Ugly

Life Of Agony | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 10, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Roadrunner Records
• ASIN: B000000H5R
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #157,676 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AMERICAN BEAUTY!, April 28, 2006

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M. Cook (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ugly (Audio CD)

This album never grows old or tired. Where River Runs Red was like a panther that had sprung from it's cage to maul you unmercifully, Ugly was the other panther that knew when to wait and gauge it's prey before going in for the kill. In short, they're both effective and brutal, but of the two, Ugly is the more measured and thoughtful album. And I LOVE RRR, so don't get me wrong.
Every time I listen to Ugly, I'm struck by how vulnerable and raw Keith's voice sounds. It's his voice that really marks LOA as a band above their peers. No grunts, screams or squeals for this band! Just honest, bold emotion.
Anyone who lumps LOA in with the grunge set misses the point. Listening to Keith sing on songs like "Let's Pretend" , "How It Would Be" and "Unstable" draws me into the song every time. Another reviewer referred to his vocals as being[..]. Ignorance immediately sprung to my mind in regard to this review. Allow me to heartily recommend Propagandhi's "Refusing To Be A Man" or "Less Talk, More Rock" from their "Less Talk..." CD to help you with such innadequacy issues. And yes, that's sarcasm in case you didn't notice.
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It gets me how Jonathan Davis of Korn "broke down and cried" about being molested as a kid on "Daddy" from their debut and how many people thought he was so sincere and brave - and it turned out he was singing about someone who lived DOWN THE STREET! And then Keith writes/sings about real issues that he LIVED THROUGH and he's called a [..] and a grunge clone. I guess it's a sad indication of how easily led and fed today's MTV coddled audience is (For proof, check out another Propagandhi track, "Back To The Motor League" from "Todays Empire, Tomorrows Ashes").
Oh, well, you either "get it" or you don't.
For those of you out there who love great vocals and thoughtful lyrics and want to be moved by an album, then, please, buy this album and the follow-up, Soul Searching Sun. You'll discover that which the loyal throng of LOA fans have known all along.
Prepare to be blessed!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Life Of Agony, June 1, 2003

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Maniac Killer (Olds, Alberta, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ugly (Audio CD)

The Second Album from LOA is a little softer, but it seems to have the same feeling as the fist. I think that LOA was one of the best band out there ever. Buy this album, you won't regret it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Emotion, March 27, 2000

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Erik - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ugly (Audio CD)

Powerful drums, heavy bass and rocking guitars - very good, but nothing really extraordinary. But then there is this voice. Fragile and purely emotional, Keith Caputo sings like probably nobody else in the world does. He takes LOA's music to another level. The contrast between the heavy instrumentation and Keith's voice creates little jewels of the genre, a clever person once called "Emocore". Especially tracks like "Other Síde Of The River" or "Let's Pretend" express a depth of feelings most other bands just read of.