Weight of the World [Import]

Harem Scarem, Rubber | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 20, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Frontiers Italy
• ASIN: B0000634JJ
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #456,272 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Weight of the World

2. Killing Me

3. Outside Your Window

4. All I Want

5. This Ain't Over

6. Internude

7. You Ruined Everything

8. Charmed Life

9. If You

10. See Saw

11. Voice Inside

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is for your desert island, October 6, 2003

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Wisdom727 (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Weight of the World (Audio CD)

Mood Swings might still be the No. 1 Harem Scarem album, but WoW is a very close second. Both of them will come with me to my desert island. The strongest tracks are 'Killing Me', 'WoW', and 'Outside Your Window'. Powerful, rich, yet crisp production.

Harry's voice is strong, emotive, and melodic, as always.

And don't forget to bow down before the Guitar God, Pete Lesperance! [We're not worthy!] He's got more music in his mind and and technique in his fingers than any ten guitarists you could name. Satriana and EVH should have taken lessons from him.

It doesn't matter if this album comes out domestically under the Rubber name or HS. I just wish that all the rock radio stations would pick up on the brilliance of this band, and demonstrate to the complacent masses out there what real rock music could and should be. And if they don't, I won't care -- I'll be on my desert island with a generator, a CD player, and my HS collection.

Thanks to Harry and Pete for years of listening pleasure.

Buy it. Enjoy it. Now!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Undiscovered gem, November 2, 2002

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Fretmelter (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Weight of the World (Audio CD)

If you were surprised by Def Leppard's swerve in a more pop-rock direction, Harem Scarem's new album could be the album you were looking for. It's still modern (there are shades of the Foo Fighters in places) but classic Leppard and Queen influences abound. Songs like "Killing Me" and "All I Want" with their stacks of harmonies and infectious melodies, bring to mind everything that was great about arena rock, while modern radio pop-rock like "If You" doesn't sound anything but current, without alienating fans of the old. This is perhaps the perfect meeting point for fans of the classic and the modern; Harem Scarem are taking rock in cool new directions and their huge cult following should surely turn into mainstream sales.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Melodic rock for the 2000's!, April 11, 2003

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Brad (CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Weight of the World (Audio CD)

I just started listening to this band about a year ago after reading a lot of great things about them on a couple of melodic rock websites. I purchased, listened to and loved both the debut and "Mood Swings" (especially the later), finding them to be near-perfect melodic rock. I had also read great things about this effort in particular, as it was described as the perfect melodic/modern rock blend. Well, after finally getting this one and giving it several listens, I must say that it absolutely lives up to the hype. It simply doesn't get much better than this.

The lead title track is a melodic monster, with a pretty heavy electric guitar sound and Harry Hess' voice sounding as melodic as ever. But yes, there is a slightly modern tint to it as well, which only enhances the vibe of this song. That is even more prevelant on the next track, the impossibly catchy "Killing Me". In fact, the hard rocking melodies don't slow up at all for the next two tracks as well; then you finally get a ballad (the only one of the album) at track five. For sure, "This Ain't Over" stands up to any classic melodic rock ballad I have ever heard. No real "modern" sound here compared to most of the tracks, but a fantastic track nonetheless.

It only gets better from here. I am particularly amazed with the chord progression on "You Ruined Everything", where the melodic/modern hybrid is at a peak in the chorus. (I love the notes hit on the word "all" in particular.) "Charmed Life" is another modern-sounding master piece (especially the verses), while "If You" is among the other amazing, sing-along tracks (with some great modern notes) that dominate this album.

I can't emphasize enough how amazing the musicianship on this album is. These guys are masters of their craft. It's too bad that these guys get no recognition outside of melodic rock circles. Clearly, many if not most of the songs on this album deserve heavy rotation on rock radio; but of course that will never happen. If you like artists like Def Leppard (in their popular prime), heavier tracks by the Goo Goo Dolls since they became popular, or lesser-known but amazing melodic rock acts like Giant and Hardline, then I guarantee you will like this band and this album. One of my most recommended albums of the decade thus far.