrics, listened to the first track all the way through, and realized that it was a concept album. However, the story was rather disturbing, and I didn't find the music good enough to bypass the story, so I put it right in my pile to get rid of.

Later that night, I thought about it and decided to take a second listen. It was much better the second time around (although I didn't listen to all of it). This listen gave the CD another chance. Only recently did I listen to the CD in one sitting and let the story absorb me. That made the CD over 10X better! Although this story is disturbing, it is redemptive at the end.

This album chronicles a man who accidentally strangles his wife to death in his sleep, while dreaming of much happier things. He awakens to find his wife dead and calls 911. He is then trying to fully grasp what he has done before being placed in a mental institution. After convincing the doctor to let him out, I believe he chops his hands off with some machinery at work (I'm leaning towards that, but not entirely sure). He is then readmitted only to be released again. He kills some more in this song that the medicine is giving him, only this time, dismembering his victims. He is let in one last time. He hears his wife twice in his stays in the hospital, and she tries to convince him that the only way to finish the song is to kill the doctor. In the end, the doctor goes to the patient's apartment, only to find his wound's infection worse, and that he had starved himself to the brink of death. The doctor takes responsibility for this event because he gave the patient the medicine and says that he failed the patient. The patient, while in this stage of starving himself and letting himself die, realizes that he is the "trainwreck" and realizes the evil of what he has done. This is why he lets himself die, and lets the song keep playing. He spares the doctor's life and instead, lets his own end.

A disturbing, yet also somewhat emotional and moving story. I think that is how it goes...I could be wrong, but that's what I understood it as. The end leaves you depressed, but hopeful in man's ability to overcome even the most hellish experiences in life. I highly recommend it, even though I don't delve very far into this genre of music.